महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-60, verse-11

कुर्वीतापत्यसंतानमथो दद्याद्यजेत च ।
संविभज्य हि भोक्तव्यं धनं सद्भिरितीष्यते ॥११॥

11. kurvītāpatyasaṁtānamatho dadyādyajeta ca ,
saṁvibhajya hi bhoktavyaṁ dhanaṁ sadbhiritīṣyate.

11. kurvīta apatyasaṃtānam atha u dadyāt yajeta ca |
saṃvibhajya hi bhoktavyam dhanam sadbhiḥ iti īṣyate

11. [saḥ] apatyasaṃtānam kurvīta,
atha u dadyāt ca yajeta.
hi,
dhanam saṃvibhajya bhoktavyam,
iti sadbhiḥ īṣyate.

11. He should produce offspring, then he should give (dāna) and perform Vedic rituals (yajña). Indeed, wealth should be enjoyed only after it has been distributed; thus it is desired by the righteous.

Words meanings summery:

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - he should do, he should make, he should perform

• अपत्यसंतानम् (apatyasaṁtānam) - offspring, progeny, continuation of lineage

• अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

• उ (u) - indeed, moreover (particle)

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - he should perform acts of charity (dāna) (he should give, he should offer)

• यजेत (yajeta) - he should perform rituals and sacrifices (yajña) (he should sacrifice, he should worship)

• च (ca) - and

• संविभज्य (saṁvibhajya) - having distributed, having shared

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भोक्तव्यम् (bhoktavyam) - should be enjoyed, should be consumed

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the righteous, by noble people

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• ईष्यते (īṣyate) - is desired, is wished

Words meanings and morphology

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - he should do, he should make, he should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √kṛ

optative ātmanepada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Implies 'for oneself' or 'on one's behalf'.

अपत्यसंतानम् (apatyasaṁtānam) - offspring, progeny, continuation of lineage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apatyasaṃtāna

apatyasaṁtāna - progeny, offspring, continuation of family

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+saṃtāna)

• apatya – offspring, child
  noun (neuter)
  from a-√pat 'not fall'
  Prefix: a
  Root: pat (class 1)
• saṃtāna – continuation, progeny, lineage
  noun (neuter)
  from saṃ-√tan 'to stretch out together'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of `kurvīta`.

अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - indeed, moreover (particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with `atha` as `atho`.

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - he should perform acts of charity (dāna) (he should give, he should offer)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √dā

optative active

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Refers to performing acts of charity (dāna).

यजेत (yajeta) - he should perform rituals and sacrifices (yajña) (he should sacrifice, he should worship)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √yaj

optative ātmanepada

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to performing rituals and sacrifices (yajña).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `dadyāt` and `yajeta`.

संविभज्य (saṁvibhajya) - having distributed, having shared

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

from saṃ-vi-√bhaj 'to divide, distribute'

Prefixes: sam+vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Gerund indicating an action completed before the main verb `bhoktavyam`.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

भोक्तव्यम् (bhoktavyam) - should be enjoyed, should be consumed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhoktavya

bhoktavya - to be eaten, to be enjoyed, to be consumed

gerundive/future passive participle

from √bhuj 'to enjoy, eat'

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Functions as a predicate, 'wealth is to be enjoyed'.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, riches, money

from √dhā 'to place, put, bestow'

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of `īṣyate` or `bhoktavyam`.

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the righteous, by noble people

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real, righteous

present active participle

from √as 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agent of the passive verb `īṣyate` and `bhoktavyam`.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

ईष्यते (īṣyate) - is desired, is wished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

present passive

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Its subject is the preceding statement.