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.

35. היצור הסובל אחרי מותו בגלל פעולותיו השונות שעשה בעצמו, מקבל רחם של חטא כדי להדוף את הסבל ההוא.

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)

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