महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-80, verse-11

यज्ञाङ्गं दक्षिणास्तात वेदानां परिबृंहणम् ।
न मन्त्रा दक्षिणाहीनास्तारयन्ति कथंचन ॥११॥

11. yajñāṅgaṁ dakṣiṇāstāta vedānāṁ paribṛṁhaṇam ,
na mantrā dakṣiṇāhīnāstārayanti kathaṁcana.

11. yajñāṅgam dakṣiṇāḥ tāta vedānām paribṛṃhaṇam
na mantrāḥ dakṣiṇāhīnāḥ tārayanti kathaṃcana

11. tāta dakṣiṇāḥ yajñāṅgam vedānām paribṛṃhaṇam
dakṣiṇāhīnāḥ mantrāḥ kathaṃcana na tārayanti

11. O dear one (tāta), ritual fees (dakṣiṇā) are an essential component of a Vedic ritual (yajña) and serve to strengthen the Vedas. Mantras, when not accompanied by ritual fees, can never bring about deliverance in any way.

Words meanings summery:

• यज्ञाङ्गम् (yajñāṅgam) - a component of a Vedic ritual; an accessory of a religious offering

• दक्षिणाः (dakṣiṇāḥ) - ritual fees, donations, gifts (given to priests)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, O son (term of endearment)

• वेदानाम् (vedānām) - of the Vedas

• परिबृंहणम् (paribṛṁhaṇam) - strengthening, support, enhancement, embellishment

• न (na) - not, no

• मन्त्राः (mantrāḥ) - sacred hymns, incantations, formulas

• दक्षिणाहीनाः (dakṣiṇāhīnāḥ) - devoid of ritual fees/donations, without dakṣiṇā

• तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross over, they deliver, they save, they redeem

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, at all, by any means (used with negation)

Words meanings and morphology

यज्ञाङ्गम् (yajñāṅgam) - a component of a Vedic ritual; an accessory of a religious offering

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñāṅga

yajñāṅga - a component of a Vedic ritual; an accessory of a sacrifice

Compound: 'yajña' (Vedic ritual) + 'aṅga' (limb, component)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+aṅga)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, religious offering, sacrifice, worship
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'yaj' (to worship, offer)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, body part, component, accessory, constituent
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as a predicate complement here.

दक्षिणाः (dakṣiṇāḥ) - ritual fees, donations, gifts (given to priests)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - ritual fee, donation, gift; right (direction); skillful

तात (tāta) - O dear one, O father, O son (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father; son; used as a term of endearment (my dear)

वेदानाम् (vedānām) - of the Vedas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda (sacred knowledge, especially the four collections of hymns); knowledge

From root 'vid' (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

परिबृंहणम् (paribṛṁhaṇam) - strengthening, support, enhancement, embellishment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paribṛṃhaṇa

paribṛṁhaṇa - strengthening, nourishing, supporting, augmentation, embellishment

verbal noun

From root 'bṛh' (to grow, be great) with prefix 'pari' (around, completely); -ana suffix forming a verbal noun.

Prefix: pari

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Used as a predicate complement here.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मन्त्राः (mantrāḥ) - sacred hymns, incantations, formulas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantra

mantra - sacred utterance, hymn, prayer, formula, incantation

From root 'man' (to think) with suffix -tra

Root: man (class 4)

दक्षिणाहीनाः (dakṣiṇāhīnāḥ) - devoid of ritual fees/donations, without dakṣiṇā

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dakṣiṇāhīna

dakṣiṇāhīna - lacking ritual fees, deprived of dakṣiṇā

Compound: 'dakṣiṇā' (ritual fee) + 'hīna' (deprived, lacking)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dakṣiṇā+hīna)

• dakṣiṇā – ritual fee, donation, gift; right (direction); skillful
  noun (feminine)
• hīna – abandoned, left, deprived, wanting, low, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'hā' (to abandon, leave, quit)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'mantrāḥ'.

तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they cause to cross over, they deliver, they save, they redeem

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tāray

Causal of root 'tṛ'

Present active 3rd person plural. Causal stem 'tāray'.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, at all, by any means (used with negation)

(indeclinable)