महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-99, verse-24

एता जात्यस्तु वृक्षाणां तेषां रोपे गुणास्त्विमे ।
कीर्तिश्च मानुषे लोके प्रेत्य चैव फलं शुभम् ॥२४॥

24. etā jātyastu vṛkṣāṇāṁ teṣāṁ rope guṇāstvime ,
kīrtiśca mānuṣe loke pretya caiva phalaṁ śubham.

24. etāḥ jātayaḥ tu vṛkṣāṇām teṣām rope guṇāḥ tu ime
kīrtiḥ ca mānuṣe loke pretya ca eva phalam śubham

24. etāḥ jātayaḥ tu vṛkṣāṇām teṣām rope ime guṇāḥ tu (vidyante)
mānuṣe loke kīrtiḥ ca eva pretya śubham phalam ca (labhate)

24. These are the types of trees, and these are the benefits (guṇāḥ) of planting them: fame in the human world, and indeed, an auspicious reward after death.

Words meanings summery:

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - types (species, kinds, types)

• तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, indeed)

• वृक्षाणाम् (vṛkṣāṇām) - of trees

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for their (of them, for them, their)

• रोपे (rope) - in planting (in planting, in sowing, in cultivating)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - benefits (guṇāḥ) (qualities, virtues, benefits, merits)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, however, and, indeed)

• इमे (ime) - these

• कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame (fame, renown, glory)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (in the human, in the human world)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the realm)

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, after death

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• फलम् (phalam) - reward (fruit, result, reward)

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

Words meanings and morphology

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'jātayaḥ'

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - types (species, kinds, types)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, origin, species, kind, genus, caste

From root 'jan' (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

वृक्षाणाम् (vṛkṣāṇām) - of trees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree, plant, shrub

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for their (of them, for them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'vṛkṣāṇām'

रोपे (rope) - in planting (in planting, in sowing, in cultivating)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ropa

ropa - planting, sowing, cultivating

From root 'ruh' (to grow) with causative 'ropaya'

Root: ruh (class 1)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - benefits (guṇāḥ) (qualities, virtues, benefits, merits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, attribute, thread, excellence

तु (tu) - indeed (but, however, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these, here

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'

कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame (fame, renown, glory)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, renown, glory, praise

From root 'kīrt' (to mention, praise)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मानुषे (mānuṣe) - in the human (in the human, in the human world)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to humans, a human being

Derived from 'manuṣa' (human being)

Note: Agrees with 'loke'

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, after death

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'pra', forming an absolutive

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

फलम् (phalam) - reward (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, advantage

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, propitious, fortunate, beautiful, good

Note: Agrees with 'phalam'