महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-76

यथाभवच्च स्त्री पूर्वं पश्चात्पुंस्त्वमुपागतः ।
जानन्ति च भवन्तोऽपि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम् ॥७६॥

76. yathābhavacca strī pūrvaṁ paścātpuṁstvamupāgataḥ ,
jānanti ca bhavanto'pi sarvametadyathātatham.

76. yathā abhavat ca strī pūrvaṃ paścāt puṃstvam upāgataḥ
jānanti ca bhavantaḥ api sarvam etat yathātatham

76. ca yathā pūrvaṃ strī abhavat paścāt puṃstvam upāgataḥ
ca bhavantaḥ api etat sarvam yathātatham jānanti

76. And how he was formerly a woman and later attained manhood – you all also know all this exactly as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

• च (ca) - and

• स्त्री (strī) - a woman

• पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - formerly, previously

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• पुंस्त्वम् (puṁstvam) - manhood, masculinity

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - having attained, approached

• जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, you (plural, respectful) know

• च (ca) - and

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - exactly as it is, truthfully

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्त्री (strī) - a woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative of pūrva.

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

पुंस्त्वम् (puṁstvam) - manhood, masculinity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṃstva

puṁstva - manhood, virility, masculinity

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - having attained, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'upa' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam

जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know, you (plural, respectful) know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used here for the honorific 'you (plural)'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - exactly as it is, truthfully

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatha)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• tatha – such, so, thus
  adjective