महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-19

मतङ्ग उवाच ।
अयोनिरग्र्ययोनिर्वा यः स्यात्स कुशली भवेत् ।
कुशलं तु कुतस्तस्य यस्येयं जननी पितः ॥१९॥

19. mataṅga uvāca ,
ayoniragryayonirvā yaḥ syātsa kuśalī bhavet ,
kuśalaṁ tu kutastasya yasyeyaṁ jananī pitaḥ.

19. mataṅgaḥ uvāca | ayoniḥ agryayoniḥ vā yaḥ syāt saḥ kuśalī
bhavet | kuśalam tu kutaḥ tasya yasya iyam jananī pitaḥ

19. mataṅgaḥ uvāca yaḥ ayoniḥ vā agryayoniḥ syāt,
saḥ kuśalī bhavet tu pitaḥ,
yasya iyam jananī (asti),
tasya kuśalam kutaḥ?

19. Matanga said: 'Whoever is either without a (worldly) origin or of the highest birth would indeed be well. But where is well-being for him, O father, whose mother is like this (i.e., of such a questionable birth)?'

Words meanings summery:

• मतङ्गः (mataṅgaḥ) - Matanga (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अयोनिः (ayoniḥ) - without origin, not born from a womb

• अग्र्ययोनिः (agryayoniḥ) - of excellent origin, of highest birth

• वा (vā) - or

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• कुशली (kuśalī) - well, fortunate, skillful

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - well-being, fortune

• तु (tu) - but, however

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• इयम् (iyam) - this (mother) (this (feminine))

• जननी (jananī) - mother

• पितः (pitaḥ) - O father

Words meanings and morphology

मतङ्गः (mataṅgaḥ) - Matanga (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mataṅga

mataṅga - Matanga (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अयोनिः (ayoniḥ) - without origin, not born from a womb

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayoni

ayoni - without origin, not born from a womb, not having a proper birth

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+yoni)

• a – not, non-, without
  indeclinable
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth
  noun (feminine)

अग्र्ययोनिः (agryayoniḥ) - of excellent origin, of highest birth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agryayoni

agryayoni - of excellent origin/birth

Compound type : tatpurusha (agrya+yoni)

• agrya – foremost, excellent, chief
  adjective
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth
  noun (feminine)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it (correlative pronoun)

कुशली (kuśalī) - well, fortunate, skillful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśalin

kuśalin - well, fortunate, skillful, clever

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - well-being, fortune

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - well-being, welfare, prosperity; skillful, clever

तु (tu) - but, however

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how, why

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

इयम् (iyam) - this (mother) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

जननी (jananī) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, producer

Root: jan (class 4)

पितः (pitaḥ) - O father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father