महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-87, verse-19

यथा चैवापरः पक्षः पूर्वपक्षाद्विशिष्यते ।
तथा श्राद्धस्य पूर्वाह्णादपराह्णो विशिष्यते ॥१९॥

19. yathā caivāparaḥ pakṣaḥ pūrvapakṣādviśiṣyate ,
tathā śrāddhasya pūrvāhṇādaparāhṇo viśiṣyate.

19. yathā ca eva aparaḥ pakṣaḥ pūrvapakṣāt viśiṣyate
| tathā śrāddhasya pūrvāhṇāt aparāhṇaḥ viśiṣyate

19. Just as the latter (waning) fortnight is indeed superior to the former (waxing) fortnight, similarly, for the ancestral ritual (śrāddha), the afternoon is considered superior to the forenoon.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even, certainly

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - the latter (fortnight, i.e., waning fortnight) (other, latter, subsequent, western)

• पक्षः (pakṣaḥ) - fortnight, side, wing, party

• पूर्वपक्षात् (pūrvapakṣāt) - from the waxing fortnight (from the former fortnight, from the first fortnight)

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise, in that manner

• श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - for the ancestral ritual (śrāddha) (of the ancestral ritual)

• पूर्वाह्णात् (pūrvāhṇāt) - from the forenoon, from the morning

• अपराह्णः (aparāhṇaḥ) - afternoon, latter part of the day

• विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even, certainly

(indeclinable)

अपरः (aparaḥ) - the latter (fortnight, i.e., waning fortnight) (other, latter, subsequent, western)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, later, subsequent, western

पक्षः (pakṣaḥ) - fortnight, side, wing, party

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣa

pakṣa - fortnight (half of a lunar month), side, wing, party, aspect

पूर्वपक्षात् (pūrvapakṣāt) - from the waxing fortnight (from the former fortnight, from the first fortnight)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pūrvapakṣa

pūrvapakṣa - first fortnight, former fortnight (waxing half of the lunar month)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+pakṣa)

• pūrva – former, prior, eastern, first
  adjective
• pakṣa – fortnight (half of a lunar month), side, wing, party
  noun (masculine)

विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Root śiṣ (class 7) used with 'vi-' in passive/middle voice.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, likewise, in that manner

(indeclinable)

श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - for the ancestral ritual (śrāddha) (of the ancestral ritual)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - ancestral ritual, funeral ceremony, offering to ancestors, faith, reverence

पूर्वाह्णात् (pūrvāhṇāt) - from the forenoon, from the morning

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pūrvāhṇa

pūrvāhṇa - forenoon, morning, first part of the day

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+ahan)

• pūrva – former, prior, eastern, first
  adjective
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

अपराह्णः (aparāhṇaḥ) - afternoon, latter part of the day

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparāhṇa

aparāhṇa - afternoon, latter part of the day

Compound type : karmadhāraya (apara+ahan)

• apara – other, another, later, subsequent
  adjective
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is distinguished, is superior, excels

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śiṣ

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Root śiṣ (class 7) used with 'vi-' in passive/middle voice.