महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-9

देवताः पितरस्तस्मात्पितरश्चापि देवताः ।
एकीभूताश्च पूज्यन्ते पृथक्त्वेन च पर्वसु ॥९॥

9. devatāḥ pitarastasmātpitaraścāpi devatāḥ ,
ekībhūtāśca pūjyante pṛthaktvena ca parvasu.

9. devatāḥ pitaraḥ tasmāt pitaraḥ ca api devatāḥ
ekībhūtāḥ ca pūjyante pṛthaktvena ca parvasu

9. Therefore, the gods are the ancestors, and the ancestors are indeed the gods. They are worshipped both in a unified form and separately on auspicious days.

Words meanings summery:

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

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

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - indeed, also (also, even, too)

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

• एकीभूताः (ekībhūtāḥ) - as a unified entity (unified, made one, become one)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पूज्यन्ते (pūjyante) - they are worshipped (they are worshipped, they are honored)

• पृथक्त्वेन (pṛthaktvena) - separately, as distinct entities (by separateness, by individuality, separately)

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• पर्वसु (parvasu) - on auspicious days (such as full moon, new moon) (on joints, on knots, on festive seasons, on auspicious days)

Words meanings and morphology

देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, god

Note: Subject.

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (fathers, ancestors, manes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Predicative noun.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates a conclusion from the previous verse.

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (fathers, ancestors, manes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two parts of the statement.

अपि (api) - indeed, also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, god

Note: Predicative noun.

एकीभूताः (ekībhūtāḥ) - as a unified entity (unified, made one, become one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekībhūta

ekībhūta - become one, united, unified

past participle

From ekī-bhū + kta suffix

Prefix: ekī

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to `devatāḥ` and `pitaraḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Links `ekībhūtāḥ` to `pūjyante`.

पूज्यन्ते (pūjyante) - they are worshipped (they are worshipped, they are honored)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of pūj

present

3rd pl present passive

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: The implied subjects are the gods and ancestors.

पृथक्त्वेन (pṛthaktvena) - separately, as distinct entities (by separateness, by individuality, separately)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pṛthaktva

pṛthaktva - separateness, distinctness, individuality

From pṛthak (separate) + tva (abstract suffix)

Note: Contrasts with `ekībhūtāḥ`.

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Links `pṛthaktvena` to the worship.

पर्वसु (parvasu) - on auspicious days (such as full moon, new moon) (on joints, on knots, on festive seasons, on auspicious days)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, section, festive season, auspicious day

Note: Specifies when this worship occurs.