महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-29, verse-12

ततस्तु त्रिशते काले लभते द्विजतामपि ।
तां च प्राप्य चिरं कालं तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥१२॥

12. tatastu triśate kāle labhate dvijatāmapi ,
tāṁ ca prāpya ciraṁ kālaṁ tatraiva parivartate.

12. tataḥ tu triśate kāle labhate dvijatām api tām
ca prāpya ciram kālam tatra eva parivartate

12. tataḥ tu triśate kāle dvijatām api labhate tām
ca prāpya ciram kālam tatra eva parivartate

12. Then, after three hundred cycles, he attains the state of a twice-born (dvija). And having achieved that, he remains in that state for a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• त्रिशते (triśate) - in three hundred

• काले (kāle) - in three hundred cycles (in time, in a period, in an age)

• लभते (labhate) - attains, obtains, receives

• द्विजताम् (dvijatām) - the state of being a twice-born, twice-born status

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ताम् (tām) - that (state of being a dvija) (that (feminine, accusative))

• च (ca) - and

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having achieved

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• कालम् (kālam) - for a long time (time, period)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that state (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• परिवर्तते (parivartate) - remains, revolves, continues, exists

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

derived from tad with the ablative suffix tas

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

त्रिशते (triśate) - in three hundred

(numeral)

काले (kāle) - in three hundred cycles (in time, in a period, in an age)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, age, death

लभते (labhate) - attains, obtains, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present indicative (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

द्विजताम् (dvijatām) - the state of being a twice-born, twice-born status

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvijatā

dvijatā - state of being a twice-born (dvija), brāhmaṇa-hood

dvija + suffix tā (abstract noun forming)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (state of being a dvija) (that (feminine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having achieved

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(adjective)

of cira

cira - long (of time), lasting

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter or masculine)

कालम् (kālam) - for a long time (time, period)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, age, death

तत्र (tatra) - in that state (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

from tad with locative suffix tra

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

परिवर्तते (parivartate) - remains, revolves, continues, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)