महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-90, verse-3

देवताः पूजयन्तीह दैवेनैवेह तेजसा ।
उपेत्य तस्माद्देवेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो दापयेन्नरः ॥३॥

3. devatāḥ pūjayantīha daivenaiveha tejasā ,
upetya tasmāddevebhyaḥ sarvebhyo dāpayennaraḥ.

3. devatāḥ pūjayanti iha daivena eva iha tejasā
upetya tasmāt devebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ dāpayet naraḥ

3. iha devatāḥ daivena eva iha tejasā pūjayanti
tasmāt naraḥ upetya sarvebhyaḥ devebhyaḥ dāpayet

3. Here, the deities themselves worship with their own divine splendor. Therefore, a man should approach all those deities and arrange for offerings to be given to them.

Words meanings summery:

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - divine beings (deities, divine beings)

• पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

• इह (iha) - here (in this context or realm) (here, in this world, in this case)

• दैवेन (daivena) - by divine (power/splendor) (by divine, by fate, by chance, by destiny)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphasizing the divine splendor) (indeed, only, very, exactly)

• इह (iha) - here (referring to the location of the splendor) (here, in this world, in this case)

• तेजसा (tejasā) - by divine splendor (by splendor, by power, by glory, by energy)

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone to, having obtained)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that, therefore)

• देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - to the deities (to the deities, for the deities, from the deities)

• सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - to all (deities) (to all, for all, from all)

• दापयेत् (dāpayet) - one should arrange for offerings to be given (one should cause to give, one should offer)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man (a man, a person)

Words meanings and morphology

देवताः (devatāḥ) - divine beings (deities, divine beings)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - a deity, divinity

पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

(verb)

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

present active

root pūj, 10th class, present 3rd plural active

Root: pūj (class 10)

इह (iha) - here (in this context or realm) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

दैवेन (daivena) - by divine (power/splendor) (by divine, by fate, by chance, by destiny)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, celestial, relating to deities; fate, destiny

derived from deva (deity)

एव (eva) - indeed, very (emphasizing the divine splendor) (indeed, only, very, exactly)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (referring to the location of the splendor) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

तेजसा (tejasā) - by divine splendor (by splendor, by power, by glory, by energy)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, glory, brilliance, power, energy

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone to, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

prefix upa- + root i (to go), forming an absolutive ending in -tya

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially as 'therefore'

देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - to the deities (to the deities, for the deities, from the deities)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - deity, god

Note: Also can be ablative plural. Here dative fits meaning 'to them'.

सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - to all (deities) (to all, for all, from all)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'devebhyaḥ'. Also can be ablative plural. Here dative fits meaning 'to all of them'.

दापयेत् (dāpayet) - one should arrange for offerings to be given (one should cause to give, one should offer)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dā

optative active

causative stem dāpaya-, optative 3rd singular active

Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Implicit subject is 'naraḥ'.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man (a man, a person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of 'dāpayet'.

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