महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-39

उपपत्तिं तु गर्भस्य वक्ष्याम्यहमतः परम् ।
यथावत्तां निगदतः शृणुष्वावहितो द्विज ॥३९॥

39. upapattiṁ tu garbhasya vakṣyāmyahamataḥ param ,
yathāvattāṁ nigadataḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito dvija.

39. upapattim tu garbhasya vakṣyāmi aham ataḥ param
yathāvattām nigadataḥ śṛṇuṣva avahitaḥ dvija

39. ataḥ param aham garbhasya upapattim tu vakṣyāmi
yathāvattām nigadataḥ avahitaḥ dvija śṛṇuṣva

39. Now, I will explain the origin of the embryo hereafter. Listen attentively, O twice-born (dvija), as I narrate it exactly as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• उपपत्तिम् (upapattim) - origin, occurrence, explanation, proof

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• गर्भस्य (garbhasya) - of the embryo, of the fetus, of the womb

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain, I will tell

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

• परम् (param) - afterwards, next, further

• यथावत्ताम् (yathāvattām) - the state of being as it is, truthfulness

• निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - as I narrate (speaking, narrating)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated, absorbed

• द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (O twice-born)

Words meanings and morphology

उपपत्तिम् (upapattim) - origin, occurrence, explanation, proof

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upapatti

upapatti - origin, occurrence, explanation, proof

Prefix: upa

Root: pad

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

गर्भस्य (garbhasya) - of the embryo, of the fetus, of the womb

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will explain, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - afterwards, next, further

(indeclinable)

यथावत्ताम् (yathāvattām) - the state of being as it is, truthfulness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yathāvattā

yathāvattā - truthfulness, reality, the state of being as it is

derived from indeclinable 'yathāvat' (as it is) with abstract suffix 'tā'

निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - as I narrate (speaking, narrating)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nigadat

nigadat - speaking, narrating

Present Active Participle

derived from √gad with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: gad (class 1)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, concentrated, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

derived from √dhā with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā

द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (O twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth, a snake)