महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-67

मातापितरमुत्थाय पूर्वमेवाभिवादयेत् ।
आचार्यमथ वाप्येनं तथायुर्विन्दते महत् ॥६७॥

67. mātāpitaramutthāya pūrvamevābhivādayet ,
ācāryamatha vāpyenaṁ tathāyurvindate mahat.

67. mātāpitaram utthāya pūrvam eva abhivādayet
ācāryam atha vā api enam tathā āyuḥ vindate mahat

67. utthāya pūrvam eva mātāpitaram abhivādayet atha vā api
enam ācāryam (abhivādayet) tathā mahat āyuḥ vindate

67. Having risen, one should first and foremost greet one's mother and father. Or, one should similarly greet one's preceptor (ācārya), and thereby attain a long life.

Words meanings summery:

• मातापितरम् (mātāpitaram) - one's own biological or adoptive mother and father (parents) (mother and father)

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having woken up and risen from bed in the morning (having risen, having stood up)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (indicating priority in the sequence of daily actions) (first, before, formerly)

• एव (eva) - indeed, foremost (emphasizing the importance of greeting parents/teacher first) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अभिवादयेत् (abhivādayet) - one should respectfully greet (by bowing or touching feet, etc.) (one should salute, one should greet, one should bow to)

• आचार्यम् (ācāryam) - one's spiritual teacher or preceptor (guru), who imparts knowledge (teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide)

• अथ (atha) - or (introducing an alternative duty to greeting parents) (then, now, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or (providing a choice or alternative between parents and teacher) (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the inclusion of the teacher as an important figure to be greeted) (also, even, too)

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the ācārya, the teacher) (him, this one)

• तथा (tathā) - thereby, in that way (indicating the consequence of greeting parents/teacher) (thus, in that manner, so)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - a long duration of life (life, lifetime, duration of life)

• विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains or achieves (a long life for oneself) (one obtains, one finds, one gains)

• महत् (mahat) - long, extended (describing the duration of life) (great, large, important)

Words meanings and morphology

मातापितरम् (mātāpitaram) - one's own biological or adoptive mother and father (parents) (mother and father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mātāpitar

mātāpitar - mother and father, parents

Dvandva compound of mātṛ (mother) and pitṛ (father).

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of abhivādayet.

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having woken up and risen from bed in the morning (having risen, having stood up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix ud + root √sthā (to stand) + suffix lyap.

Prefix: ud

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes an action preceding the main verb.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (indicating priority in the sequence of daily actions) (first, before, formerly)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, foremost (emphasizing the importance of greeting parents/teacher first) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

अभिवादयेत् (abhivādayet) - one should respectfully greet (by bowing or touching feet, etc.) (one should salute, one should greet, one should bow to)

(verb)

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

Optative

Third person singular active optative from √vad (to speak) with prefix abhi and causative stem vāday.

Prefix: abhi

Root: √vad (class 1)

आचार्यम् (ācāryam) - one's spiritual teacher or preceptor (guru), who imparts knowledge (teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master, spiritual guide

Derived from ā + √car (to move, behave) with agent suffix ya; one who causes to practice or follow rules.

Prefix: ā

Root: √car (class 1)

Note: Object of implied abhivādayet.

अथ (atha) - or (introducing an alternative duty to greeting parents) (then, now, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (providing a choice or alternative between parents and teacher) (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the inclusion of the teacher as an important figure to be greeted) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the ācārya, the teacher) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of implied abhivādayet.

तथा (tathā) - thereby, in that way (indicating the consequence of greeting parents/teacher) (thus, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - a long duration of life (life, lifetime, duration of life)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, vital power, duration of life, age

Note: Object of vindate.

विन्दते (vindate) - one obtains or achieves (a long life for oneself) (one obtains, one finds, one gains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present

Third person singular middle present from √vid (to find, obtain, class 6).

Root: √vid (class 6)

महत् (mahat) - long, extended (describing the duration of life) (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, important, eminent

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √mah (to be great) used as an adjective.

Root: √mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with āyuḥ.