महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-5, verse-12

नानारूपाणि बिभ्राणास्तेषां भेदाश्चतुर्दश ।
अरण्यवासिनः सप्त सप्तैषां ग्रामवासिनः ॥१२॥

12. nānārūpāṇi bibhrāṇāsteṣāṁ bhedāścaturdaśa ,
araṇyavāsinaḥ sapta saptaiṣāṁ grāmavāsinaḥ.

12. nānārūpāṇi bibhrāṇāḥ teṣām bhedāḥ caturdaśa
| araṇyavāsinaḥ sapta sapta eṣām grāmavāsinaḥ

12. nānārūpāṇi bibhrāṇāḥ teṣām bhedāḥ caturdaśa (santi) eṣām
sapta araṇyavāsinaḥ (santi) ca sapta grāmavāsinaḥ (santi)

12. Assuming various forms, they have fourteen divisions. Seven of these are forest-dwellers, and seven are village-dwellers.

Words meanings summery:

• नानारूपाणि (nānārūpāṇi) - various forms, diverse shapes

• बिभ्राणाः (bibhrāṇāḥ) - assuming (forms) (bearing, carrying, assuming, maintaining)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - divisions, distinctions, varieties

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• अरण्यवासिनः (araṇyavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, inhabitants of the forest

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, their

• ग्रामवासिनः (grāmavāsinaḥ) - village-dwellers, inhabitants of a village

Words meanings and morphology

नानारूपाणि (nānārūpāṇi) - various forms, diverse shapes

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nānārūpa

nānārūpa - of various forms/shapes, multiform

Compound of nānā (various) and rūpa (form)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+rūpa)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold, many
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

बिभ्राणाः (bibhrāṇāḥ) - assuming (forms) (bearing, carrying, assuming, maintaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bibhrāṇa

bibhrāṇa - bearing, carrying, wearing, assuming, supporting

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from the root bhṛ (to bear, carry) with reduplication (bibhr-)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to the unspecified subject 'they' (the creatures from the previous verse).

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - divisions, distinctions, varieties

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bheda

bheda - breaking, splitting, division, distinction, variety

Derived from the root bhid (to break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable in most cases, here used as an adjective agreeing with 'bhedāḥ'.

अरण्यवासिनः (araṇyavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, inhabitants of the forest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of araṇyavāsin

araṇyavāsin - forest-dweller, inhabitant of a forest

Compound of araṇya (forest) and vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (araṇya+vāsin)

• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable.

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

ग्रामवासिनः (grāmavāsinaḥ) - village-dwellers, inhabitants of a village

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of grāmavāsin

grāmavāsin - village-dweller, inhabitant of a village

Compound of grāma (village) and vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (grāma+vāsin)

• grāma – village, community
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)