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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-27

सर्वे सर्वास्वपत्यानि जनयन्ति यदा नराः ।
वाङ्मैथुनमथो जन्म मरणं च समं नृणाम् ॥२७॥
27. sarve sarvāsvapatyāni janayanti yadā narāḥ ,
vāṅmaithunamatho janma maraṇaṁ ca samaṁ nṛṇām.
27. sarve sarvāsu apatyāni janayanti yadā narāḥ |
vāṅmaithunam atho janma maraṇaṃ ca samam nṛṇām
27. When all men produce offspring in all women, then indeed, speech (vāc), sexual union, birth, and death are common to all humans.

Words meanings summery:

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  • सर्वे (sarve) - all (men) (all, everyone)
  • सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all (women/females) (in all, among all (feminine))
  • अपत्यानि (apatyāni) - offspring (offspring, children)
  • जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they produce (they produce, they generate, they give birth to)
  • यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)
  • नराः (narāḥ) - men, humans
  • वाङ्मैथुनम् (vāṅmaithunam) - speech (vāc) and sexual union (speech and sexual union)
  • अथो (atho) - and furthermore (and, furthermore, moreover)
  • जन्म (janma) - birth (birth, production, origin)
  • मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • समम् (samam) - common, equal (equal, same, common, impartial)
  • नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - for all humans (of men, for men, among men)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all (men) (all, everyone)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Qualifies 'narāḥ'.
सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all (women/females) (in all, among all (feminine))
(pronoun)
Locative, feminine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Refers to women.
अपत्यानि (apatyāni) - offspring (offspring, children)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of apatya
apatya - offspring, child, descendant
Note: Object of 'janayanti'.
जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they produce (they produce, they generate, they give birth to)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jan
Root: jan (class 4)
यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)
(indeclinable)
Note: Introduces a temporal clause.
नराः (narāḥ) - men, humans
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nara
nara - man, human, male
Note: Subject of 'janayanti'.
वाङ्मैथुनम् (vāṅmaithunam) - speech (vāc) and sexual union (speech and sexual union)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vāṅmaithuna
vāṅmaithuna - speech and sexual intercourse
Compound type : dvandva (vāc+maithuna)
  • vāc – speech, voice, word
    noun (feminine)
    Root: vac (class 2)
  • maithuna – sexual union, copulation
    noun (neuter)
    From mithuna (pair) + aṇ suffix
Note: Part of a list of subjects for 'samam'.
अथो (atho) - and furthermore (and, furthermore, moreover)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connective particle.
जन्म (janma) - birth (birth, production, origin)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of janman
janman - birth, origin, existence, life
From root jan (to be born) + man suffix
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Part of a list of subjects for 'samam'.
मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa
maraṇa - death, dying
From root mṛ (to die) + ana suffix
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Part of a list of subjects for 'samam'.
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connective particle.
समम् (samam) - common, equal (equal, same, common, impartial)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sama
sama - equal, same, uniform, common, impartial
Note: Predicate adjective, agrees with the neuter collective sense of the list of subjects.
नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - for all humans (of men, for men, among men)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ
nṛ - man, human, person
Note: Indicates to whom these things are common.