महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-47, verse-24

शुक्ले देवान्पितॄन्कृष्णे तर्पयत्यमृतेन यः ।
यश्च राजा द्विजातीनां तस्मै सोमात्मने नमः ॥२४॥

24. śukle devānpitṝnkṛṣṇe tarpayatyamṛtena yaḥ ,
yaśca rājā dvijātīnāṁ tasmai somātmane namaḥ.

24. śukle devān pitṝn kṛṣṇe tarpayati amṛtena yaḥ
yaḥ ca rājā dvijātīnām tasmai somātmane namaḥ

24. yaḥ śukle devān kṛṣṇe pitṝn amṛtena tarpayati
ca yaḥ dvijātīnām rājā tasmai somātmane namaḥ

24. Salutations to that one whose self (ātman) is Soma, who in the bright fortnight propitiates the gods and in the dark fortnight propitiates the ancestors (Pitṛ) with ambrosia (amṛta), and who is the king of the twice-born (dvija).

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्ले (śukle) - in the bright fortnight (in the bright (fortnight), in the white)

• देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods, deities)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors (Pitṛ) (ancestors, fathers, Pitṛs)

• कृष्णे (kṛṣṇe) - in the dark fortnight (in the dark (fortnight), in the black)

• तर्पयति (tarpayati) - propitiates, satisfies (satisfies, refreshes, propitiates)

• अमृतेन (amṛtena) - with ambrosia (amṛta) (with ambrosia, with immortality, with nectar)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Soma) (who, which)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Soma) (who, which)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

• द्विजातीनाम् (dvijātīnām) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to that (Being) (to him, to that)

• सोमात्मने (somātmane) - to that one whose self (ātman) is Soma (to the one whose nature is Soma, to the Soma-Self)

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutations (salutation, reverence, bow)

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्ले (śukle) - in the bright fortnight (in the bright (fortnight), in the white)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śukla

śukla - bright, white, pure; the bright half of a lunar month

Note: Implied 'pakṣe' (fortnight)

देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors (Pitṛ) (ancestors, fathers, Pitṛs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor; the Pitṛs (manes or ancestral spirits)

कृष्णे (kṛṣṇe) - in the dark fortnight (in the dark (fortnight), in the black)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - dark, black, dark-blue; the dark half of a lunar month

Note: Implied 'pakṣe' (fortnight)

तर्पयति (tarpayati) - propitiates, satisfies (satisfies, refreshes, propitiates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tarp

Causal form of root tṛp

Root: tṛp (class 10)

अमृतेन (amṛtena) - with ambrosia (amṛta) (with ambrosia, with immortality, with nectar)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, undying; immortality, ambrosia, nectar

Negation of mṛta (dead)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mṛ- (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Soma) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Soma) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ya

ya - who, which, what

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

द्विजातीनाम् (dvijātīnām) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born; refers to a Brahmin, Kṣatriya, or Vaiśya (who undergo a second spiritual birth), also a bird, a tooth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

तस्मै (tasmai) - to that (Being) (to him, to that)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सोमात्मने (somātmane) - to that one whose self (ātman) is Soma (to the one whose nature is Soma, to the Soma-Self)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of somātman

somātman - one whose nature or self is Soma; the Soma-Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (soma+ātman)

• soma – Soma (a divine drink, also the moon god)
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

नमः (namaḥ) - salutations (salutation, reverence, bow)

(indeclinable)

Originally a noun, used as an indeclinable

Root: nam (class 1)