महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-84

मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च ।
अनागतान्यतीतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम् ॥८४॥

84. mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca ,
anāgatānyatītāni kasya te kasya vā vayam.

84. mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca
anāgatāni atītāni kasya te kasya vā vayam

84. mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca
anāgatāni atītāni te kasya? vā vayam kasya?

84. Thousands of mothers and fathers, and hundreds of sons and wives, both those yet to come and those who have passed away – to whom do they truly belong? And to whom do we ourselves belong?

Words meanings summery:

• मातापितृसहस्राणि (mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi) - thousands of mothers and fathers

• पुत्रदारशतानि (putradāraśatāni) - hundreds of sons and wives

• च (ca) - and

• अनागतानि (anāgatāni) - those who have not come, future, yet to come

• अतीतानि (atītāni) - those who have passed away, past, gone by

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• ते (te) - they, those

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

मातापितृसहस्राणि (mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi) - thousands of mothers and fathers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mātāpitṛsahasra

mātāpitṛsahasra - thousands of mothers and fathers

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpurusha (mātā+pitṛ+sahasra)

• mātā – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

पुत्रदारशतानि (putradāraśatāni) - hundreds of sons and wives

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putradāraśata

putradāraśata - hundreds of sons and wives

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpurusha (putra+dāra+śata)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अनागतानि (anāgatāni) - those who have not come, future, yet to come

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anāgata

anāgata - not come, future, not arrived

Past Passive Participle (negative compound)

Negative prefix an- + āgata (ā- + √gam + kta)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अतीतानि (atītāni) - those who have passed away, past, gone by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of atīta

atīta - passed away, past, gone by

Past Passive Participle

Formed from upasarga ati- with root √i (to go) and suffix -kta

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the mothers, fathers, sons, and wives implicitly.

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we