महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-41, verse-22

यं तु पश्यसि नो ब्रह्मन्वीरणस्तम्बमाश्रितान् ।
एषोऽस्माकं कुलस्तम्ब आसीत्स्वकुलवर्धनः ॥२२॥

22. yaṁ tu paśyasi no brahmanvīraṇastambamāśritān ,
eṣo'smākaṁ kulastamba āsītsvakulavardhanaḥ.

22. yam tu paśyasi naḥ brahman vīraṇastambam āśritān
eṣaḥ asmākam kulastambaḥ āsīt svakulavardhanaḥ

22. But O Brahmin, those whom you see clinging to this clump of vīraṇa grass—he was formerly the pillar of our family, the one who would increase his own lineage.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom (referring to the ancestors) (whom, which)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

• नः (naḥ) - our (us, our)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• वीरणस्तम्बम् (vīraṇastambam) - clump of vīraṇa grass

• आश्रितान् (āśritān) - clinging to (the clump) (clinging to, dependent on, resorted to)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (Jaratkāru) (this, this one, he)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our (our, of us)

• कुलस्तम्बः (kulastambaḥ) - pillar of our family (pillar of the family, family support)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - he was (formerly) (he was, existed)

• स्वकुलवर्धनः (svakulavardhanaḥ) - the one who would increase his own lineage (one who increases his own family)

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom (referring to the ancestors) (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - our (us, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute

वीरणस्तम्बम् (vīraṇastambam) - clump of vīraṇa grass

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīraṇastamba

vīraṇastamba - a clump of vīraṇa grass (Andropogon muricatus)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīraṇa+stamba)

• vīraṇa – vīraṇa grass (a kind of fragrant grass, Andropogon muricatus)
  noun (masculine)
• stamba – clump, tuft, stem, pillar, post
  noun (masculine)

आश्रितान् (āśritān) - clinging to (the clump) (clinging to, dependent on, resorted to)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āśrita

āśrita - clung to, dependent on, resorted to, protected

past passive participle

root śri + ktā

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (Jaratkāru) (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our (our, of us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

कुलस्तम्बः (kulastambaḥ) - pillar of our family (pillar of the family, family support)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kulastamba

kulastamba - pillar of a family, family support

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+stamba)

• kula – family, lineage, race
  noun (neuter)
• stamba – pillar, post, support
  noun (masculine)

आसीत् (āsīt) - he was (formerly) (he was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

स्वकुलवर्धनः (svakulavardhanaḥ) - the one who would increase his own lineage (one who increases his own family)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svakulavardhana

svakulavardhana - one who increases his own family or race

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kula+vardhana)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective
• kula – family, lineage
  noun (neuter)
• vardhana – increasing, promoting, strengthening, one who causes to grow
  agent_noun/adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  root vṛdh + ṇic + lyuṭ
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)