महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-34, verse-5

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हविर्दत्तं प्रतिगृह्णन्ति देवताः ।
पितरः सर्वभूतानां नैतेभ्यो विद्यते परम् ॥५॥

5. brāhmaṇebhyo havirdattaṁ pratigṛhṇanti devatāḥ ,
pitaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ naitebhyo vidyate param.

5. brāhmaṇebhyaḥ haviḥ dattam pratigṛhṇanti devatāḥ
pitaraḥ sarvabhūtānām na etebhyaḥ vidyate param

5. devatāḥ pitaraḥ (ca) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ dattam haviḥ pratigṛhṇanti.
(te) sarvabhūtānām (pitaraḥ).
etebhyaḥ param na vidyate.

5. The deities and ancestors receive the oblations offered to brahmins. These brahmins are indeed like the fathers of all beings, and there is certainly nothing superior to them.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to brahmins, for brahmins

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

• दत्तम् (dattam) - given, offered

• प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they receive, they accept

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• न (na) - not, no

• एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ) - than these brahmins (than these, to these)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• परम् (param) - superior, higher

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to brahmins, for brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, member of the priestly class

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, ghee

Root: hu (class 3)

दत्तम् (dattam) - given, offered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, offered, bestowed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they receive, they accept

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present Indicative Parasmaipada

3rd person plural, present tense, Parasmaipada, from root grah (class 9) with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

Root: div (class 4)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ) - than these brahmins (than these, to these)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

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

Present Indicative Atmanepada

3rd person singular, present tense, Atmanepada, from root vid (class 4)

Root: vid (class 4)

परम् (param) - superior, higher

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, superior, supreme, ultimate