महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-48, verse-17

यथा च शूद्रो ब्राह्मण्यां जन्तुं बाह्यं प्रसूयते ।
एवं बाह्यतराद्बाह्यश्चातुर्वर्ण्यात्प्रसूयते ॥१७॥

17. yathā ca śūdro brāhmaṇyāṁ jantuṁ bāhyaṁ prasūyate ,
evaṁ bāhyatarādbāhyaścāturvarṇyātprasūyate.

17. yathā ca śūdraḥ brāhmaṇyām jantum bāhyam prasūyate
evam bāhyatarāt bāhyaḥ cāturvarṇyāt prasūyate

17. yathā ca śūdraḥ brāhmaṇyām bāhyam jantum prasūyate,
evam bāhyatarāt cāturvarṇyāt bāhyaḥ prasūyate.

17. Just as a śūdra (śūdra), begetting a child on a brāhmaṇa woman, produces an offspring considered external (bāhya), similarly, from those even more external, an offspring external (bāhya) to the four classes (cāturvarṇya) is produced.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a member of the lowest of the four social classes)

• ब्राह्मण्याम् (brāhmaṇyām) - in a brāhmaṇa woman

• जन्तुम् (jantum) - an offspring, creature, living being

• बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - an offspring external to the established social order (external, outcast, excluded)

• प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - produces, gives birth, is born

• एवम् (evam) - thus, similarly, in this manner

• बाह्यतरात् (bāhyatarāt) - from one more external, from a more outcast person/source

• बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - an offspring external to the four classes (an external one, an outcast)

• चातुर्वर्ण्यात् (cāturvarṇyāt) - from the four classes, from the system of four varṇas

• प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - is born, is produced

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a member of the lowest of the four social classes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūdra

śūdra - a member of the fourth or lowest of the four original classes (varṇa) of Aryan society

ब्राह्मण्याम् (brāhmaṇyām) - in a brāhmaṇa woman

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a brāhmaṇa woman, wife of a brāhmaṇa

जन्तुम् (jantum) - an offspring, creature, living being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - a living being, creature, man, animal, an offspring, child

Root: jan (class 4)

बाह्यम् (bāhyam) - an offspring external to the established social order (external, outcast, excluded)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, foreign, excluded, outcast

Note: Agrees with 'jantum'.

प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - produces, gives birth, is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of prasū

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, similarly, in this manner

(indeclinable)

बाह्यतरात् (bāhyatarāt) - from one more external, from a more outcast person/source

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bāhyatara

bāhyatara - more external, more outcast (comparative of bāhya)

Comparative form of 'bāhya'.

Note: Used here substantively, 'from a more external one'.

बाह्यः (bāhyaḥ) - an offspring external to the four classes (an external one, an outcast)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhya

bāhya - external, outer, foreign, excluded, outcast

Note: Used here as a noun, referring to an 'external' offspring.

चातुर्वर्ण्यात् (cāturvarṇyāt) - from the four classes, from the system of four varṇas

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cāturvarṇya

cāturvarṇya - the aggregate of the four social classes (varṇa), the system of four classes

Derived from 'caturvarṇa' (four classes) with suffix '-ya' meaning 'the state/quality of'.

Note: Indicates separation or origin from the 'cāturvarṇya' system.

प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - is born, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of prasū

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)