महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-49

क्षत्रियाया हरेत्पुत्रश्चतुरोंऽशान्पितुर्धनात् ।
युद्धावहारिकं यच्च पितुः स्यात्स हरेच्च तत् ॥४९॥

49. kṣatriyāyā haretputraścaturoṁ'śānpiturdhanāt ,
yuddhāvahārikaṁ yacca pituḥ syātsa harecca tat.

49. kṣatriyāyāḥ haret putraḥ caturaḥ aṃśān pituḥ dhanāt
| yuddhāvahārikam yat ca pituḥ syāt saḥ haret ca tat

49. putraḥ kṣatriyāyāḥ pituḥ dhanāt caturaḥ aṃśān haret
ca yat pituḥ yuddhāvahārikam syāt saḥ ca tat haret

49. A son born to a Kṣatriyā woman should inherit four shares from his father's wealth. He should also take whatever property of the father was acquired through warfare.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्रियायाः (kṣatriyāyāḥ) - of a wife who belongs to the Kṣatriyā class (of a Kṣatriyā woman, from a Kṣatriyā woman)

• हरेत् (haret) - he should inherit (he should take, he should seize, he should inherit)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - the son (of the father mentioned) (son)

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four (shares) (four)

• अंशान् (aṁśān) - shares of inheritance (shares, portions, divisions)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - from the father (ablative of source) (from the father, of the father)

• धनात् (dhanāt) - from the father's wealth (from wealth, from property)

• युद्धावहारिकम् (yuddhāvahārikam) - property acquired through warfare (that which is acquired in battle, pertaining to battle acquisition)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (property) (which, whatever, that which)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father (genitive of possession) (of the father, from the father)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be (exists) (may be, should be, exists)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the son) (he, that)

• हरेत् (haret) - he should take (that property) (he should take, he should seize, he should inherit)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• तत् (tat) - that (property acquired through battle) (that, that (property))

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्रियायाः (kṣatriyāyāḥ) - of a wife who belongs to the Kṣatriyā class (of a Kṣatriyā woman, from a Kṣatriyā woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kṣatriyā

kṣatriyā - a woman of the Kṣatriya (warrior/ruling) class

Feminine form of kṣatriya

Note: Can also be ablative singular. Context suggests 'of'.

हरेत् (haret) - he should inherit (he should take, he should seize, he should inherit)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

Optative mood, active voice

3rd person singular, optative, parasmaipada

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - the son (of the father mentioned) (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four (shares) (four)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of catur

catur - four

Note: Agrees with aṃśān (masculine plural accusative).

अंशान् (aṁśān) - shares of inheritance (shares, portions, divisions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṃśa

aṁśa - share, portion, part, division

पितुः (pituḥ) - from the father (ablative of source) (from the father, of the father)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Also genitive singular form. Context with `dhanāt` (ablative) makes it ablative here.

धनात् (dhanāt) - from the father's wealth (from wealth, from property)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

युद्धावहारिकम् (yuddhāvahārikam) - property acquired through warfare (that which is acquired in battle, pertaining to battle acquisition)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddhāvahārika

yuddhāvahārika - acquired in battle, relating to spoils of war

Formed from yuddha (battle) + avahāra (carrying off, acquisition) + ika (adjectival suffix)

Prefix: ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `yat` and `tat`.

यत् (yat) - whatever (property) (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Relative pronoun

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Here, it is the subject of `syāt` and object of `haret` (implicitly referring to "that which").

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father (genitive of possession) (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Also ablative singular form. Context with `yuddhāvahārikam` suggests possession.

स्यात् (syāt) - should be (exists) (may be, should be, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, active voice

3rd person singular, optative, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (the son) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers back to `putraḥ`.

हरेत् (haret) - he should take (that property) (he should take, he should seize, he should inherit)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

Optative mood, active voice

3rd person singular, optative, parasmaipada

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

तत् (tat) - that (property acquired through battle) (that, that (property))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `yuddhāvahārikam`.