महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-41, verse-21

पितरस्तेऽवलम्बन्ते गर्ते दीना अधोमुखाः ।
साधु दारान्कुरुष्वेति प्रजायस्वेति चाभिभो ।
कुलतन्तुर्हि नः शिष्टस्त्वमेवैकस्तपोधन ॥२१॥

21. pitaraste'valambante garte dīnā adhomukhāḥ ,
sādhu dārānkuruṣveti prajāyasveti cābhibho ,
kulatanturhi naḥ śiṣṭastvamevaikastapodhana.

21. pitaraḥ te avalambante garte dīnāḥ
adhomukhāḥ sādhu dārān kuruṣva iti
prajāyasva iti ca abhibho kulatantuḥ hi
naḥ śiṣṭaḥ tvam eva ekaḥ tapodhana

21. Your ancestors, miserable and hanging head-downwards in this pit, say: 'Please take a wife and beget offspring, O venerable one! For you alone, O ascetic, are the sole remaining thread of our family lineage.'

Words meanings summery:

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (ancestors, fathers)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you, by you)

• अवलम्बन्ते (avalambante) - they hang (they hang, they depend, they cling to)

• गर्ते (garte) - in this pit (in the pit, in the hole)

• दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - miserable, distressed, wretched

• अधोमुखाः (adhomukhāḥ) - having faces downwards, head-down

• साधु (sādhu) - please (as an exhortation) (well, properly, please (as an exhortation))

• दारान् (dārān) - wives (wives (always masculine plural))

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - take (a wife) (do, make, perform, take)

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so)

• प्रजायस्व (prajāyasva) - beget offspring (beget, produce offspring)

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभिभो (abhibho) - O venerable one (O venerable one, O lord)

• कुलतन्तुः (kulatantuḥ) - family lineage (family thread, lineage, progeny)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, because)

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

• शिष्टः (śiṣṭaḥ) - remaining (remaining, left over)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• एव (eva) - alone, only (alone, only, indeed, precisely)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - sole (one, a single, sole)

• तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic (O ascetic (one whose wealth is penance))

Words meanings and morphology

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

ते (te) - your (your, to you, by you)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

अवलम्बन्ते (avalambante) - they hang (they hang, they depend, they cling to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of avalamb

Root lamb (to hang) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

गर्ते (garte) - in this pit (in the pit, in the hole)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garta

garta - pit, hole, cavity, ditch

दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - miserable, distressed, wretched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīna

dīna - miserable, distressed, poor, humble, wretched

past participle

Derived from root dai (to be weary)

Root: dai (class 4)

अधोमुखाः (adhomukhāḥ) - having faces downwards, head-down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhomukha

adhomukha - face downwards, head-down, looking down

Compound type : bahuvrihi (adhas+mukha)

• adhas – below, downwards
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

साधु (sādhu) - please (as an exhortation) (well, properly, please (as an exhortation))

(indeclinable)

दारान् (dārān) - wives (wives (always masculine plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (used always in masculine plural)

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - take (a wife) (do, make, perform, take)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रजायस्व (prajāyasva) - beget offspring (beget, produce offspring)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of prajā

Root jan (to be born) with prefix pra- (in middle voice)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभिभो (abhibho) - O venerable one (O venerable one, O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abhibhu

abhibhu - lord, master, venerable one, excelling

कुलतन्तुः (kulatantuḥ) - family lineage (family thread, lineage, progeny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kulatantu

kulatantu - family thread, lineage, progeny, offspring of a family

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+tantu)

• kula – family, lineage, race, house
  noun (neuter)
• tantu – thread, string, lineage, progeny
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

शिष्टः (śiṣṭaḥ) - remaining (remaining, left over)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - remaining, left, disciplined, taught

past participle

Derived from root śiṣ (to leave, to remain)

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

एव (eva) - alone, only (alone, only, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - sole (one, a single, sole)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, sole

तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic (O ascetic (one whose wealth is penance))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tapodhana

tapodhana - one whose wealth is penance, an ascetic, a recluse

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – penance, austerity, heat
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)