महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-213, verse-63

दयितो वासुदेवस्य बाल्यात्प्रभृति चाभवत् ।
पितॄणां चैव सर्वेषां प्रजानामिव चन्द्रमाः ॥६३॥

63. dayito vāsudevasya bālyātprabhṛti cābhavat ,
pitṝṇāṁ caiva sarveṣāṁ prajānāmiva candramāḥ.

63. dayitaḥ vāsudevasya bālyāt prabhṛti ca abhavat
pitṝṇām ca eva sarveṣām prajānām iva candramāḥ

63. And he (Abhimanyu) became dear to Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) from childhood (bālyāt prabhṛti). Indeed, he was like the moon (candramāḥ) to all the ancestors and to all people (prajānām).

Words meanings summery:

• दयितः (dayitaḥ) - dear, beloved, favorite

• वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Kṛṣṇa (of Vāsudeva)

• बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from childhood

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning from, onwards

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the fathers, of the ancestors

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the people, of the subjects, of the progeny

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - the moon

Words meanings and morphology

दयितः (dayitaḥ) - dear, beloved, favorite

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dayita

dayita - dear, beloved, desired

Past Passive Participle

From root day (to love, to pity)

Root: day (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively.

वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Kṛṣṇa (of Vāsudeva)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa

बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from childhood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, childishness

Note: Used with prabhṛti.

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning from, onwards

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Functions as a postposition with ablative.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the fathers, of the ancestors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'fathers' and 'all people'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Modifies 'prajānām'.

प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the people, of the subjects, of the progeny

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, people, subjects, creation

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candramas

candramas - the moon

Note: Used in a simile.