महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-36, verse-29

अन्यथा प्रतिपन्नास्तु विवृद्धाः स्वेषु कर्मसु ।
पुनरावृत्तिधर्माणस्ते भवन्तीह मानुषाः ॥२९॥

29. anyathā pratipannāstu vivṛddhāḥ sveṣu karmasu ,
punarāvṛttidharmāṇaste bhavantīha mānuṣāḥ.

29. anyathā pratipannāḥ tu vivṛddhāḥ sveṣu karmasu
punarāvṛttidharmāṇaḥ te bhavanti iha mānuṣāḥ

29. tu ye anyathā pratipannāḥ sveṣu karmasu vivṛddhāḥ,
te iha punarāvṛttidharmāṇaḥ mānuṣāḥ bhavanti

29. However, those individuals who have adopted a mistaken understanding or course of action, and who are excessively attached to their own deeds (karma), are reborn here as humans whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is repeated rebirth.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - incorrectly, mistakenly (otherwise, differently, incorrectly, in another way)

• प्रतिपन्नाः (pratipannāḥ) - having adopted (a path/understanding) (having understood, having undertaken, having adopted, having obtained)

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

• विवृद्धाः (vivṛddhāḥ) - deeply absorbed (greatly increased, grown, flourished, deeply absorbed)

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own (in their own, in one's own)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in their actions (karma) (in actions, in deeds, in duties, in (karma))

• पुनरावृत्तिधर्माणः (punarāvṛttidharmāṇaḥ) - characterized by a nature (dharma) of repeated rebirth (having the nature of repeated return, having repeated rebirth as their characteristic)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (they become, they are)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans (humans, men)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यथा (anyathā) - incorrectly, mistakenly (otherwise, differently, incorrectly, in another way)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिपन्नाः (pratipannāḥ) - having adopted (a path/understanding) (having understood, having undertaken, having adopted, having obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratipanna

pratipanna - understood, undertaken, adopted, arrived at

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad (to go) with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Refers to the implied subject, later identified as 'mānuṣāḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle introducing a contrast or emphasis.

विवृद्धाः (vivṛddhāḥ) - deeply absorbed (greatly increased, grown, flourished, deeply absorbed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vivṛddha

vivṛddha - grown, increased, flourished, developed, deeply absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject, later identified as 'mānuṣāḥ'.

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own (in their own, in one's own)

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of sva

sva - own, self

Note: Possessive pronoun, agreeing in number and case with 'karmasu'.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in their actions (karma) (in actions, in deeds, in duties, in (karma))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action, effect of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the principle of (karma).

पुनरावृत्तिधर्माणः (punarāvṛttidharmāṇaḥ) - characterized by a nature (dharma) of repeated rebirth (having the nature of repeated return, having repeated rebirth as their characteristic)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of punarāvṛttidharman

punarāvṛttidharman - having the nature of repeated return

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (punarāvṛtti+dharman)

• punarāvṛtti – repeated return, rebirth
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from punar (again) + āvṛtti (return)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• dharman – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing 'mānuṣāḥ'.

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the humans described.

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (they become, they are)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the earthly realm.

मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans (humans, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, pertaining to man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'te'.