महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-24

इष्टं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं नियमश्च स्वनुष्ठितः ।
सर्वमेवानपत्यस्य न पावनमिहोच्यते ॥२४॥

24. iṣṭaṁ dattaṁ tapastaptaṁ niyamaśca svanuṣṭhitaḥ ,
sarvamevānapatyasya na pāvanamihocyate.

24. iṣṭam dattam tapaḥ taptam niyamaḥ ca su-anuṣṭhitaḥ
sarvam eva anapatyasya na pāvanam iha ucyate

24. Sacrifices performed, gifts given, penance (tapas) practiced, and vows diligently observed – all of these are declared not to be sanctifying in this world for one without offspring.

24. טקס וודי שנערך, צדקה שניתנה, תרגול שבוצע וכללי התנהגות שקוימו היטב, כל אלה, אומרים, אינם מטהרים את חסר הצאצאים.

Words meanings summery:

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - sacrifices performed (sacrificed, worshipped; that which is desired or liked)

• दत्तम् (dattam) - gifts given (given, granted)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - penance practiced (penance, asceticism, heat)

• तप्तम् (taptam) - penance practiced (practiced, performed, heated)

• नियमः (niyamaḥ) - vows observed (vow, rule, restraint)

• च (ca) - and

• सु-अनुष्ठितः (su-anuṣṭhitaḥ) - well-performed, diligently observed

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of these (actions) (all, whole, every)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अनपत्यस्य (anapatyasya) - of one without offspring, of the childless

• न (na) - not, no

• पावनम् (pāvanam) - sanctifying, purifying, sacred

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

Words meanings and morphology

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - sacrifices performed (sacrificed, worshipped; that which is desired or liked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - sacrificed, worshipped, desired, liked

Past Passive Participle

from verb yaj (to sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

दत्तम् (dattam) - gifts given (given, granted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, presented

Past Passive Participle

from verb dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

तपः (tapaḥ) - penance practiced (penance, asceticism, heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, asceticism, austerity, heat

Root: tap (class 1)

तप्तम् (taptam) - penance practiced (practiced, performed, heated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapta

tapta - heated, purified, practiced (penance)

Past Passive Participle

from verb tap (to burn, to practice austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

नियमः (niyamaḥ) - vows observed (vow, rule, restraint)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - restraint, rule, vow, regulation

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सु-अनुष्ठितः (su-anuṣṭhitaḥ) - well-performed, diligently observed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of su-anuṣṭhita

su-anuṣṭhita - well-performed, properly observed, diligently executed

Past Passive Participle

from verb anu-ṣṭhā (to perform, observe) with prefix su- (well, good)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+anuṣṭhita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• anuṣṭhita – performed, accomplished, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb anu-sthā (to perform, observe)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of these (actions) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अनपत्यस्य (anapatyasya) - of one without offspring, of the childless

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anapatya

anapatya - without offspring, childless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+apatya)

• an – not, without
  indeclinable
• apatya – offspring, child
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पावनम् (pāvanam) - sanctifying, purifying, sacred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, sanctifying, sacred, clean

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is declared, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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