महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-17

निपानं सर्वभूतानां भूत्वा त्वं पावनं महत् ।
आढ्यो वनस्पतिर्भूत्वा सोऽद्यान्यान्पर्युपाससे ॥१७॥

17. nipānaṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ bhūtvā tvaṁ pāvanaṁ mahat ,
āḍhyo vanaspatirbhūtvā so'dyānyānparyupāsase.

17. nipānam sarvabhūtānām bhūtvā tvam pāvanam mahat
āḍhyaḥ vanaspatiḥ bhūtvā saḥ adya anyān paryupāsase

17. tvam sarvabhūtānām mahat pāvanam nipānam bhūtvā,
āḍhyaḥ vanaspatiḥ bhūtvā,
saḥ adya anyān paryupāsase

17. You, who were once a great and purifying watering place for all beings, and who subsequently became a prosperous tree, now, today, serve other (lesser) things.

Words meanings summery:

• निपानम् (nipānam) - a watering place, tank, well, pond

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying, sacred

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich, wealthy, prosperous

• वनस्पतिः (vanaspatiḥ) - a large tree, lord of the forest

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

• सः (saḥ) - that (person), he

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अन्यान् (anyān) - others, other people/things

• पर्युपाससे (paryupāsase) - you attend upon, serve, worship

Words meanings and morphology

निपानम् (nipānam) - a watering place, tank, well, pond

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nipāna

nipāna - a drinking place, watering place, tank, pond

From ni + root pā (to drink).

Prefix: ni

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative to 'tvam'.

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed from root "bhū" with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying, sacred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, sacred, holy

Derived from root 'pū' (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nipānam'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Nominative singular neuter of the root 'mahat'.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nipānam'.

आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich, wealthy, prosperous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āḍhya

āḍhya - rich, wealthy, prosperous, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'vanaspatiḥ'.

वनस्पतिः (vanaspatiḥ) - a large tree, lord of the forest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanaspati

vanaspati - lord of the forest, a large tree, a tree yielding fruit without blossoms

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+pati)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative to 'tvam'.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed from root "bhū" with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (person), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'tvam'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अन्यान् (anyān) - others, other people/things

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Object of 'paryupāsase'.

पर्युपाससे (paryupāsase) - you attend upon, serve, worship

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of paryupās

Present Middle

2nd person singular, present tense, middle voice. Root ās with prefixes pari and upa.

Prefixes: pari+upa

Root: ās (class 2)