महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-49, verse-23

भीष्म उवाच ।
आत्मवत्तस्य कुर्वीत संस्कारं स्वामिवत्तथा ॥२३॥

23. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ātmavattasya kurvīta saṁskāraṁ svāmivattathā.

23. bhīṣma uvāca ātmanavat tasya
kurvīta saṃskāram svāmivat tathā

23. bhīṣma uvāca: tasya saṃskāram
ātmanavat tathā svāmivat kurvīta

23. Bhishma said: One should perform the purifying ritual (saṃskāra) for him as if it were for oneself, and similarly, as if it were for one's own master.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma, the revered grandfather and elder statesman in the Mahābhārata, speaking. (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आत्मनवत् (ātmanavat) - Treating the adopted person as if they were one's own core self (ātman). (like oneself, like one's own self)

• तस्य (tasya) - Of the person for whom the purifying ritual (saṃskāra) is being performed (the adopted individual). (of him, his, of that)

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should perform, should do

• संस्कारम् (saṁskāram) - A specific Hindu rite of passage, typically for birth, naming, initiation, marriage, etc. (purifying ritual, ceremony, consecration)

• स्वामिवत् (svāmivat) - Treating the adopted person with the same care and responsibility as one would a master, implying respect and duty. (like a master, like an owner)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma, the revered grandfather and elder statesman in the Mahābhārata, speaking. (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense form

Root `vac` (2nd conjugation), perfect active 3rd singular. Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

आत्मनवत् (ātmanavat) - Treating the adopted person as if they were one's own core self (ātman). (like oneself, like one's own self)

(indeclinable)

Derived from `ātman` with the suffix `-vat` (like).

तस्य (tasya) - Of the person for whom the purifying ritual (saṃskāra) is being performed (the adopted individual). (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should perform, should do

(verb)

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

optative mood, middle voice

Root `kṛ` (8th conjugation), optative middle 3rd singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

संस्कारम् (saṁskāram) - A specific Hindu rite of passage, typically for birth, naming, initiation, marriage, etc. (purifying ritual, ceremony, consecration)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃskāra

saṁskāra - purifying ritual, ceremony, impression, refinement

Derived from `sam-kṛ` (to prepare, make perfect).

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वामिवत् (svāmivat) - Treating the adopted person with the same care and responsibility as one would a master, implying respect and duty. (like a master, like an owner)

(indeclinable)

Derived from `svāmin` with the suffix `-vat` (like).

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)