महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-48, verse-49

योनिष्वेतासु सर्वासु संकीर्णास्वितरासु च ।
यत्रात्मानं न जनयेद्बुधस्ताः परिवर्जयेत् ॥४९॥

49. yoniṣvetāsu sarvāsu saṁkīrṇāsvitarāsu ca ,
yatrātmānaṁ na janayedbudhastāḥ parivarjayet.

49. yoniṣu etāsu sarvāsu saṃkīrṇāsu itarāsu ca
yatra ātmānam na janayet budhaḥ tāḥ parivarjayet

49. budhaḥ etāsu sarvāsu saṃkīrṇāsu itarāsu ca
yoniṣu yatra ātmānam na janayet tāḥ parivarjayet

49. A wise person should avoid all those diverse and mixed births or species (yoni) in which one would not wish to be born as an individual self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• योनिषु (yoniṣu) - among various types of births or species (in births, in origins, in wombs, in species)

• एतासु (etāsu) - among these (births/species) (in these (feminine))

• सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all (these births/species) (in all (feminine))

• संकीर्णासु (saṁkīrṇāsu) - among the mixed or degraded (births/species) (in mixed, in impure (feminine))

• इतरासु (itarāsu) - and in other (various births/species) (in others (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत्र (yatra) - in which (circumstances or births) (where, in which)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's individual self (ātman) (self, oneself, soul)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जनयेत् (janayet) - one should not be born (should be born, should generate)

• बुधः (budhaḥ) - a person of wisdom (wise man, sage)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (births/species) (them (feminine plural), those)

• परिवर्जयेत् (parivarjayet) - should carefully avoid or shun (should avoid, should shun)

Words meanings and morphology

योनिषु (yoniṣu) - among various types of births or species (in births, in origins, in wombs, in species)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of yoni

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

एतासु (etāsu) - among these (births/species) (in these (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all (these births/species) (in all (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

संकीर्णासु (saṁkīrṇāsu) - among the mixed or degraded (births/species) (in mixed, in impure (feminine))

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of saṃkīrṇa

saṁkīrṇa - mixed, impure, confused, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṝ with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: kṝ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies yoniṣu

इतरासु (itarāsu) - and in other (various births/species) (in others (feminine))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of itara

itara - other, another, different

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - in which (circumstances or births) (where, in which)

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's individual self (ātman) (self, oneself, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, principle of life, the individual soul

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

जनयेत् (janayet) - one should not be born (should be born, should generate)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used here in a passive sense 'should be born'

बुधः (budhaḥ) - a person of wisdom (wise man, sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budha

budha - wise, intelligent; a wise man, sage

Root: budh (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (births/species) (them (feminine plural), those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

परिवर्जयेत् (parivarjayet) - should carefully avoid or shun (should avoid, should shun)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of parivṛj

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛj (class 1)