महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-144, verse-6

मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं माता मितं सुतः ।
अमितस्य तु दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत् ॥६॥

6. mitaṁ dadāti hi pitā mitaṁ mātā mitaṁ sutaḥ ,
amitasya tu dātāraṁ bhartāraṁ kā na pūjayet.

6. mitam dadāti hi pitā mitam mātā mitam sutaḥ
amitasya tu dātāram bhartāram kā na pūjayet

6. pitā hi mitam dadāti mātā mitam sutaḥ mitam
tu amitasya dātāram bhartāram kā na pūjayet

6. Indeed, a father gives a limited amount, a mother gives a limited amount, and a son gives a limited amount. But who would not worship a husband who is the giver of the unlimited?

Words meanings summery:

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

• ददाति (dadāti) - gives, offers

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• अमितस्य (amitasya) - of the unlimited, of the boundless

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• दातारम् (dātāram) - the giver

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - the husband, maintainer, supporter

• का (kā) - who (feminine)

• न (na) - not, no

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, would worship, may worship

Words meanings and morphology

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, little

Past Passive Participle

From root mā 'to measure' with suffix -ta. Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Often used adverbially or as a substantive.

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, acting as the direct object of `dadāti`.

ददाति (dadāti) - gives, offers

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Third person singular present indicative of root 'dā' (reduplicated stem).

Root: dā (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing emphasis or cause.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

R-stem noun.

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, little

Past Passive Participle

From root mā 'to measure' with suffix -ta. Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Often used adverbially or as a substantive.

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, acting as the direct object of `dadāti`.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

R-stem noun.

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (limited, measured, little)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, little

Past Passive Participle

From root mā 'to measure' with suffix -ta. Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Often used adverbially or as a substantive.

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, acting as the direct object of `dadāti`.

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, offspring

Past Passive Participle

From root sū 'to produce' with suffix -ta. Masculine nominative singular.

Root: sū (class 2)

अमितस्य (amitasya) - of the unlimited, of the boundless

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amita

amita - unmeasured, unlimited, boundless, infinite

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'mita' (measured). Masculine/Neuter genitive singular.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mita – measured, limited
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mā 'to measure'
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Used as a substantive, meaning 'of the unlimited (thing/quality)'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

दातारम् (dātāram) - the giver

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower

Agent noun

From root dā 'to give' with suffix -tṛ.

Root: dā (class 3)

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - the husband, maintainer, supporter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, master

Agent noun

From root bhṛ 'to bear, support, maintain' with suffix -tṛ.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

का (kā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun, feminine nominative singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, would worship, may worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pūj

Optative Mood

Third person singular optative (vidhi-liṅ) of root 'pūj'.

Root: pūj (class 10)