महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-5

बह्वीस्तु संसरन्योनीर्जायमानः पुनः पुनः ।
पर्याये तात कस्मिंश्चिद्ब्राह्मणो नाम जायते ॥५॥

5. bahvīstu saṁsaranyonīrjāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ,
paryāye tāta kasmiṁścidbrāhmaṇo nāma jāyate.

5. bahvīḥ tu saṃsaran yonīḥ jāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
paryāye tāta kasmin cit brāhmaṇaḥ nāma jāyate

5. tāta punaḥ punaḥ bahvīḥ yonīḥ saṃsaran jāyamānaḥ
kasmin cit paryāye nāma brāhmaṇaḥ jāyate

5. Having wandered through many wombs (yonīs) and being born again and again, O dear one, in some particular cycle of rebirth, one is born as a brahmin (brāhmaṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - many, numerous (feminine plural)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• संसरन् (saṁsaran) - Experiencing repeated births and deaths (saṃsāra). (wandering, roaming)

• योनीः (yonīḥ) - Refers to different forms of birth or existence in the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra). (wombs, origins, births, sources)

• जायमानः (jāyamānaḥ) - being born, becoming

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पर्याये (paryāye) - In a particular cycle or course of rebirth. (in a turn, in a cycle, in a course)

• तात (tāta) - address to Yudhiṣṭhira, implying affection (O dear one, my son, father)

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, in some

• चित् (cit) - Turns an interrogative pronoun into an indefinite one ("some", "any"). (indeed, any, some)

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin

• नाम (nāma) - "named" or emphasizing "indeed" (by name, indeed, namely)

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

Words meanings and morphology

बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - many, numerous (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, much

Note: Agrees with yonīḥ.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

particle

संसरन् (saṁsaran) - Experiencing repeated births and deaths (saṃsāra). (wandering, roaming)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsarat

saṁsarat - wandering through, flowing together, experiencing transmigration (saṃsāra)

present active participle

From root sṛ (to flow) with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Implies the subject who is born as a brahmin.

योनीः (yonīḥ) - Refers to different forms of birth or existence in the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra). (wombs, origins, births, sources)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, place of birth, species

जायमानः (jāyamānaḥ) - being born, becoming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāyamāna

jāyamāna - being born, coming into existence, becoming

present middle participle

From root jan (to be born), passive voice form, with suffix -māna

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Adverb

Note: Used twice for emphasis.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Adverb

Note: Used twice for emphasis.

पर्याये (paryāye) - In a particular cycle or course of rebirth. (in a turn, in a cycle, in a course)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paryāya

paryāya - turn, course, order, cycle, succession

From pari-ā-i (to go around)

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: i (class 2)

तात (tāta) - address to Yudhiṣṭhira, implying affection (O dear one, my son, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (used in affectionate address)

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, in some

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with paryāye.

चित् (cit) - Turns an interrogative pronoun into an indefinite one ("some", "any"). (indeed, any, some)

(indeclinable)

particle

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a member of the brahmin (priestly/scholarly) class, related to brahman

Derived from brahman, meaning 'related to brahman' or 'one who knows brahman'.

नाम (nāma) - "named" or emphasizing "indeed" (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

Often used as an adverbial particle for emphasis or 'namely'.

Note: Here used as an indeclinable to emphasize "brāhmaṇaḥ" or mean "by name".

जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Present active, root jan (4th class, ātmanepada), meaning 'is born'.

Root: jan (class 4)