महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-109, verse-22

येन प्रीताश्च पितरस्तेन प्रीतः पितामहः ।
प्रीणाति मातरं येन पृथिवी तेन पूजिता ॥२२॥

22. yena prītāśca pitarastena prītaḥ pitāmahaḥ ,
prīṇāti mātaraṁ yena pṛthivī tena pūjitā.

22. yena prītāḥ ca pitaraḥ tena prītaḥ pitāmahaḥ
prīṇāti mātaram yena pṛthivī tena pūjitā

22. yena pitaraḥ ca prītāḥ tena pitāmahaḥ prītaḥ
yena mātaram prīṇāti tena pṛthivī pūjitā

22. By the one who pleases the ancestors (pitaras), the grandfather is pleased. By the one who pleases the mother, the earth is revered.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, satisfied

• च (ca) - and

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

• प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) - he pleases

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• पूजिता (pūjitā) - revered, honored, worshipped

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which

प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, satisfied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root prī (to please, satisfy)

Root: prī

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root prī (to please, satisfy)

Root: prī

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahma (as the great ancestor)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great
  adjective

प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) - he pleases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prī

Present Active Indicative

Class 9 verb, present stem prīṇā-

Root: prī (class 9)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, ground

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पूजिता (pūjitā) - revered, honored, worshipped

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjita

pūjita - worshipped, honored, revered, adored

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pūj (to worship, honor)

Root: pūj