महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-26, verse-22

न येषां सन्ति कर्तारो न च येऽत्राहिताग्नयः ।
वयं च कस्य कुर्यामो बहुत्वात्तात कर्मणः ॥२२॥

22. na yeṣāṁ santi kartāro na ca ye'trāhitāgnayaḥ ,
vayaṁ ca kasya kuryāmo bahutvāttāta karmaṇaḥ.

22. na yeṣām santi kartāraḥ na ca ye atra ahitāgnayaḥ
vayam ca kasya kuryāmaḥ bahutvāt tāta karmaṇaḥ

22. tāta karmaṇaḥ bahutvāt yeṣām kartāraḥ na santi ca ye atra ahitāgnayaḥ na,
vayam ca kasya kuryāmaḥ

22. For those who have no one to perform their rites, and for those who here have not maintained the sacred fires, for whom should we perform the funeral ceremonies, O dear one, given the multitude of such duties?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - performers of funeral rites (doers, performers, creators)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• ये (ye) - those who

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• अहिताग्नयः (ahitāgnayaḥ) - those who have not maintained the sacred fires

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• च (ca) - and, also

• कस्य (kasya) - of whom, for whom

• कुर्यामः (kuryāmaḥ) - we should do, we should perform

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to the multitude, on account of the abundance

• तात (tāta) - Term of affectionate address, often used by a younger person to an elder, or a king to a minister. (O dear one, O father)

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of the funeral rites/duties (of the actions, of the duties, of the rites)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - performers of funeral rites (doers, performers, creators)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, maker, agent, author, creator; performer (of a sacrifice)

Agent Noun

Derived from root kṛ with suffix tṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

अहिताग्नयः (ahitāgnayaḥ) - those who have not maintained the sacred fires

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ahitāgni

ahitāgni - one who has not established or maintained the sacred fires; one who has not performed the agnihotra sacrifice

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+hita+agni)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• hita – placed, established, set; beneficial, suitable
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dhā (to place) with suffix kta (ta), showing substitution of hi for dhā.
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• agni – fire; the sacred sacrificial fire
  noun (masculine)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

कुर्यामः (kuryāmaḥ) - we should do, we should perform

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Optative Mood

1st person plural, optative mood, active voice (vidhi-liṅ)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to the multitude, on account of the abundance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, abundance, numerical strength, plurality

Derived from bahu (many) with suffix tva (abstract noun)

तात (tāta) - Term of affectionate address, often used by a younger person to an elder, or a king to a minister. (O dear one, O father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment or respect, often in vocative)

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of the funeral rites/duties (of the actions, of the duties, of the rites)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)