महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-46, verse-5

क्षौमं कार्पासिकं वापि मृगाजिनमथापि वा ।
सर्वं काषायरक्तं स्याद्वासो वापि द्विजस्य ह ॥५॥

5. kṣaumaṁ kārpāsikaṁ vāpi mṛgājinamathāpi vā ,
sarvaṁ kāṣāyaraktaṁ syādvāso vāpi dvijasya ha.

5. kṣaumam kārpāsikam vā api mṛga-ajinam atha api vā
sarvam kāṣāya-raktam syāt vāsaḥ vā api dvijasya ha

5. dvijasya vāsaḥ kṣaumam vā kārpāsikam vā api,
atha api mṛga-ajinam vā,
sarvam kāṣāya-raktam syāt ha

5. All garments of the twice-born (dvija), whether linen or cotton, or even a deerskin, should be dyed reddish-brown.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षौमम् (kṣaumam) - linen (garment) (linen cloth, silken garment)

• कार्पासिकम् (kārpāsikam) - cotton (garment) (cotton cloth, made of cotton)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even

• मृग-अजिनम् (mṛga-ajinam) - deerskin, antelope skin

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover, now

• अपि (api) - also, even

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (garments) (all, whole, every)

• काषाय-रक्तम् (kāṣāya-raktam) - dyed reddish-brown (dyed with reddish-brown, ochre-colored)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

• वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment, clothing

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even

• द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya))

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (an emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षौमम् (kṣaumam) - linen (garment) (linen cloth, silken garment)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣauma

kṣauma - linen, made of flax, silken (cloth)

कार्पासिकम् (kārpāsikam) - cotton (garment) (cotton cloth, made of cotton)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārpāsika

kārpāsika - made of cotton, cotton cloth

Derived from `karpāsa` (cotton).

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

मृग-अजिनम् (mṛga-ajinam) - deerskin, antelope skin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛgājina

mṛgājina - deerskin, antelope skin

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+ajina)

• mṛga – deer, antelope, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• ajina – skin, hide
  noun (neuter)

अथ (atha) - then, moreover, now

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (garments) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

काषाय-रक्तम् (kāṣāya-raktam) - dyed reddish-brown (dyed with reddish-brown, ochre-colored)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣāyarakta

kāṣāyarakta - dyed with reddish-brown, ochre-colored

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāṣāya+rakta)

• kāṣāya – reddish-brown (color or dye), ochre
  noun (neuter)
• rakta – dyed, colored, red; attached, beloved
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root `√rañj` (to dye, color).
  Root: rañj (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of syāt

Optative mood

3rd person singular, optative, active voice, from root `√as`.

Root: as (class 2)

वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment, clothing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - garment, clothing, dwelling

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born; a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya; a bird; a tooth

Compound meaning 'born twice' (dvi + jan). Refers to members of the three upper varnas who undergo upanayana (sacred thread ceremony).

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)