महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-97

अङ्गुष्ठस्य च यन्मध्यं प्रदेशिन्याश्च भारत ।
तेन पित्र्याणि कुर्वीत स्पृष्ट्वापो न्यायतस्तथा ॥९७॥

97. aṅguṣṭhasya ca yanmadhyaṁ pradeśinyāśca bhārata ,
tena pitryāṇi kurvīta spṛṣṭvāpo nyāyatastathā.

97. aṅguṣṭhasya ca yat madhyam pradeśinyāḥ ca bhārata
tena pitryāṇi kurvīta spṛṣṭvā āpaḥ nyāyatas tathā

97. bhārata aṅguṣṭhasya ca pradeśinyāḥ ca yat madhyam
tena āpaḥ spṛṣṭvā nyāyatas tathā pitryāṇi kurvīta

97. O Bhārata, one should perform ancestral rites properly by using the middle part between the thumb and the index finger, after having touched water.

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गुष्ठस्य (aṅguṣṭhasya) - of the thumb

• च (ca) - and

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, midst, center

• प्रदेशिन्याः (pradeśinyāḥ) - of the index finger

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• पित्र्याणि (pitryāṇi) - ancestral rites

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, perform

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• न्यायतस् (nyāyatas) - properly, justly, according to rule

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गुष्ठस्य (aṅguṣṭhasya) - of the thumb

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅguṣṭha

aṅguṣṭha - thumb

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle, midst, center

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

प्रदेशिन्याः (pradeśinyāḥ) - of the index finger

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pradeśinī

pradeśinī - index finger

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'yat madhyam' which is neuter, so 'tena' is instrumental singular neuter. Can also be masculine.

पित्र्याणि (pitryāṇi) - ancestral rites

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pitrya

pitrya - relating to ancestors, ancestral, traditional rites

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, perform

(verb)

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

Optative mood, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Ātmanepada form of the optative mood.

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with -tvā suffix

Root: spṛś (class 6)

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

न्यायतस् (nyāyatas) - properly, justly, according to rule

(indeclinable)

Formed with -tas suffix from nyāya

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)