महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-2, verse-12

मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च ।
संसारेष्वनुभूतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम् ॥१२॥

12. mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca ,
saṁsāreṣvanubhūtāni kasya te kasya vā vayam.

12. mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca
saṃsāreṣu anubhūtāni kasya te kasya vā vayam

12. samsāreṣu mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni
ca anubhūtāni te kasya vā vayam kasya

12. Thousands of mothers and fathers, and hundreds of sons and wives, have been experienced in cycles of transmigration (saṃsāra). To whom do they belong, and to whom do we belong?

Words meanings summery:

• मातापितृसहस्राणि (mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi) - thousands of mothers and fathers

• पुत्रदारशतानि (putradāraśatāni) - hundreds of sons and wives

• च (ca) - and, also

• संसारेषु (saṁsāreṣu) - in cycles of transmigration, in worldly existences

• अनुभूतानि (anubhūtāni) - experienced, undergone

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

• ते (te) - they, those (masculine/feminine nominative plural)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• वयम् (vayam) - we (nominative plural of 'I')

Words meanings and morphology

मातापितृसहस्राणि (mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi) - thousands of mothers and fathers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mātāpitṛsahasra

mātāpitṛsahasra - thousands of mothers and fathers

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ+sahasra)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also accusative plural.

पुत्रदारशतानि (putradāraśatāni) - hundreds of sons and wives

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putradāraśata

putradāraśata - hundreds of sons and wives

Compound type : dvandva (putra+dāra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• dāra – wife (often plural in Sanskrit)
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also accusative plural.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संसारेषु (saṁsāreṣu) - in cycles of transmigration, in worldly existences

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of rebirth, transmigration, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

From sam- + root sṛ (to flow, run)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अनुभूतानि (anubhūtāni) - experienced, undergone

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, perceived, undergone, enjoyed

Past Passive Participle

From prefix anu- + root bhū (to be, become)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Also accusative plural.

कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Used idiomatically as 'to whom does it belong'.

ते (te) - they, those (masculine/feminine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine/feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi and putradāraśatāni.

कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

Note: Used idiomatically as 'to whom does it belong'.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

Connective particle

वयम् (vayam) - we (nominative plural of 'I')

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Personal pronoun, 1st person plural