महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-59, verse-16

माध्यंदिनं ते सवनं ददतस्तात वर्तताम् ।
गा हिरण्यानि वासांसि तेनेन्द्रः प्रीयतां तव ॥१६॥

16. mādhyaṁdinaṁ te savanaṁ dadatastāta vartatām ,
gā hiraṇyāni vāsāṁsi tenendraḥ prīyatāṁ tava.

16. mādhyandinam te savanam dadatas tāta vartatām
gāḥ hiraṇyāni vāsāṃsi tena indraḥ prīyatām tava

16. tāta te mādhyandinam savanam gāḥ hiraṇyāni
vāsāṃsi dadatas vartatām tena tava indraḥ prīyatām

16. My dear father (tāta), may your midday `Vedic ritual` (savana) proceed as you give cows, gold, and garments. By this, may your Indra be pleased.

Words meanings summery:

• माध्यन्दिनम् (mādhyandinam) - midday, pertaining to noon

• ते (te) - your

• सवनम् (savanam) - `Vedic ritual`, oblation

• ददतस् (dadatas) - as you (the interlocutor) give (of him who gives, by him who gives)

• तात (tāta) - dear father, dear one (term of endearment)

• वर्तताम् (vartatām) - may it proceed, may it continue

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• हिरण्यानि (hiraṇyāni) - gold, golden ornaments

• वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him, therefore

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (name of a Vedic deity)

• प्रीयताम् (prīyatām) - may he be pleased, may he be satisfied

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

माध्यन्दिनम् (mādhyandinam) - midday, pertaining to noon

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mādhyandina

mādhyandina - midday, meridional; belonging to noon

Derived from 'madhyandina' (noon)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सवनम् (savanam) - `Vedic ritual`, oblation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of savana

savana - a `Vedic ritual`, pressing out of Soma; morning, midday, evening libations

Derived from root 'su' (to press out)

Root: su (class 5)

ददतस् (dadatas) - as you (the interlocutor) give (of him who gives, by him who gives)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dadat

dadat - giving, bestowing, granting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dā' (to give) with suffix '-at'

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used as an oblique case, here genitive/ablative, often implying an action by the possessor or agent.

तात (tāta) - dear father, dear one (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (vocative term of endearment)

वर्तताम् (vartatām) - may it proceed, may it continue

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox; ray of light, earth

हिरण्यानि (hiraṇyāni) - gold, golden ornaments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold, golden; wealth

वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - garments, clothes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - garment, clothes, apparel

तेन (tena) - by that, by him, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (name of a Vedic deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, chief of the gods

प्रीयताम् (prīyatām) - may he be pleased, may he be satisfied

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of prī

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Here in the passive voice (optative or imperative for blessings/wishes)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you