महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-76, verse-22

यास्तु तस्मादपक्रम्य सोममेवाभिसंश्रिताः ।
यथोत्पन्नाः स्ववर्णस्थास्ता नीता नान्यवर्णताम् ॥२२॥

22. yāstu tasmādapakramya somamevābhisaṁśritāḥ ,
yathotpannāḥ svavarṇasthāstā nītā nānyavarṇatām.

22. yāḥ tu tasmāt apakramya somam eva abhisaṃśritāḥ yathā
utpannāḥ svavarṇasthāḥ tāḥ nītāḥ na anyavarṇatām

22. tu yāḥ tasmāt apakramya somam eva abhisaṃśritāḥ yathā
utpannāḥ svavarṇasthāḥ tāḥ na anyavarṇatām nītāḥ

22. However, those cows which, having moved away from that (fierce energy), took refuge only in Soma, remained in their original color as they were born, and were not transformed to any other hue.

Words meanings summery:

• याः (yāḥ) - those (cows) which (which, who)

• तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (fierce energy) (from that, thence, therefore)

• अपक्रम्य (apakramya) - having moved away (having gone away, having departed, having retreated)

• सोमम् (somam) - Soma (the deity or substance) (Soma (a Vedic deity, an intoxicating drink, the moon))

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अभिसंश्रिताः (abhisaṁśritāḥ) - took refuge in (having resorted to, having taken refuge in, dependent on)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

• उत्पन्नाः (utpannāḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen, originated)

• स्ववर्णस्थाः (svavarṇasthāḥ) - remaining in their original color (remaining in one's own color, maintaining one's own caste/class)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (cows) (those)

• नीताः (nītāḥ) - transformed (made) (led, brought, conveyed, transformed, made)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यवर्णताम् (anyavarṇatām) - to any other hue/color (to a different color/state, the state of being of another caste)

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - those (cows) which (which, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (fierce energy) (from that, thence, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be used as an indeclinable meaning 'therefore'.

अपक्रम्य (apakramya) - having moved away (having gone away, having departed, having retreated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root kram (class 1 P) + prefix apa + suffix -ya

Prefix: apa

Root: kram (class 1)

सोमम् (somam) - Soma (the deity or substance) (Soma (a Vedic deity, an intoxicating drink, the moon))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (deity/drink/moon)

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

अभिसंश्रिताः (abhisaṁśritāḥ) - took refuge in (having resorted to, having taken refuge in, dependent on)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhisaṃśrita

abhisaṁśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

Root śri (class 1 P) + prefixes abhi + sam

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: śri (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्नाः (utpannāḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen, originated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of utpanna

utpanna - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Root pad (class 4 A) + prefix ud/ut

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

स्ववर्णस्थाः (svavarṇasthāḥ) - remaining in their original color (remaining in one's own color, maintaining one's own caste/class)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svavarṇastha

svavarṇastha - remaining in one's own color/caste

Compound: sva (own) + varṇa (color/caste) + stha (standing/remaining)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sva+varṇa+stha)

• sva – own
  pronoun
• varṇa – color, caste, class
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, existing, remaining
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (cows) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नीताः (nītāḥ) - transformed (made) (led, brought, conveyed, transformed, made)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīta

nīta - led, brought, conveyed, transformed

Past Passive Participle

Root nī (class 1 U, P) + suffix -ta

Root: nī (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यवर्णताम् (anyavarṇatām) - to any other hue/color (to a different color/state, the state of being of another caste)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anyavarṇatā

anyavarṇatā - state of being of another color/caste

Compound: anya (other) + varṇa (color) + tā (suffix for state/nature)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anya+varṇa+tā)

• anya – other, different
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇa – color, caste, class
  noun (masculine)
• tā – state, nature, -ness, -hood (suffix)
  suffix (feminine)
  forms abstract nouns