महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-60, verse-6

अथ चेत्प्रतिगृह्णीयुर्दद्यादहरहर्नृपः ।
श्रद्धामास्थाय परमां पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥६॥

6. atha cetpratigṛhṇīyurdadyādaharaharnṛpaḥ ,
śraddhāmāsthāya paramāṁ pāvanaṁ hyetaduttamam.

6. atha cet pratigṛhṇīyuḥ dadyāt aharahaḥ nṛpaḥ
śraddhām āsthāya paramām pāvanam hi etat uttamam

6. atha cet te (sādhavaḥ) pratigṛhṇīyuḥ,
(tadā) nṛpaḥ paramām śraddhām āsthāya aharahaḥ dadyāt.
hi etat uttamam pāvanam.

6. Now, if they were to accept (gifts from him), the king should give daily, cultivating the highest faith (śraddhā). For this indeed is the supreme purifier.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• चेत् (cet) - if

• प्रतिगृह्णीयुः (pratigṛhṇīyuḥ) - Refers to the righteous individuals from the previous verse, implying a hypothetical scenario. (they would accept, they should accept)

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - he should give

• अहरहः (aharahaḥ) - daily, day by day

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king

• श्रद्धाम् (śraddhām) - faith, trust

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - Having cultivated or adopted supreme faith. (having taken recourse to, having adopted, having cultivated)

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, utmost

• पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying, sanctifying

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• एतत् (etat) - Refers to the act of giving daily with supreme faith. (this)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

प्रतिगृह्णीयुः (pratigṛhṇīyuḥ) - Refers to the righteous individuals from the previous verse, implying a hypothetical scenario. (they would accept, they should accept)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of grah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - he should give

(verb)

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

Root: dā (class 3)

अहरहः (aharahaḥ) - daily, day by day

(indeclinable)

Reduplication of 'ahas' (day)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (lit. 'protector of men')

श्रद्धाम् (śraddhām) - faith, trust

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, belief, confidence

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - Having cultivated or adopted supreme faith. (having taken recourse to, having adopted, having cultivated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix ā + root sthā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, highest, utmost

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, utmost, excellent, chief

पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying, sanctifying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, cleansing, holy, sacred

Derived from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Functions here as a substantivized adjective (a purifier).

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the act of giving daily with supreme faith. (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme