महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-55

देवकार्यादपि मुने पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते ।
देवानां च पितॄणां च पिता ह्येकोऽहमादितः ॥५५॥

55. devakāryādapi mune pitṛkāryaṁ viśiṣyate ,
devānāṁ ca pitṝṇāṁ ca pitā hyeko'hamāditaḥ.

55. devakāryāt api mune pitṛkāryam viśiṣyate
devānām ca pitṝṇām ca pitā hi ekaḥ aham āditaḥ

55. O sage (muni), duties to ancestors are considered superior even to those owed to the gods. For I am, in truth, the one primordial father of both the gods and the ancestors.

Words meanings summery:

• देवकार्यात् (devakāryāt) - from divine work, from the duty to gods

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• पितृकार्यम् (pitṛkāryam) - ancestral duty, duty towards ancestors

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, excels, is superior

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• च (ca) - and

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers

• च (ca) - and

• पिता (pitā) - father

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, unique

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, originally, primarily

Words meanings and morphology

देवकार्यात् (devakāryāt) - from divine work, from the duty to gods

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of devakārya

devakārya - divine work, duty to gods, a rite performed for a deity

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+kārya)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• kārya – work, duty, action, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, an inspired person

पितृकार्यम् (pitṛkāryam) - ancestral duty, duty towards ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pitṛkārya

pitṛkārya - duty to ancestors, funeral rites

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+kārya)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• kārya – work, duty, action, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'viśiṣyate'.

विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, excels, is superior

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of viśiṣ

Present tense, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, from root śiṣ with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, unique

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Refers to the speaker ('aham').

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, originally, primarily

(indeclinable)

From ādi (beginning) + tas suffix.