महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-3

केषांचिदभवद्भ्राता केषांचिदभवत्सखा ।
ऋषयस्त्वपरे चैनं पुत्रवत्पर्यपालयन् ॥३॥

3. keṣāṁcidabhavadbhrātā keṣāṁcidabhavatsakhā ,
ṛṣayastvapare cainaṁ putravatparyapālayan.

3. keṣāṃcit abhavat bhrātā keṣāṃcit abhavat sakhā
ṛṣayaḥ tu apare ca enam putravat paryapālayan

3. He became a brother to some and a friend to others. And indeed, other sages protected him as a son.

Words meanings summery:

• केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - to some (people) (of some, to some, to certain ones)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was, it happened)

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - a brother (brother)

• केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - to some (people) (of some, to some, to certain ones)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was, it happened)

• सखा (sakhā) - a friend (friend, companion)

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers)

• तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, on the other hand, indeed, moreover)

• अपरे (apare) - other (sages) (others, other)

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - him (Pandu) (him, this one)

• पुत्रवत् (putravat) - as a son (like a son, as a son)

• पर्यपालयन् (paryapālayan) - they protected (they protected, they fostered, they nourished)

Words meanings and morphology

केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - to some (people) (of some, to some, to certain ones)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

`cit` is an indefinite particle added to interrogative pronouns.

Note: Indicates a partitive relationship.

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was, it happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist (luṅ) form, third person singular active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

भ्राता (bhrātā) - a brother (brother)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Predicative nominative with `abhavat`.

केषांचित् (keṣāṁcit) - to some (people) (of some, to some, to certain ones)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

`cit` is an indefinite particle added to interrogative pronouns.

Note: Indicates a partitive relationship.

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (he became, he was, it happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist (luṅ) form, third person singular active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सखा (sakhā) - a friend (friend, companion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

Note: Predicative nominative with `abhavat`.

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages (sages, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Note: Subject of `paryapālayan`.

तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, on the other hand, indeed, moreover)

(indeclinable)

particle

अपरे (apare) - other (sages) (others, other)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एनम् (enam) - him (Pandu) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

Pronominal stem.

Note: Object of `paryapālayan`.

पुत्रवत् (putravat) - as a son (like a son, as a son)

(indeclinable)

From `putra` (son) + `vat` suffix (like, as).

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying the verb `paryapālayan`.

पर्यपालयन् (paryapālayan) - they protected (they protected, they fostered, they nourished)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paripālay

Formed from `pari-pā` (to protect) in the causal stem, Imperfect (laṅ) form, third person plural active.

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: The `a` prefix for imperfect is merged with the `i` of `pari` to become `paryapālayan` due to sandhi in the base form for the imperfect tense. The prefix `pari` is used, so the base verb root is `√pā`.