महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-24, verse-8

शुक्राच्छोणितसंसृष्टात्पूर्वं प्राणः प्रवर्तते ।
प्राणेन विकृते शुक्रे ततोऽपानः प्रवर्तते ॥८॥

8. śukrācchoṇitasaṁsṛṣṭātpūrvaṁ prāṇaḥ pravartate ,
prāṇena vikṛte śukre tato'pānaḥ pravartate.

8. śukrāt śoṇitasansṛṣṭāt pūrvaṃ prāṇaḥ pravartate
prāṇena vikṛte śukre tataḥ apānaḥ pravartate

8. prāṇaḥ śukrāt śoṇitasansṛṣṭāt pūrvaṃ pravartate
prāṇena śukre vikṛte tataḥ apānaḥ pravartate

8. The upward vital breath (prāṇa) first begins to function from semen mixed with blood. When the semen is transformed by the upward vital breath (prāṇa), then the downward vital breath (apāna) begins to function.

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्रात् (śukrāt) - from semen, from शुक्र (śukra)

• शोणितसन्सृष्टात् (śoṇitasansṛṣṭāt) - from that which is mixed with blood

• पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, before, previously

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - the vital breath (prāṇa), the upward current of vital energy

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, begins to function, manifests

• प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by the vital breath (prāṇa)

• विकृते (vikṛte) - being transformed, changed, altered

• शुक्रे (śukre) - in the semen, in शुक्र (śukra)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• अपानः (apānaḥ) - the downward vital breath (apāna), the vital air responsible for excretion

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्रात् (śukrāt) - from semen, from शुक्र (śukra)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śukra

śukra - semen, शुक्र (śukra), purity, bright, white

शोणितसन्सृष्टात् (śoṇitasansṛṣṭāt) - from that which is mixed with blood

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śoṇitasansṛṣṭa

śoṇitasansṛṣṭa - mixed with blood, blended with blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+saṃsṛṣṭa)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsṛṣṭa – mixed, joined, blended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root sṛj (to create, emit) with prefix saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: qualifies 'śukrāt'

पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, before, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially

प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - the vital breath (prāṇa), the upward current of vital energy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath, life-force, respiration, spirit, (prāṇa)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, begins to function, manifests

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

प्राणेन (prāṇena) - by the vital breath (prāṇa)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - vital breath, life-force, respiration, spirit, (prāṇa)

विकृते (vikṛte) - being transformed, changed, altered

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vikṛta

vikṛta - transformed, changed, altered, modified

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: part of a locative absolute construction with 'śukre'

शुक्रे (śukre) - in the semen, in शुक्र (śukra)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śukra

śukra - semen, शुक्र (śukra), purity, bright, white

Note: part of a locative absolute construction with 'vikṛte'

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

अपानः (apānaḥ) - the downward vital breath (apāna), the vital air responsible for excretion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apāna

apāna - downward vital breath, (apāna), air expelled downwards