महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-116, verse-4

पुत्रपौत्राभिरामं च राष्ट्रवृद्धिकरं च यत् ।
अन्नपाने शरीरे च हितं यत्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥४॥

4. putrapautrābhirāmaṁ ca rāṣṭravṛddhikaraṁ ca yat ,
annapāne śarīre ca hitaṁ yattadbravīhi me.

4. putrapautrābhirāmam ca rāṣṭravṛddhikaram ca
yat annapāne śarīre ca hitam yat tat bravīhi me

4. yat putrapautrābhirāmam ca rāṣṭravṛddhikaram ca,
ca yat annapāne śarīre ca hitam,
tat me bravīhi

4. And that which is delightful for sons and grandsons, and which promotes the prosperity of the nation (rāṣṭra), and that which is beneficial for food, drink, and the body—tell me that.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्रपौत्राभिरामम् (putrapautrābhirāmam) - pleasing to sons and grandsons, delightful for descendants

• च (ca) - and

• राष्ट्रवृद्धिकरम् (rāṣṭravṛddhikaram) - causing the growth of the kingdom, promoting national prosperity

• च (ca) - and

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• अन्नपाने (annapāne) - in food and drink

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• च (ca) - and

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, salutary, good, advantageous

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• तत् (tat) - that, that which

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me (dative singular) (to me, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्रपौत्राभिरामम् (putrapautrābhirāmam) - pleasing to sons and grandsons, delightful for descendants

(adjective)

neuter, singular of putrapautrābhirāma

putrapautrābhirāma - pleasing to sons and grandsons, delightful for descendants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+pautra+abhirāma)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• pautra – grandson
  noun (masculine)
• abhirāma – pleasing, delightful, charming
  adjective
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: ram (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राष्ट्रवृद्धिकरम् (rāṣṭravṛddhikaram) - causing the growth of the kingdom, promoting national prosperity

(adjective)

neuter, singular of rāṣṭravṛddhikara

rāṣṭravṛddhikara - causing the growth of the kingdom, promoting national prosperity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāṣṭra+vṛddhi+kara)

• rāṣṭra – kingdom, nation, country
  noun (neuter)
• vṛddhi – growth, increase, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
• kara – making, causing, doing
  adjective
  suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

अन्नपाने (annapāne) - in food and drink

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of annapāna

annapāna - food and drink

Compound type : dvandva (anna+pāna)

• anna – food, cooked rice
  noun (neuter)
• pāna – drinking, drink
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Locative singular form, referring to 'food and drink' as a combined entity.

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, salutary, good, advantageous

(adjective)

neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, advantageous; placed, put

Past Passive Participle

Root: dhā (class 3)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

तत् (tat) - that, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (dative singular) (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here in the dative case.