महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-185, verse-21

उत्तरः पृथिवीभागः सर्वपुण्यतमः शुभः ।
इहत्यास्तत्र जायन्ते ये वै पुण्यकृतो जनाः ॥२१॥

21. uttaraḥ pṛthivībhāgaḥ sarvapuṇyatamaḥ śubhaḥ ,
ihatyāstatra jāyante ye vai puṇyakṛto janāḥ.

21. uttaraḥ pṛthivī-bhāgaḥ sarva-puṇya-tamaḥ śubhaḥ
ihatyāḥ tatra jāyante ye vai puṇya-kṛtaḥ janāḥ

21. pṛthivī-bhāgaḥ uttaraḥ sarva-puṇya-tamaḥ śubhaḥ
ihatyāḥ tatra jāyante ye vai puṇya-kṛtaḥ janāḥ

21. The northern part of the earth is the most sacred and auspicious of all. Those people who perform meritorious deeds (puṇya) here are born there (in that northern region, or in higher realms).

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - northern (referring to a geographical direction) (northern, upper, higher, later, superior)

• पृथिवी-भागः (pṛthivī-bhāgaḥ) - part of the earth, region of the earth

• सर्व-पुण्य-तमः (sarva-puṇya-tamaḥ) - most sacred of all, most meritorious of all

• शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious, propitious, good, beautiful

• इहत्याः (ihatyāḥ) - those from here, people of this place

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (northern) place, or in higher realms (there, in that place, then)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

• ये (ye) - who, which

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely

• पुण्य-कृतः (puṇya-kṛtaḥ) - those who perform meritorious deeds (puṇya) (performers of merit, meritorious ones)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तरः (uttaraḥ) - northern (referring to a geographical direction) (northern, upper, higher, later, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, later, superior, answer

पृथिवी-भागः (pṛthivī-bhāgaḥ) - part of the earth, region of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthivī-bhāga

pṛthivī-bhāga - part of the earth, region of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+bhāga)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground, world
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pṛth (class 1)
• bhāga – part, share, portion, division
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

सर्व-पुण्य-तमः (sarva-puṇya-tamaḥ) - most sacred of all, most meritorious of all

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva-puṇya-tama

sarva-puṇya-tama - most sacred/meritorious of all

Superlative degree of 'puṇya', intensified by 'sarva'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+puṇya+tama)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, sacred, good, auspicious
  adjective (neuter)
• tama – most, highest (superlative suffix)
  suffix
  Superlative suffix added to adjectives.

शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious, propitious, good, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubha

śubha - good, auspicious, beautiful, prosperous

इहत्याः (ihatyāḥ) - those from here, people of this place

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ihatya

ihatya - belonging to this place, existing here

Derived from 'iha' with suffix '-tya'.

तत्र (tatra) - in that (northern) place, or in higher realms (there, in that place, then)

(indeclinable)

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely

(indeclinable)

पुण्य-कृतः (puṇya-kṛtaḥ) - those who perform meritorious deeds (puṇya) (performers of merit, meritorious ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṇya-kṛt

puṇya-kṛt - doer of good/merit, virtuous person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+kṛt)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, sacred, good, auspicious
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doer, maker, one who performs
  agent noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)