महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-30, verse-55

भवत्येकः कुले विप्रः शिष्टान्ये कामचारिणः ।
गान्धारा मद्रकाश्चैव बाह्लीकाः केऽप्यचेतसः ॥५५॥

55. bhavatyekaḥ kule vipraḥ śiṣṭānye kāmacāriṇaḥ ,
gāndhārā madrakāścaiva bāhlīkāḥ ke'pyacetasaḥ.

55. bhavati ekaḥ kule vipraḥ śiṣṭāḥ anye kāmacāriṇaḥ
gāndhārāḥ madrakāḥ ca eva bāhlīkāḥ ke api acetasaḥ

55. kule ekaḥ vipraḥ bhavati śiṣṭāḥ anye kāmacāriṇaḥ
gāndhārāḥ madrakāḥ ca eva bāhlīkāḥ ke api acetasaḥ

55. One person in a family becomes a Brahmin, while the others who remain act as they please, having no fixed social custom (dharma) or status. The Gāndhāras, Madrakas, and Bāhlīkas are indeed some who are mindless.

Words meanings summery:

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (in a family) (one, a single one, one person)

• कुले (kule) - in a family, in a lineage, among a community

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin, a sage, inspired one

• शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - the remaining ones (in the family) (remaining, disciplined, educated, refined)

• अन्ये (anye) - others, different ones

• कामचारिणः (kāmacāriṇaḥ) - acting as they please, without fixed social custom (dharma) or status (acting as one pleases, unrestrained, arbitrary)

• गान्धाराः (gāndhārāḥ) - the Gāndhāras (people/country)

• मद्रकाः (madrakāḥ) - the Madrakas (people/country)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• बाह्लीकाः (bāhlīkāḥ) - the Bāhlīkas (people/country)

• के (ke) - some (among them) (some, who, what)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - mindless, senseless, irrational, unconscious

Words meanings and morphology

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicates the change of state.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (in a family) (one, a single one, one person)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to one member of the family.

कुले (kule) - in a family, in a lineage, among a community

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, clan, community, house

Root: kul

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin, a sage, inspired one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

From √vip (to tremble, to be inspired).

Root: vip

Note: Complement of 'bhavati'.

शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - the remaining ones (in the family) (remaining, disciplined, educated, refined)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - remaining, disciplined, taught, educated, good, well-behaved

Past Passive Participle

From √śiṣ (to remain, to teach, to discipline).

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Subject.

अन्ये (anye) - others, different ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Indefinite pronoun.

Note: Qualifies `śiṣṭāḥ`.

कामचारिणः (kāmacāriṇaḥ) - acting as they please, without fixed social custom (dharma) or status (acting as one pleases, unrestrained, arbitrary)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmacārin

kāmacārin - acting as one pleases, self-willed, arbitrary, unrestrained

Compound kāma + cārin.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāma+cārin)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam
• cārin – moving, going, behaving, one who acts
  adjective
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root √car (to move, to act) with suffix -in.
  Root: car (class 1)

गान्धाराः (gāndhārāḥ) - the Gāndhāras (people/country)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gāndhāra

gāndhāra - inhabitant of Gāndhāra (a country in ancient India, NW frontier), Gāndhāra people

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

मद्रकाः (madrakāḥ) - the Madrakas (people/country)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madraka

madraka - inhabitant of Madra (a country in ancient India, Punjab region), Madraka people

From 'Madra' + suffix -ka.

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

बाह्लीकाः (bāhlīkāḥ) - the Bāhlīkas (people/country)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhlīka

bāhlīka - inhabitant of Bāhlīka (Balkh), a people/country

Derived from Bāhlī (Balkh) + suffix -ka.

Note: Subject of implied verb 'are'.

के (ke) - some (among them) (some, who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what (interrogative pronoun), some (indefinite)

Masculine nominative plural of 'kim'.

Note: Refers to some among the mentioned groups.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - mindless, senseless, irrational, unconscious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acetas

acetas - mindless, senseless, unconscious, irrational

Compound a- (negation) + cetas (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+cetas)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intelligence, heart
  noun (neuter)
  From root √cit (to perceive, to understand).
  Root: cit