महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-258, verse-23

एतद्विचिन्तितं तावत्पुत्रस्य पितृगौरवम् ।
पिता ह्यल्पतरं स्थानं चिन्तयिष्यामि मातरम् ॥२३॥

23. etadvicintitaṁ tāvatputrasya pitṛgauravam ,
pitā hyalpataraṁ sthānaṁ cintayiṣyāmi mātaram.

23. etat vicintitam tāvat putrasya pitṛgauravam |
pitā hi alpataram sthānam cintayiṣyāmi mātaram

23. putrasya pitṛgauravam etat tāvat vicintitam
pitā hi alpataram sthānam mātaram cintayiṣyāmi

23. This much has been considered regarding the son's reverence for his father. Indeed, the father holds a lesser position; I shall now contemplate the mother.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this much

• विचिन्तितम् (vicintitam) - considered, pondered, thought over

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, this much, meanwhile

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• पितृगौरवम् (pitṛgauravam) - reverence for the father, father's dignity

• पिता (pitā) - father

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अल्पतरम् (alpataram) - a lesser, smaller, inferior

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - position, place, station

• चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I shall think, I shall consider, I shall contemplate

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this much

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

विचिन्तितम् (vicintitam) - considered, pondered, thought over

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vicintita

cint - to think, to consider, to ponder

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'cit' (10th class) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 10)

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, this much, meanwhile

(indeclinable)

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

पितृगौरवम् (pitṛgauravam) - reverence for the father, father's dignity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pitṛgaurava

pitṛgaurava - reverence for the father, father's dignity/importance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+gaurava)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• gaurava – dignity, reverence, respect, importance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'guru' (heavy, important).
  Root: guru

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अल्पतरम् (alpataram) - a lesser, smaller, inferior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alpatara

alpatara - lesser, smaller, inferior (comparative degree of 'alpa')

comparative degree

Comparative suffix -tara added to 'alpa' (small, little).

Note: Agrees with 'sthānam' (neuter noun).

स्थानम् (sthānam) - position, place, station

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, station, stand, residence

Root: sthā (class 1)

चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I shall think, I shall consider, I shall contemplate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of cint

Future tense (Lṛṭ) of root 'cit' (10th class).

Root: cit (class 10)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother