महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-143

ये चैनमुपसर्पन्ति ये च दूरं परं गताः ।
अहमैरावतज्येष्ठभ्रातृभ्योऽकरवं नमः ॥१४३॥

143. ye cainamupasarpanti ye ca dūraṁ paraṁ gatāḥ ,
ahamairāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛbhyo'karavaṁ namaḥ.

143. ye ca enam upasarpanti ye ca dūram param gatāḥ
aham airāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛbhyaḥ akaravam namaḥ

143. I offer my obeisance to the elder brothers of Airāvata, both those who approach him and those who have gone far away.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to a prominent naga, perhaps Airāvata or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (him, this one)

• उपसर्पन्ति (upasarpanti) - they approach (they approach, they go near)

• ये (ye) - those who

• च (ca) - and

• दूरम् (dūram) - far away (far, distant (adverb or accusative neuter noun/adjective))

• परम् (param) - further, beyond (beyond, further, supreme, best)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone (away) (gone, moved, attained)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ऐरावतज्येष्ठभ्रातृभ्यः (airāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛbhyaḥ) - to the elder brothers of Airāvata

• अकरवम् (akaravam) - I made (obeisance) (I did, I made)

• नमः (namaḥ) - obeisance, salutation (obeisance, salutation, bow)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to a prominent naga, perhaps Airāvata or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it (anaphoric pronoun)

उपसर्पन्ति (upasarpanti) - they approach (they approach, they go near)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of upasṛp

root verb with prefix

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛp (class 1)

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दूरम् (dūram) - far away (far, distant (adverb or accusative neuter noun/adjective))

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - further, beyond (beyond, further, supreme, best)

(indeclinable)

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone (away) (gone, moved, attained)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, moved, passed, reached

past passive participle

from gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

ऐरावतज्येष्ठभ्रातृभ्यः (airāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛbhyaḥ) - to the elder brothers of Airāvata

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of airāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛ

airāvatajyeṣṭhabhrātṛ - elder brother of Airāvata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (airāvata+jyeṣṭhabhrātṛ)

• airāvata – name of Indra's elephant, name of a prominent naga
  noun (masculine)
• jyeṣṭhabhrātṛ – elder brother
  noun (masculine)

अकरवम् (akaravam) - I made (obeisance) (I did, I made)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

root verb

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नमः (namaḥ) - obeisance, salutation (obeisance, salutation, bow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of namas

namas - bow, obeisance, salutation, reverence

Root: nam (class 1)