महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-342, verse-12

मातरं पितरं केचिच्छुश्रूषन्तो दिवं गताः ।
अहिंसया परे स्वर्गं सत्येन च तथा परे ॥१२॥

12. mātaraṁ pitaraṁ kecicchuśrūṣanto divaṁ gatāḥ ,
ahiṁsayā pare svargaṁ satyena ca tathā pare.

12. mātaram pitaram kecit śuśrūṣantaḥ divam gatāḥ
ahiṃsayā pare svargam satyena ca tathā pare

12. kecit mātaram pitaram śuśrūṣantaḥ divam gatāḥ
tathā pare ahiṃsayā ca satyena svargam gatāḥ

12. Some people, by serving their mother and father, have gone to heaven. Similarly, others have attained heaven through non-violence (ahiṃsā) and truth.

Words meanings summery:

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

• शुश्रूषन्तः (śuśrūṣantaḥ) - serving, attending, desiring to hear

• दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

• अहिंसया (ahiṁsayā) - by non-violence, through harmlessness

• परे (pare) - others

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, through truthfulness

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• परे (pare) - others

Words meanings and morphology

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother, ancestress

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, some, a certain (one)

शुश्रूषन्तः (śuśrūṣantaḥ) - serving, attending, desiring to hear

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuśrūṣant

śuśrūṣant - serving, attending, desiring to hear, obedient

Present Active Participle (from desiderative)

Derived from the desiderative stem of √śru (to hear), meaning 'desiring to hear' or 'serving, obeying'.

Root: śru (class 5)

दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, celestial realm

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

अहिंसया (ahiṁsayā) - by non-violence, through harmlessness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, harmlessness, non-injury

Derived from 'hiṃsā' (violence) with the negative prefix 'a-'.

परे (pare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, different, subsequent, supreme, excellent

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode, paradise

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, through truthfulness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, different, subsequent, supreme, excellent