महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-62, verse-20

आशंसन्ते हि पितरः सुवृष्टिमिव कर्षकाः ।
अस्माकमपि पुत्रो वा पौत्रो वान्नं प्रदास्यति ॥२०॥

20. āśaṁsante hi pitaraḥ suvṛṣṭimiva karṣakāḥ ,
asmākamapi putro vā pautro vānnaṁ pradāsyati.

20. āśaṃsante hi pitaraḥ suvṛṣṭim iva karṣakāḥ
asmākam api putraḥ vā pautraḥ vā annam pradāsyati

20. hi karṣakāḥ suvṛṣṭim iva pitaraḥ āśaṃsante
asmākam api putraḥ vā pautraḥ vā annam pradāsyati

20. Indeed, the ancestors (pitaraḥ) hope, just as farmers wish for good rain, thinking, "Our son or grandson will surely provide us with food (anna)."

Words meanings summery:

• आशंसन्ते (āśaṁsante) - they hope, they wish, they expect

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitaraḥ) (fathers, ancestors)

• सुवृष्टिम् (suvṛṣṭim) - good rain, abundant rain

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• कर्षकाः (karṣakāḥ) - farmers, cultivators

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• अपि (api) - surely (emphasis) (also, even, too)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• वा (vā) - or

• पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - grandson

• वा (vā) - or

• अन्नम् (annam) - food (anna) (food, grain)

• प्रदास्यति (pradāsyati) - will provide (will give, will provide)

Words meanings and morphology

आशंसन्ते (āśaṁsante) - they hope, they wish, they expect

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of āśaṃs

from root śaṃs with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors (pitaraḥ) (fathers, ancestors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

सुवृष्टिम् (suvṛṣṭim) - good rain, abundant rain

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suvṛṣṭi

suvṛṣṭi - good rain, abundant rain

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+vṛṣṭi)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

कर्षकाः (karṣakāḥ) - farmers, cultivators

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karṣaka

karṣaka - farmer, cultivator

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अपि (api) - surely (emphasis) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - grandson

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pautra

pautra - grandson

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अन्नम् (annam) - food (anna) (food, grain)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain

प्रदास्यति (pradāsyati) - will provide (will give, will provide)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pradā

future tense

from root dā with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)