महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-59, verse-54

इमं तु वंशं नियमेन यः पठेन्महात्मनां ब्राह्मणदेवसंनिधौ ।
अपत्यलाभं लभते स पुष्कलं श्रियं यशः प्रेत्य च शोभनां गतिम् ॥५४॥

54. imaṁ tu vaṁśaṁ niyamena yaḥ paṭhe;nmahātmanāṁ brāhmaṇadevasaṁnidhau ,
apatyalābhaṁ labhate sa puṣkalaṁ; śriyaṁ yaśaḥ pretya ca śobhanāṁ gatim.

54. imam tu vaṃśam niyamena yaḥ paṭhet
mahātmanām brāhmaṇadevasannidhau |
apatyalābham labhate saḥ puṣkalam
śriyam yaśaḥ pretya ca śobhanām gatim

54. Whoever recites this lineage of great souls regularly in the presence of Brahmins and gods, he obtains abundant offspring, prosperity, fame, and an excellent destiny after death.

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this (lineage/narrative) (this (masculine accusative singular))

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• वंशम् (vaṁśam) - this narrative of the lineage/genealogy. (lineage, family, bamboo, race)

• नियमेन (niyamena) - regularly, with discipline. (by rule, with discipline, regularly)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever (masculine nominative singular))

• पठेत् (paṭhet) - should read/recite. (he should read/recite, may he read/recite)

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls (referring to the ancestors in the lineage). (of great souls, of the high-minded ones)

• ब्राह्मणदेवसन्निधौ (brāhmaṇadevasannidhau) - in the presence of Brahmins and deities. (in the presence of Brahmins and gods)

• अपत्यलाभम् (apatyalābham) - the gain of offspring. (gain of offspring, obtaining children)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains. (he obtains, he receives)

• सः (saḥ) - he (whoever recites). (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• पुष्कलम् (puṣkalam) - abundant. (abundant, full, excellent, best)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity. (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame. (fame, glory, reputation)

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death. (having departed, after death)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शोभनाम् (śobhanām) - an excellent. (beautiful, excellent, auspicious (feminine accusative singular))

• गतिम् (gatim) - destiny. (path, movement, destiny, state)

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this (lineage/narrative) (this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

वंशम् (vaṁśam) - this narrative of the lineage/genealogy. (lineage, family, bamboo, race)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - bamboo, lineage, family, race, series, genealogy

नियमेन (niyamena) - regularly, with discipline. (by rule, with discipline, regularly)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - restriction, rule, discipline, self-restraint

action noun

from root yam (to control)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

पठेत् (paṭhet) - should read/recite. (he should read/recite, may he read/recite)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of paṭh

Root: paṭh (class 1)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls (referring to the ancestors in the lineage). (of great souls, of the high-minded ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

ब्राह्मणदेवसन्निधौ (brāhmaṇadevasannidhau) - in the presence of Brahmins and deities. (in the presence of Brahmins and gods)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇadevasannidhi

brāhmaṇadevasannidhi - presence of Brahmins and gods

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+deva+sannidhi)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, priest, related to Brahma
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• sannidhi – proximity, presence, nearness
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root dhā (to place)
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: dhā (class 3)

अपत्यलाभम् (apatyalābham) - the gain of offspring. (gain of offspring, obtaining children)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apatyalābha

apatyalābha - gain of offspring, obtaining children

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+lābha)

• apatya – offspring, child
  noun (neuter)
  from root pat (to fall)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: pat (class 1)
• lābha – gain, acquisition, profit
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

लभते (labhate) - obtains. (he obtains, he receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada verb.

सः (saḥ) - he (whoever recites). (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुष्कलम् (puṣkalam) - abundant. (abundant, full, excellent, best)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puṣkala

puṣkala - abundant, full, ample, excellent, best

Note: Agrees with apatyalābham (masculine accusative singular).

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity. (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame. (fame, glory, reputation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, reputation, splendor

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death. (having departed, after death)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root i (to go) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शोभनाम् (śobhanām) - an excellent. (beautiful, excellent, auspicious (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śobhanā

śobhana - beautiful, excellent, auspicious, splendid

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gatim.

गतिम् (gatim) - destiny. (path, movement, destiny, state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, destiny, state

action noun

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)