महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-18

एतान्देवान्नमस्यन्ति प्रतापप्रणता जनाः ।
न ब्रह्माणं न धातारं न पूषाणं कथंचन ॥१८॥

18. etāndevānnamasyanti pratāpapraṇatā janāḥ ,
na brahmāṇaṁ na dhātāraṁ na pūṣāṇaṁ kathaṁcana.

18. etān devān namasyanti pratāpa-praṇatāḥ janāḥ
na brahmāṇam na dhātāram na pūṣāṇam kathañcana

18. pratāpa-praṇatāḥ janāḥ etān devān namasyanti brahmāṇam na,
dhātāram na,
pūṣāṇam na kathañcana

18. People, humbled by (their) power, worship these gods. They do not worship Brahmā, nor Dhātā, nor Pūṣan, not in any way.

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these (masculine, accusative plural)

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• नमस्यन्ति (namasyanti) - they worship, they bow down to

• प्रताप-प्रणताः (pratāpa-praṇatāḥ) - bowed down by power/majesty, humbled by their glory

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, creatures

• न (na) - not, nor

• ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator god)

• न (na) - not, nor

• धातारम् (dhātāram) - Dhātā (a creator deity)

• न (na) - not, nor

• पूषाणम् (pūṣāṇam) - Pūṣan (a Vedic deity, guardian of paths)

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these (masculine, accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

नमस्यन्ति (namasyanti) - they worship, they bow down to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of namasy

Present Indicative, 3rd person plural, active voice (denominative)

Denominative verb from namas (bow, salutation).

Root: namas (class 0)

Note: Root is 'namas' (indeclinable).

प्रताप-प्रणताः (pratāpa-praṇatāḥ) - bowed down by power/majesty, humbled by their glory

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratāpa-praṇata

pratāpa-praṇata - bowed down by power, humbled by glory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratāpa+praṇata)

• pratāpa – power, majesty, valor, glory, heat
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√tap (to heat, shine).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: tap (class 1)
• praṇata – bowed down, humbled, submissive
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-√nam (to bow).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: nam (class 1)

Note: This compound acts as an adjective describing 'janāḥ'.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

From √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Masculine form, nominative is 'brahmā'.

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

धातारम् (dhātāram) - Dhātā (a creator deity)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhātṛ

dhātṛ - creator, establisher, dispenser, one of the Adityas

Agent noun

Derived from √dhā (to place, create) with agent suffix -tṛ.

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

पूषाणम् (pūṣāṇam) - Pūṣan (a Vedic deity, guardian of paths)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūṣan

pūṣan - Pūṣan, a Vedic deity, protector of paths and cattle

Root: pūṣ (class 9)

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

(indeclinable)

From katham (how) + cana (particle).

Note: Often used with 'na' to form a strong negative: 'not at all'.