महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-283, verse-22

प्रत्यतिष्ठंश्च तेष्वेव तान्येव स्थापयन्ति च ।
भजन्ते तानि चाद्यापि ये बालिशतमा नराः ॥२२॥

22. pratyatiṣṭhaṁśca teṣveva tānyeva sthāpayanti ca ,
bhajante tāni cādyāpi ye bāliśatamā narāḥ.

22. pratyatiṣṭhan ca teṣu eva tāni eva sthāpayanti ca
bhajante tāni ca adya api ye bāliśatamāḥ narāḥ

22. ye narāḥ bāliśatamāḥ teṣu eva pratyatiṣṭhan ca
tāni eva sthāpayanti ca adya api tāni ca bhajante

22. And they established themselves in those very (things); and they uphold those very (things). Even today, those people who are most foolish continue to adhere to them.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रत्यतिष्ठन् (pratyatiṣṭhan) - they stood firm, they established themselves

• च (ca) - and, also

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, in those

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

• तानि (tāni) - those (neuter)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

• स्थापयन्ति (sthāpayanti) - they establish, they uphold

• च (ca) - and, also

• भजन्ते (bhajante) - they adhere to, they worship, they serve

• तानि (tāni) - those (neuter)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• ये (ye) - who (masculine plural nominative)

• बालिशतमाः (bāliśatamāḥ) - the most foolish

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्यतिष्ठन् (pratyatiṣṭhan) - they stood firm, they established themselves

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Aorist (luṅ) of pratiṣṭhā

Aorist

3rd person plural Aorist of prati-√sthā

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, in those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be accusative plural. Context suggests nominative with sthāpayanti.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

स्थापयन्ति (sthāpayanti) - they establish, they uphold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthāpayati

Causative

Causative of √sthā, 3rd person plural present active

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भजन्ते (bhajante) - they adhere to, they worship, they serve

(verb)

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

3rd person plural present middle

Root: bhaj (class 1)

तानि (tāni) - those (neuter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be nominative plural. Context suggests accusative as object of bhajante.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who (masculine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

बालिशतमाः (bāliśatamāḥ) - the most foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāliśatama

bāliśatama - most foolish, very ignorant

Superlative degree of bāliśa, formed with -tamaP

Note: Superlative of bāliśa.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ