महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-24, verse-8

पक्षौ ते मारुतः पातु चन्द्रः पृष्ठं तु पुत्रक ।
शिरस्तु पातु ते वह्निर्भास्करः सर्वमेव तु ॥८॥

8. pakṣau te mārutaḥ pātu candraḥ pṛṣṭhaṁ tu putraka ,
śirastu pātu te vahnirbhāskaraḥ sarvameva tu.

8. pakṣau te mārutaḥ pātu candraḥ pṛṣṭham tu putraka
| śiraḥ tu pātu te vahniḥ bhāskaraḥ sarvam eva tu

8. May the Wind protect your wings, and the Moon your back, O son. May Fire protect your head, and the Sun, indeed, everything else.

Words meanings summery:

• पक्षौ (pakṣau) - wings (dual)

• ते (te) - your (genitive singular)

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the Wind God (wind, Marut (deity of wind))

• पातु (pātu) - may he protect

• चन्द्रः (candraḥ) - the Moon God (moon, Moon (deity of moon))

• पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back

• तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

• पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (vocative) (O son, O dear child)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

• पातु (pātu) - may he protect

• ते (te) - your (genitive singular)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the Fire God (fire, Agni (deity of fire))

• भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the Sun God (sun, Sun (deity of sun))

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything else (all, every, whole)

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

• तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

Words meanings and morphology

पक्षौ (pakṣau) - wings (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pakṣa

pakṣa - wing, side, party

ते (te) - your (genitive singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative/genitive singular enclitic form of yuṣmad

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the Wind God (wind, Marut (deity of wind))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, a Marut (wind-god)

पातु (pātu) - may he protect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 2)

चन्द्रः (candraḥ) - the Moon God (moon, Moon (deity of moon))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candra

candra - moon, shining, delightful

पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, top

तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (vocative) (O son, O dear child)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - little son, dear son, child

Diminutive of putra

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

पातु (pātu) - may he protect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 2)

ते (te) - your (genitive singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative/genitive singular enclitic form of yuṣmad

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the Fire God (fire, Agni (deity of fire))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (god of fire)

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the Sun God (sun, Sun (deity of sun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun-god, creator of light

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything else (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

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

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - and (but, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)