महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-92, verse-11

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु पितरस्ततस्ते विज्वराभवन् ।
एतस्मात्कारणाच्चाग्नेः प्राक्तनं दीयते नृप ॥११॥

11. etacchrutvā tu pitarastataste vijvarābhavan ,
etasmātkāraṇāccāgneḥ prāktanaṁ dīyate nṛpa.

11. etat śrutvā tu pitaraḥ tataḥ te vijvarāḥ abhavan
| etasmāt kāraṇāt ca agneḥ prāktanam dīyate nṛpa

11. nṛpa etat śrutvā tu te pitaraḥ tataḥ vijvarāḥ
abhavan ca etasmāt kāraṇāt agneḥ prāktanam dīyate

11. O King, upon hearing this, those ancestors became free from distress. And for this very reason, an offering is made to Agni (the fire deity) beforehand.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (story/statement) (this, thus)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing this (story/statement) (having heard, after hearing)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

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

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (after hearing) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• ते (te) - those (ancestors) (those, they)

• विज्वराः (vijvarāḥ) - free from distress (mental anguish) (free from fever, free from distress)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became (they became, they were)

• एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this (reason) (from this)

• कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - for this reason (from a cause, by reason of)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - to Agni (the fire deity) (of Agni, to Agni, from Agni)

• प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - an offering (made previously or beforehand) (ancient, former, earlier, previously offered)

• दीयते (dīyate) - is offered (is given, is offered)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king (vocative) (O king)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (story/statement) (this, thus)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Here accusative.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing this (story/statement) (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root śru- (to hear), suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction/particle

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: r-stem noun

ततः (tataḥ) - then (after hearing) (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Also an ablative ending for tad.

ते (te) - those (ancestors) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Masculine nominative plural of tad.

विज्वराः (vijvarāḥ) - free from distress (mental anguish) (free from fever, free from distress)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vijvara

vijvara - free from fever, free from distress/anxiety

Compound of vi- (prefix for separation/negation) and jvara (fever, distress)

Compound type : pravādi bahuvrīhi (often considered abhyantarībhūta-vi-) (vi+jvara)

• vi – apart, away, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• jvara – fever, distress, anguish
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective agreeing with pitaraḥ.

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became (they became, they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From root bhū (to be, become).

एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this (reason) (from this)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Ablative singular of etad.

कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - for this reason (from a cause, by reason of)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From root kṛ- (to do) + ana (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - to Agni (the fire deity) (of Agni, to Agni, from Agni)

(noun)

masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, fire deity (Agni)

Note: i-stem noun. Dative is implied by context of offering.

प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - an offering (made previously or beforehand) (ancient, former, earlier, previously offered)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of prāktana

prāktana - previous, former, ancient, first, primeval

Derived from prāk (before, formerly) + -tana (suffix forming adjectives of time)

Note: Here used substantively as "that which is given beforehand/first".

दीयते (dīyate) - is offered (is given, is offered)

(verb)

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

From root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Root dā (to give), passive voice present tense.

नृप (nṛpa) - O king (vocative) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

Compound of nṛ (man) + pa (protector, from root pā- to protect)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā- (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)