महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-203

यश्चैनं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे ब्राह्मणान्पादमन्ततः ।
अक्षय्यमन्नपानं तत्पितॄंस्तस्योपतिष्ठति ॥२०३॥

203. yaścainaṁ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇānpādamantataḥ ,
akṣayyamannapānaṁ tatpitṝṁstasyopatiṣṭhati.

203. yaḥ ca enam śrāvayet śrāddhe brāhmaṇān pādam antataḥ
akṣayyam anna-pānam tat pitṝn tasya upatiṣṭhati

203. And whoever recites even a quarter of this (text) to Brahmins during a śrāddha ceremony, for him, imperishable food and drink is offered to his ancestors.

203. וכל מי שישמיע זאת לבְּרַהְמִינִים בטקס השְׁרָאדְהַה (טקס הזיכרון לאבות), ולו רק פָּדַה (רבע בית) אחד בסופו, האוכל והמשקה שלו יהפכו לבלתי נדלים ויגיעו אל אבותיו.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - this (text) (this (one))

• श्रावयेत् (śrāvayet) - should recite (should cause to hear, should recite)

• श्राद्धे (śrāddhe) - during a śrāddha ceremony (in a śrāddha ceremony)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - to Brahmins (Brahmins)

• पादम् (pādam) - a quarter (of the text) (a quarter, a part, a foot)

• अन्ततः (antataḥ) - at least (at the end, from within, at least)

• अक्षय्यम् (akṣayyam) - imperishable (imperishable, everlasting)

• अन्न-पानम् (anna-pānam) - food and drink

• तत् (tat) - that (food and drink) (that)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors (fathers, ancestors)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (the reciter's) (his, its)

• उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - is offered to (stands near, is present, serves, is offered to)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this (text) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (demonstrative pronoun, often anaphoric)

श्रावयेत् (śrāvayet) - should recite (should cause to hear, should recite)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of śrāvay

causative

causative stem of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

श्राद्धे (śrāddhe) - during a śrāddha ceremony (in a śrāddha ceremony)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - a funeral rite, an offering to ancestors

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - to Brahmins (Brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

पादम् (pādam) - a quarter (of the text) (a quarter, a part, a foot)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, part, verse-quarter

अन्ततः (antataḥ) - at least (at the end, from within, at least)

(indeclinable)

derived from anta with suffix -tas

अक्षय्यम् (akṣayyam) - imperishable (imperishable, everlasting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣayya

akṣayya - imperishable, undecaying, everlasting

derived from kṣayya (perishable) with negative prefix 'a-'

Root: kṣi (class 1)

अन्न-पानम् (anna-pānam) - food and drink

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna-pāna

anna-pāna - food and drink, provisions

Compound type : dvandva (anna+pāna)

• anna – food, boiled rice, grain
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle (used as noun)
  derived from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• pāna – drink, act of drinking, beverage
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  derived from root pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (food and drink) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors (fathers, ancestors)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

तस्य (tasya) - his (the reciter's) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - is offered to (stands near, is present, serves, is offered to)

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

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