महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-34, verse-10

येन येनैव हविषा ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयेन्नरः ।
तेन तेनैव प्रीयन्ते पितरो देवतास्तथा ॥१०॥

10. yena yenaiva haviṣā brāhmaṇāṁstarpayennaraḥ ,
tena tenaiva prīyante pitaro devatāstathā.

10. yena yena eva haviṣā brāhmaṇān tarpayet naraḥ
tena tena eva prīyante pitaraḥ devatāḥ tathā

10. naraḥ yena yena eva haviṣā brāhmaṇān tarpayet
tena tena eva pitaraḥ tathā devatāḥ prīyante

10. Whatever offering a person uses to satisfy the Brahmins, with that very offering the ancestors and deities are similarly pleased.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• हविषा (haviṣā) - with an oblation, with an offering

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• तर्पयेत् (tarpayet) - one should satisfy, one should propitiate

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• प्रीयन्ते (prīyante) - they are pleased, they are propitiated

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of ya

ya - which, what

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of ya

ya - which, what

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

हविषा (haviṣā) - with an oblation, with an offering

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, related to Brahma

तर्पयेत् (tarpayet) - one should satisfy, one should propitiate

(verb)

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

optative mood

Causative stem `tarpi-` from root `tṛp` (4P), so the form `tarpayet` is `tarpi` + `yat` (optative ending).

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Causative form.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

प्रीयन्ते (prīyante) - they are pleased, they are propitiated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of prī

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Often interpreted passively in this context.

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)