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.

8. שהרוח תשמור על כנפיך, והירח על גבך, בני הקטן. שהאש תשמור על ראשך, והשמש על כולך.

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)

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