महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-145, verse-14

एवं खलु कपोतश्च कपोती च पतिव्रता ।
लुब्धकेन सह स्वर्गं गताः पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥१४॥

14. evaṁ khalu kapotaśca kapotī ca pativratā ,
lubdhakena saha svargaṁ gatāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā.

14. evam khalu kapotaḥ ca kapotī ca pativratā
lubdhakena saha svargam gatāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā

14. evam khalu kapotaḥ ca pativratā kapotī ca
lubdhakena saha puṇyena karmaṇā svargam gatāḥ

14. Thus, indeed, both the male pigeon and the female pigeon, who was devoted to her husband, along with the hunter, attained heaven due to their meritorious action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - in this way (summarizing the preceding narrative) (thus, in this manner, so)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, certainly)

• कपोतः (kapotaḥ) - the male pigeon from the story (male pigeon, dove)

• च (ca) - and (conjoining two nouns) (and, also)

• कपोती (kapotī) - the female pigeon from the story (female pigeon, dove)

• च (ca) - and (conjoining with the previous 'ca' to mean 'both... and') (and, also)

• पतिव्रता (pativratā) - (the female pigeon) who was faithful and devoted to her husband (devoted to her husband, chaste, faithful wife)

• लुब्धकेन (lubdhakena) - accompanied by the hunter (by the hunter, with the hunter)

• सह (saha) - accompanied by (with, together with)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - the heavenly realm (heaven, celestial abode)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - went to, attained (gone, attained, reached)

• पुण्येन (puṇyena) - due to a righteous and virtuous (action) (by meritorious, by virtuous, by sacred)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by their righteous action (karma) (by action (karma), by deed)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - in this way (summarizing the preceding narrative) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - indeed (as an emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

कपोतः (kapotaḥ) - the male pigeon from the story (male pigeon, dove)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kapota

kapota - male pigeon, dove

च (ca) - and (conjoining two nouns) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कपोती (kapotī) - the female pigeon from the story (female pigeon, dove)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kapotī

kapotī - female pigeon, dove

च (ca) - and (conjoining with the previous 'ca' to mean 'both... and') (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पतिव्रता (pativratā) - (the female pigeon) who was faithful and devoted to her husband (devoted to her husband, chaste, faithful wife)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pativratā

pativratā - devoted to her husband, chaste wife

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pati+vrata)

• pati – husband, master, lord
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred duty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with kapotī.

लुब्धकेन (lubdhakena) - accompanied by the hunter (by the hunter, with the hunter)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lubdhaka

lubdhaka - hunter, fowler

Root: lubh (class 4)

Note: Used with saha 'with'.

सह (saha) - accompanied by (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - the heavenly realm (heaven, celestial abode)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

Root: svṛj (class 1)

Note: Object of motion, governed by gatāḥ.

गताः (gatāḥ) - went to, attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle functioning as the main verb, plural agrees with kapotaḥ and kapotī.

पुण्येन (puṇyena) - due to a righteous and virtuous (action) (by meritorious, by virtuous, by sacred)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, good

Note: Agrees with karmaṇā.

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by their righteous action (karma) (by action (karma), by deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

Derived from root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates the cause or means of going to heaven.