महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-48

पञ्चमे वाथ षष्ठे वा वर्षे कन्या प्रसूयते ।
सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाश्च प्रजास्यन्ति नरास्तदा ॥४८॥

48. pañcame vātha ṣaṣṭhe vā varṣe kanyā prasūyate ,
saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāśca prajāsyanti narāstadā.

48. pañcame vā atha ṣaṣṭhe vā varṣe kanyā prasūyate
saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāḥ ca prajāsyanti narāḥ tadā

48. A girl will give birth in her fifth or sixth year. And then, men will father children when they are seven or eight years old.

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्चमे (pañcame) - in the fifth

• वा (vā) - or

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

• वा (vā) - or

• वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

• कन्या (kanyā) - a girl, maiden

• प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - gives birth, is born

• सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाः (saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāḥ) - seven or eight years old

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रजास्यन्ति (prajāsyanti) - they will beget children

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, human beings

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्चमे (pañcame) - in the fifth

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

Ordinal numeral from 'pañcan' (five).

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

Ordinal numeral from 'ṣaṣ' (six).

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, rainy season

कन्या (kanyā) - a girl, maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, virgin, daughter

प्रसूयते (prasūyate) - gives birth, is born

(verb)

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

Present middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) of the root 'sū' with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाः (saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāḥ) - seven or eight years old

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣa

saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣa - seven or eight years old

Dvanda compound of 'saptavarṣa' (seven years old) and 'aṣṭavarṣa' (eight years old).

Compound type : dvandva (saptavarṣa+aṣṭavarṣa)

• saptavarṣa – seven years old
  adjective
  Compound meaning 'having seven years'.
• aṣṭavarṣa – eight years old
  adjective
  Compound meaning 'having eight years'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रजास्यन्ति (prajāsyanti) - they will beget children

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of jan

Future active

Future tense, 3rd person plural, active voice of the root 'jan' (to be born) with prefix 'pra', meaning 'to beget, to procreate'.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, male

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Temporal indeclinable derived from the pronominal stem 'tad'.