महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-136

स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया ।
पुत्रात्पुण्यतरश्चैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः ॥१३६॥

136. sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā ,
putrātpuṇyataraścaiva mā putramanutapyathāḥ.

136. saḥ cet mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataraḥ tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraḥ ca eva mā putram anutapyathāḥ

136. sṛñjaya cet saḥ mamāra tvayā caturbhadrataraḥ
ca eva putrāt puṇyataraḥ mā putram anutapyathāḥ

136. O Sṛñjaya, if he died, he was four times more blessed than you, and also more meritorious than a son. Therefore, do not grieve for your son.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• चेत् (cet) - if, whether

• ममार (mamāra) - died, passed away

• सृञ्जय (sṛñjaya) - O Sṛñjaya

• चतुर्भद्रतरः (caturbhadrataraḥ) - four times more blessed, much more blessed

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you, than you

• पुत्रात् (putrāt) - than a son

• पुण्यतरः (puṇyataraḥ) - more meritorious, more virtuous

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• मा (mā) - do not

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• अनुतप्यथाः (anutapyathāḥ) - you should grieve for, grieve

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun stem

चेत् (cet) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

ममार (mamāra) - died, passed away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of mṛ

Perfect 3rd singular

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: mṛ (class 6)

सृञ्जय (sṛñjaya) - O Sṛñjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - Sṛñjaya (a proper name)

चतुर्भद्रतरः (caturbhadrataraḥ) - four times more blessed, much more blessed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caturbhadratara

caturbhadratara - four times more blessed, more auspicious

Comparative degree formed with -tara

Compound type : karmadhāraya (catur+bhadra+tara)

• catur – four
  numeral
• bhadra – blessed, auspicious, good
  adjective (masculine)
• -tara – (suffix for comparative degree) more
  suffix

त्वया (tvayā) - by you, than you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here for comparison, meaning 'than you'.

पुत्रात् (putrāt) - than a son

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Used here for comparison, meaning 'than a son'.

पुण्यतरः (puṇyataraḥ) - more meritorious, more virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṇyatara

puṇyatara - more meritorious, more virtuous

Comparative degree formed with -tara

Compound type : karmadhāraya (puṇya+tara)

• puṇya – meritorious, virtuous, sacred
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: puṇ
• -tara – (suffix for comparative degree) more
  suffix

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Used with an aorist or imperative to express prohibition

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

अनुतप्यथाः (anutapyathāḥ) - you should grieve for, grieve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (prohibitive) (luṅ) of anutap

Aorist 2nd singular (Ātmanepada)

From anu-√tap; form with mā indicates prohibition

Prefix: anu

Root: tap (class 1)