महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-48, verse-42

यथैव सदृशो रूपे मातापित्रोर्हि जायते ।
व्याघ्रश्चित्रैस्तथा योनिं पुरुषः स्वां नियच्छति ॥४२॥

42. yathaiva sadṛśo rūpe mātāpitrorhi jāyate ,
vyāghraścitraistathā yoniṁ puruṣaḥ svāṁ niyacchati.

42. yathā eva sadṛśaḥ rūpe mātāpitroḥ hi jāyate vyāghraḥ
citraiḥ tathā yonim puruṣaḥ svām niyacchati

42. Just as a child is indeed born resembling its mother and father in form, and a tiger is recognized by its distinctive stripes, so too a person (puruṣa) manifests their own origin.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which manner)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - resembling (similar, like, resembling)

• रूपे (rūpe) - in form (in form, in appearance, in shape)

• मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of its parents (of the mother and father, of the parents)

• हि (hi) - indeed (surely, indeed, because)

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

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

• चित्रैः (citraiḥ) - with its distinctive stripes/marks (with variegated colors, with stripes, with wonderful things)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (thus, so, similarly)

• योनिम् (yonim) - origin, lineage (womb, origin, source, lineage)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being, individual (a man, a person (puruṣa))

• स्वाम् (svām) - their own (one's own, self)

• नियच्छति (niyacchati) - he manifests (he controls, he checks, he restrains, he directs, he manifests)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - resembling (similar, like, resembling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling

From sam + dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रूपे (rūpe) - in form (in form, in appearance, in shape)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature

मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of its parents (of the mother and father, of the parents)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of mātāpitṛ

mātāpitṛ - mother and father, parents

dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed (surely, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic or causal particle

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

(verb)

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

Present Middle

ātmanepada verb.

Root: jan (class 4)

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Root: ghrā (class 1)

चित्रैः (citraiḥ) - with its distinctive stripes/marks (with variegated colors, with stripes, with wonderful things)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of citra

citra - variegated, painted, wonderful, strange, picture, mark

Root: cit (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

योनिम् (yonim) - origin, lineage (womb, origin, source, lineage)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, birthplace, family, lineage

Root: yu

Note: Object of niyacchati.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being, individual (a man, a person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, spirit, cosmic person (puruṣa)

Note: Subject of niyacchati.

स्वाम् (svām) - their own (one's own, self)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

Note: Agrees with yonim.

नियच्छति (niyacchati) - he manifests (he controls, he checks, he restrains, he directs, he manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of niyam

Present Active Parasmaipada

ya suffix in the 1st class.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)