महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-42, verse-18

त्रीणि स्थानानि भूतानां चतुर्थं नोपपद्यते ।
स्थलमापस्तथाकाशं जन्म चापि चतुर्विधम् ॥१८॥

18. trīṇi sthānāni bhūtānāṁ caturthaṁ nopapadyate ,
sthalamāpastathākāśaṁ janma cāpi caturvidham.

18. trīṇi sthānāni bhūtānām caturtham na upapadyate
sthalam āpaḥ tathā ākāśam janma ca api caturvidham

18. bhūtānām trīṇi sthānāni caturtham na upapadyate
sthalam āpaḥ tathā ākāśam janma ca api caturvidham

18. There are three abodes for living beings; a fourth is not possible: (those of) land, water, and similarly, air (or sky). And birth is also of four kinds.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• स्थानानि (sthānāni) - abodes, places, states, conditions

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of living beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

• चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - fourth

• न (na) - not, no

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is possible, exists, occurs, is obtained

• स्थलम् (sthalam) - land, ground, terrestrial (state)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water, aquatic (state)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, so also

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether, aerial (state)

• जन्म (janma) - birth, existence, origin

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• चतुर्विधम् (caturvidham) - of four kinds, four-fold

Words meanings and morphology

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tri

tri - three

Note: Can also be accusative plural.

स्थानानि (sthānāni) - abodes, places, states, conditions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāna

sthāna - place, abode, state, position

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative plural.

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of living beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, to become), used as a noun meaning 'a being' or 'an element'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - fourth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is possible, exists, occurs, is obtained

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)

स्थलम् (sthalam) - land, ground, terrestrial (state)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - land, place, ground

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

आपः (āpaḥ) - water, aquatic (state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, so also

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether, aerial (state)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Often masculine, but neuter also common.

जन्म (janma) - birth, existence, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

चतुर्विधम् (caturvidham) - of four kinds, four-fold

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caturvidha

caturvidha - of four kinds, four-fold

Compound of 'catur' (four) and 'vidha' (kind, sort).

Note: Can also be accusative singular.