महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-40, verse-30

शिखी जटी चीरवासाः पुनर्भवति पुत्रक ।
बृहच्छरीरश्च पुनः पीवरोऽथ पुनः कृशः ॥३०॥

30. śikhī jaṭī cīravāsāḥ punarbhavati putraka ,
bṛhaccharīraśca punaḥ pīvaro'tha punaḥ kṛśaḥ.

30. śikhī jaṭī cīravāsāḥ punaḥ bhavati putraka
bṛhaccharīraḥ ca punaḥ pīvaraḥ atha punaḥ kṛśaḥ

30. putraka punaḥ śikhī jaṭī cīravāsāḥ bhavati ca
punaḥ bṛhaccharīraḥ atha punaḥ pīvaraḥ punaḥ kṛśaḥ

30. O son, he (the soul/being) again takes on various forms: one with a topknot, with matted hair, wearing bark garments. And again, he becomes large-bodied, then stout, and then thin.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखी (śikhī) - a person or being manifesting with a topknot (one with a topknot, crested)

• जटी (jaṭī) - a person or being manifesting with matted hair (one with matted hair)

• चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - a person or being manifesting wearing bark garments (one wearing bark garments)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

• पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (O son, little son)

• बृहच्छरीरः (bṛhaccharīraḥ) - having a large body (having a large body, large-bodied)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

• पीवरः (pīvaraḥ) - stout (fat, stout, strong)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, therefore, now)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin (thin, emaciated, lean)

Words meanings and morphology

शिखी (śikhī) - a person or being manifesting with a topknot (one with a topknot, crested)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhin

śikhin - one with a topknot, crested, a peacock, a brahmin

from śikhā (crest, topknot) + -in (possessive suffix)

जटी (jaṭī) - a person or being manifesting with matted hair (one with matted hair)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaṭin

jaṭin - one with matted hair, an ascetic

from jaṭā (matted hair) + -in (possessive suffix)

चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - a person or being manifesting wearing bark garments (one wearing bark garments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cīravāsas

cīravāsas - wearing bark garments, an ascetic

Compound: cīra (bark) + vāsas (garment)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+vāsas)

• cīra – bark, strip of cloth
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active Indicative 3rd Person Singular

root bhū, 1st class, parasmāipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (O son, little son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - little son, son (affectionate diminutive)

diminutive of putra

बृहच्छरीरः (bṛhaccharīraḥ) - having a large body (having a large body, large-bodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaccharīra

bṛhaccharīra - large-bodied, gigantic

Compound: bṛhat (large) + śarīra (body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+śarīra)

• bṛhat – large, great, mighty
  adjective
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

पीवरः (pīvaraḥ) - stout (fat, stout, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pīvara

pīvara - fat, stout, thick, strong

अथ (atha) - then (then, therefore, now)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin (thin, emaciated, lean)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, lean, emaciated, weak