महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-184, verse-13

अपि चात्र यज्ञक्रियाभिर्देवताः प्रीयन्ते निवापेन पितरो वेदाभ्यासश्रवणधारणेन ऋषयः ।
अपत्योत्पादनेन प्रजापतिरिति ॥१३॥

13. api cātra yajñakriyābhirdevatāḥ prīyante nivāpena pitaro vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena ṛṣayaḥ ,
apatyotpādanena prajāpatiriti.

13. api ca atra yajñakriyābhiḥ devatāḥ
prīyante nivāpena pitaraḥ
vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena ṛṣayaḥ
apatyotpādanena prajāpatiḥ iti

13. atra api ca yajñakriyābhiḥ devatāḥ
prīyante nivāpena pitaraḥ
vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena ṛṣayaḥ
apatyotpādanena prajāpatiḥ iti

13. Moreover, here, deities are pleased by sacrificial actions (yajña), ancestors by offerings to them, and sages by the study, hearing, and retention of the Vedas. Prajāpati is pleased by the generation of offspring.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• यज्ञक्रियाभिः (yajñakriyābhiḥ) - by sacrificial actions, by ritual acts

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

• प्रीयन्ते (prīyante) - are pleased, become satisfied

• निवापेन (nivāpena) - by offering (to ancestors), by scattering (seeds)

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

• वेदाभ्यासश्रवणधारणेन (vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena) - by the study, hearing, and retention of the Vedas

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

• अपत्योत्पादनेन (apatyotpādanena) - by the procreation of offspring, by generating progeny

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (Lord of creation), progenitor

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks end of quotation or thought)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

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च (ca) - and

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अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

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यज्ञक्रियाभिः (yajñakriyābhiḥ) - by sacrificial actions, by ritual acts

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of yajñakriyā

yajñakriyā - sacrificial action, ritual act

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+kriyā)

• yajña – sacrifice, oblation, ritual
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• kriyā – action, activity, performance
  noun (feminine)
  from root kṛ "to do"
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

from deva + tāL (abstract suffix)

प्रीयन्ते (prīyante) - are pleased, become satisfied

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of prī

Present Middle

Root prī, 4th class, middle voice, plural, 3rd person

Root: prī (class 4)

निवापेन (nivāpena) - by offering (to ancestors), by scattering (seeds)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nivāpa

nivāpa - offering (to ancestors), sowing, scattering

from ni + vap (to scatter)

Prefix: ni

Root: vap (class 1)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

वेदाभ्यासश्रवणधारणेन (vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena) - by the study, hearing, and retention of the Vedas

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇa

vedābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇa - study, hearing and retention of the Vedas

Compound type : dvandva (vedābhyāsa+śravaṇa+dhāraṇa)

• vedābhyāsa – Veda study, recitation of the Vedas
  noun (masculine)
  from veda + abhyāsa
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• śravaṇa – hearing, listening
  noun (neuter)
  from root śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)
• dhāraṇa – retention, holding, bearing in mind
  noun (neuter)
  from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

अपत्योत्पादनेन (apatyotpādanena) - by the procreation of offspring, by generating progeny

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of apatyotpādana

apatyotpādana - production of offspring, procreation

from apatya + utpādana

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+utpādana)

• apatya – offspring, progeny, child
  noun (neuter)
  from ap- √pat "to fall", "not falling", i.e., "not falling out of the family"
  Prefix: apa
  Root: pat (class 1)
• utpādana – producing, causing to arise, generation
  noun (neuter)
  from ut + pad (causative)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pad (class 4)

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (Lord of creation), progenitor

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - Lord of creatures, progenitor, a class of divine beings

from prajā + pati

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – progeny, creatures, subjects
  noun (feminine)
  from pra-√jan "to be born"
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks end of quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)