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14,18

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-18, verse-4

यथा कर्मसमादिष्टं काममन्युसमावृतः ।
नरो गर्भं प्रविशति तच्चापि शृणु चोत्तरम् ॥४॥
4. yathā karmasamādiṣṭaṁ kāmamanyusamāvṛtaḥ ,
naro garbhaṁ praviśati taccāpi śṛṇu cottaram.
4. yathā karma-samādiṣṭam kāma-manyu-samāvṛtaḥ naraḥ
garbham praviśati tat ca api śṛṇu ca uttaram
4. śṛṇu ca uttaram ca api tat yathā kāma-manyu-samāvṛtaḥ
naraḥ karma-samādiṣṭam garbham praviśati
4. And hear this explanation of how a person, overwhelmed by desire and anger, enters a womb according to actions (karma) designated by past deeds.

Words meanings summery:

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  • यथा (yathā) - as, how (as, just as, according to)
  • कर्म-समादिष्टम् (karma-samādiṣṭam) - designated by past actions (karma) (designated by actions, enjoined by deeds)
  • काम-मन्यु-समावृतः (kāma-manyu-samāvṛtaḥ) - overwhelmed by desire and anger (enveloped by desire and anger)
  • नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person)
  • गर्भम् (garbham) - womb (womb, embryo, fetus)
  • प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters, goes into
  • तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, it)
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • अपि (api) - also, even, too
  • शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!, listen!
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the explanation (answer, explanation, subsequent)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, how (as, just as, according to)
(indeclinable)
कर्म-समादिष्टम् (karma-samādiṣṭam) - designated by past actions (karma) (designated by actions, enjoined by deeds)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karma-samādiṣṭa
karma-samādiṣṭa - designated by actions, enjoined by actions
Compound type : tatpurusha (karman+samādiṣṭa)
  • karman – action, deed, work, (karma)
    noun (neuter)
  • samādiṣṭa – designated, instructed, appointed
    adjective (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root diś- 'to point, show' with preverbs sam-ā
    Prefixes: sam+ā
    Root: diś (class 6)
Note: Agrees with 'garbham'
काम-मन्यु-समावृतः (kāma-manyu-samāvṛtaḥ) - overwhelmed by desire and anger (enveloped by desire and anger)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma-manyu-samāvṛta
kāma-manyu-samāvṛta - enveloped by desire and anger
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+manyu+samāvṛta)
  • kāma – desire, wish, longing
    noun (masculine)
  • manyu – anger, wrath, fury
    noun (masculine)
  • samāvṛta – enveloped, covered, surrounded
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root vṛ- 'to cover, choose' with preverbs sam-ā
    Prefixes: sam+ā
    Root: vṛ (class 5)
Note: Agrees with 'naraḥ'
नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, human, person
गर्भम् (garbham) - womb (womb, embryo, fetus)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha
garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, interior
प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters, goes into
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praviś
root 'viś' with preverb 'pra'
Prefix: pra
Root: viś (class 6)
तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!, listen!
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru
root 'śru'
Root: śru (class 5)
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the explanation (answer, explanation, subsequent)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara
uttara - answer, explanation, subsequent, upper, later