महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-70, verse-55

एतद्दानं न्यायलब्धं द्विजेभ्यः पात्रे दत्त्वा प्रापयेथाः परीक्ष्य ।
त्वय्याशंसन्त्यमरा मानवाश्च वयं चापि प्रसृते पुण्यशीलाः ॥५५॥

55. etaddānaṁ nyāyalabdhaṁ dvijebhyaḥ; pātre dattvā prāpayethāḥ parīkṣya ,
tvayyāśaṁsantyamarā mānavāśca; vayaṁ cāpi prasṛte puṇyaśīlāḥ.

55. etat dānam nyāyalabdham dvijebhyaḥ
pātre dattvā prāpayethāḥ parīkṣya
tvayi āśaṃsanti amarāḥ mānavāḥ
ca vayam ca api prasṛte puṇyaśīlāḥ

55. parīkṣya pātre etat nyāyalabdham
dānam dattvā dvijebhyaḥ prāpayethāḥ
amarāḥ ca mānavāḥ ca vayam ca api
puṇyaśīlāḥ prasṛte tvayi āśaṃsanti

55. After examining worthy recipients (pātra), you should ensure that this lawfully acquired gift is given to deserving brahmins (dvija). Both the immortals and humans, and we too, who are of virtuous character, place our hopes in you concerning this ongoing (ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this gift (this)

• दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, giving

• न्यायलब्धम् (nyāyalabdham) - lawfully obtained, justly acquired

• द्विजेभ्यः (dvijebhyaḥ) - to the brahmins, for the twice-born

• पात्रे (pātre) - to a worthy recipient, in a worthy recipient

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

• प्रापयेथाः (prāpayethāḥ) - you should cause to obtain, you should make them receive

• परीक्ष्य (parīkṣya) - having examined, after examining

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, upon you

• आशंसन्ति (āśaṁsanti) - they hope, they expect, they wish

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal ones, gods

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, descendants of Manu

• च (ca) - and

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• प्रसृते (prasṛte) - in this ongoing ritual (in the ongoing, in the spread (matter/ritual))

• पुण्यशीलाः (puṇyaśīlāḥ) - of virtuous conduct, virtuous

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this gift (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, giving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, donation, giving, liberality

Root: dā (class 3)

न्यायलब्धम् (nyāyalabdham) - lawfully obtained, justly acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nyāyalabdha

nyāyalabdha - obtained by right, justly acquired

Compound type : tatpurusha (nyāya+labdha)

• nyāya – justice, rule, method, logic
  noun (masculine)
• labdha – obtained, gained, received
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from labh + kta (suffix for PPP)
  Root: labh (class 1)

द्विजेभ्यः (dvijebhyaḥ) - to the brahmins, for the twice-born

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - brahmin, twice-born, bird, tooth

पात्रे (pātre) - to a worthy recipient, in a worthy recipient

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, container, worthy person, deserving recipient

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from dā + ktvā (suffix for Absolutive)

Root: dā (class 3)

प्रापयेथाः (prāpayethāḥ) - you should cause to obtain, you should make them receive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of prāp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Causative form

परीक्ष्य (parīkṣya) - having examined, after examining

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from pari + īkṣ + ya (suffix for Absolutive, Lyap)

Prefix: pari

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, upon you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आशंसन्ति (āśaṁsanti) - they hope, they expect, they wish

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortal ones, gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, descendants of Manu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, pertaining to Manu

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

प्रसृते (prasṛte) - in this ongoing ritual (in the ongoing, in the spread (matter/ritual))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread, extended, flowing, ongoing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra + sṛ + kta (suffix for PPP)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'karmaṇi' (in the action/ritual)

पुण्यशीलाः (puṇyaśīlāḥ) - of virtuous conduct, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṇyaśīla

puṇyaśīla - of virtuous conduct, righteous, moral

Compound type : bahuvrihi (puṇya+śīla)

• puṇya – meritorious, virtuous, holy deed
  adjective (neuter)
• śīla – conduct, character, habit, virtue
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'vayam' (we)