महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-333, verse-8

श्रुतिश्चाप्यपरा देव पुत्रान्हि पितरोऽयजन् ।
वेदश्रुतिः प्रणष्टा च पुनरध्यापिता सुतैः ।
ततस्ते मन्त्रदाः पुत्राः पितृत्वमुपपेदिरे ॥८॥

8. śrutiścāpyaparā deva putrānhi pitaro'yajan ,
vedaśrutiḥ praṇaṣṭā ca punaradhyāpitā sutaiḥ ,
tataste mantradāḥ putrāḥ pitṛtvamupapedire.

8. śrutiḥ ca api aparā deva putrān hi
pitaraḥ ayajan vedaśrutiḥ praṇaṣṭā
ca punaḥ adhyāpitā sutaiḥ tataḥ te
mantradāḥ putrāḥ pitṛtvam upapedire

8. deva aparā śrutiḥ ca api pitaraḥ hi
putrān ayajan vedaśrutiḥ praṇaṣṭā
ca sutaiḥ punaḥ adhyāpitā tataḥ te
mantradāḥ putrāḥ pitṛtvam upapedire

8. Oh divine one, there is also another sacred text (śruti) that states ancestors (pitaraḥ) indeed performed Vedic rituals for their sons. And when the Vedic text was lost, it was again taught by the sons. Therefore, those sons, as givers of mantras, attained the status of fathers.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred text, specifically a Vedic text (sacred text, Vedic revelation, tradition)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अपरा (aparā) - another (sacred text) (other, another, subsequent)

• देव (deva) - O divine one (addressing an interlocutor) (O god, O divine one, O lord)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitaraḥ), forefathers (ancestors, fathers)

• अयजन् (ayajan) - performed Vedic rituals (for their sons) (performed Vedic rituals, sacrificed)

• वेदश्रुतिः (vedaśrutiḥ) - Vedic text, Vedic revelation

• प्रणष्टा (praṇaṣṭā) - having been lost (lost, perished, destroyed)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• अध्यापिता (adhyāpitā) - taught (by someone else) (taught, instructed)

• सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - by sons, by offspring

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, then, from that

• ते (te) - those (sons) (those, they)

• मन्त्रदाः (mantradāḥ) - givers of sacred formulas (mantras) (givers of mantras, bestowers of sacred formulas)

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• पितृत्वम् (pitṛtvam) - fatherhood, status of a father

• उपपेदिरे (upapedire) - attained, acquired, reached

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - sacred text, specifically a Vedic text (sacred text, Vedic revelation, tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - sacred text, Vedic revelation, tradition, hearing

From root śru- (to hear), feminine noun.

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अपरा (aparā) - another (sacred text) (other, another, subsequent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

Note: Refers to śruti.

देव (deva) - O divine one (addressing an interlocutor) (O god, O divine one, O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Used as an address.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of the verb 'ayajan'.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitaraḥ), forefathers (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject of 'ayajan'.

अयजन् (ayajan) - performed Vedic rituals (for their sons) (performed Vedic rituals, sacrificed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of yaj

Imperfect active

Third person plural, active voice.

Root: yaj (class 1)

वेदश्रुतिः (vedaśrutiḥ) - Vedic text, Vedic revelation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vedaśruti

vedaśruti - Vedic text, Vedic revelation, tradition of the Veda

Compound of 'veda' and 'śruti'.

Note: Subject of 'praṇaṣṭā' and 'adhyāpitā'.

प्रणष्टा (praṇaṣṭā) - having been lost (lost, perished, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of praṇaṣṭa

praṇaṣṭa - lost, perished, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

अध्यापिता (adhyāpitā) - taught (by someone else) (taught, instructed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adhyāpita

adhyāpita - taught, caused to study

Causative Past Passive Participle

From root 'i' (to go, study) with prefixes 'adhi' and 'ā', causative stem.

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - by sons, by offspring

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring

Past Passive Participle of 'sū' (to beget)

From root 'sū' (to give birth, beget).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, then, from that

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal base 'tad'.

Note: Introduces a consequence.

ते (te) - those (sons) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative plural.

Note: Subject of 'upapedire'.

मन्त्रदाः (mantradāḥ) - givers of sacred formulas (mantras) (givers of mantras, bestowers of sacred formulas)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrada

mantrada - giver of mantras, bestower of sacred formulas

Compound of 'mantra' and 'da' (giver).

Compound type : tatpurusha (mantra+da)

• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, incantation
  noun (masculine)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -da, from root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'putrāḥ'.

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of 'upapedire'.

पितृत्वम् (pitṛtvam) - fatherhood, status of a father

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛtva

pitṛtva - fatherhood, paternal status

Abstract noun derived from 'pitṛ' with suffix 'tva'.

Note: Object of 'upapedire'.

उपपेदिरे (upapedire) - attained, acquired, reached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past perfect (lit) of upapad

Perfect middle

Third person plural, ātmanepada. From root 'pad' (to go) with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)