महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-38

पालयन्तः प्रजाश्चैव दानमुत्तममास्थिताः ।
इष्टाँल्लोकानवाप्स्यामो ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ॥३८॥

38. pālayantaḥ prajāścaiva dānamuttamamāsthitāḥ ,
iṣṭāँllokānavāpsyāmo brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ.

38. pālayantaḥ prajāḥ ca eva dānam uttamam āsthitāḥ
iṣṭān lokān avāpsyāmaḥ brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ

38. prajāḥ ca eva pālayantaḥ uttamam dānam āsthitāḥ
brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ (vayam) iṣṭān lokān avāpsyāmaḥ

38. Protecting the subjects and practicing supreme charity (dāna), we, who are devoted to Brahman and speak the truth, shall attain the desired worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• पालयन्तः (pālayantaḥ) - protecting (the subjects) (protecting, guarding, ruling)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - the subjects (of a kingdom) (subjects, progeny, people)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing 'ca' (only, indeed, just)

• दानम् (dānam) - charity (dāna) (gift, charity, giving)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme (charity) (best, excellent, supreme)

• आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - undertaking, practicing (undertaken, adopted, established in, resorted to)

• इष्टान् (iṣṭān) - the desired (worlds) (desired, wished, beloved)

• लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (in a cosmic sense) (worlds, realms, people)

• अवाप्स्यामः (avāpsyāmaḥ) - we shall attain (we shall obtain, we shall attain)

• ब्रह्मण्याः (brahmaṇyāḥ) - devoted to Brahman (devoted to Brahman, pious, virtuous)

• सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - speaking the truth (truth-speaking, veracious)

Words meanings and morphology

पालयन्तः (pālayantaḥ) - protecting (the subjects) (protecting, guarding, ruling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pālayat

pālayat - protecting, ruling

Present Active Participle

from root pāl (to protect, govern), causative of pā

Root: pāl (class 10)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - the subjects (of a kingdom) (subjects, progeny, people)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, subjects, people, creature

Note: Object of 'pālayantaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing 'ca' (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with 'ca' as 'caiva'.

दानम् (dānam) - charity (dāna) (gift, charity, giving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, gift, charity, donation

from root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'āsthitāḥ' (implicitly).

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme (charity) (best, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

superlative of ud (up)

आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - undertaking, practicing (undertaken, adopted, established in, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - standing near, having recourse to, undertaking, practicing, firm

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally to the subject (we).

इष्टान् (iṣṭān) - the desired (worlds) (desired, wished, beloved)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, sacrificed, worshipped, beloved

Past Passive Participle

from root yaj (to sacrifice, worship, desire)

Root: yaj (class 1)

लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (in a cosmic sense) (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

Note: Object of 'avāpsyāmaḥ'.

अवाप्स्यामः (avāpsyāmaḥ) - we shall attain (we shall obtain, we shall attain)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of avāp

from root āp (to obtain) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

ब्रह्मण्याः (brahmaṇyāḥ) - devoted to Brahman (devoted to Brahman, pious, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmaṇya

brahmaṇya - devoted to Brahman, pious, virtuous, sacred

Note: Agrees with implied 'we'.

सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - speaking the truth (truth-speaking, veracious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satyavādin

satyavādin - speaking the truth, veracious, truthful

from satya (truth) + vādin (speaking)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (satya+vādin)

• satya – truth, reality
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaker, speaking, saying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from root vad (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'we'.