महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-8

दश चोभयतः प्रेत्य मातापित्रोः पितामहान् ।
दधाति सुकृताँल्लोकान्पुनाति च कुलं नरः ॥८॥

8. daśa cobhayataḥ pretya mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān ,
dadhāti sukṛtāँllokānpunāti ca kulaṁ naraḥ.

8. daśa ca ubhayataḥ pretya mātāpitroḥ pitāmahān
dadhāti sukṛtān lokān punāti ca kulam naraḥ

8. And such a person, upon departing (from this world), sustains ten generations on both sides – parents and grandparents – in virtuous realms, and purifies his family.

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• च (ca) - and

• उभयतः (ubhayataḥ) - on both sides, from both sides

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, having departed

• मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of mother and father, of parents

• पितामहान् (pitāmahān) - grandfathers, ancestors

• दधाति (dadhāti) - he holds, he sustains, he places

• सुकृतान् (sukṛtān) - virtuous, meritorious

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• पुनाति (punāti) - he purifies

• च (ca) - and

• कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उभयतः (ubhayataḥ) - on both sides, from both sides

(indeclinable)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, having departed

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of mother and father, of parents

(noun)

Genitive, dual of mātāpitar

mātāpitar - mother and father, parents

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

पितामहान् (pitāmahān) - grandfathers, ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, ancestor

दधाति (dadhāti) - he holds, he sustains, he places

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

सुकृतान् (sukṛtān) - virtuous, meritorious

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukṛta

sukṛta - well-done, virtuous, meritorious deed

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

पुनाति (punāti) - he purifies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pū

Root: pū (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

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