महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-35

जन्तुस्तु कर्मभिस्तैस्तैः स्वकृतैः प्रेत्य दुःखितः ।
तद्दुःखप्रतिघातार्थमपुण्यां योनिमश्नुते ॥३५॥

35. jantustu karmabhistaistaiḥ svakṛtaiḥ pretya duḥkhitaḥ ,
tadduḥkhapratighātārthamapuṇyāṁ yonimaśnute.

35. jantuḥ tu karmabhiḥ taiḥ taiḥ svakṛtaiḥ pretya
duḥkhitaḥ tadduḥkhapratighātārtham apuṇyāṃ yoniṃ aśnute

35. A creature (jantuḥ), indeed, having died and suffering due to those various actions (karma) performed by itself, attains an inauspicious birth for the purpose of averting that suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds (karma)

• तैः (taiḥ) - referring to specific, individual actions (by those)

• तैः (taiḥ) - emphasizing the individual nature of the actions (by those)

• स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by self-made, by one's own actions

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, in the afterlife

• दुःखितः (duḥkhitaḥ) - suffering, distressed, afflicted with sorrow

• तद्दुःखप्रतिघातार्थम् (tadduḥkhapratighātārtham) - for the purpose of averting that suffering

• अपुण्यां (apuṇyāṁ) - inauspicious, unmeritorious

• योनिं (yoniṁ) - womb, birth, species

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, experiences, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man

Root: jan (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds (karma)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तैः (taiḥ) - referring to specific, individual actions (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Reduplicated to emphasize 'various' or 'specific' actions.

तैः (taiḥ) - emphasizing the individual nature of the actions (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Reduplicated to emphasize 'various' or 'specific' actions.

स्वकृतैः (svakṛtaiḥ) - by self-made, by one's own actions

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svakṛta

svakṛta - self-made, done by oneself

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+kṛta)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'kṛ'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, in the afterlife

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

दुःखितः (duḥkhitaḥ) - suffering, distressed, afflicted with sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, grieved, suffering

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'duḥkh' (to suffer).

Root: duḥkh (class 1)

तद्दुःखप्रतिघातार्थम् (tadduḥkhapratighātārtham) - for the purpose of averting that suffering

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tat+duḥkha+pratighāta+artha)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• duḥkha – suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)
• pratighāta – warding off, averting, striking back
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'han' with prefixes 'prati' and 'ghāta'.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: han (class 2)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

अपुण्यां (apuṇyāṁ) - inauspicious, unmeritorious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apuṇyā

apuṇya - inauspicious, unmeritorious, wicked

योनिं (yoniṁ) - womb, birth, species

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, source, origin, birth, species

अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, experiences, enjoys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Present Indicative (Laṭ) of aś

Present tense, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular.

Root: aś (class 5)