महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-99, verse-26

अतीतानागते चोभे पितृवंशं च भारत ।
तारयेद्वृक्षरोपी च तस्माद्वृक्षान्प्ररोपयेत् ॥२६॥

26. atītānāgate cobhe pitṛvaṁśaṁ ca bhārata ,
tārayedvṛkṣaropī ca tasmādvṛkṣānpraropayet.

26. atītānāgate ca ubhe pitṛvaṃśam ca bhārata
tārayet vṛkṣaropī ca tasmāt vṛkṣān praropayet

26. bhārata,
vṛkṣaropī ca atītānāgate ubhe ca pitṛvaṃśam ca tārayet tasmāt vṛkṣān praropayet

26. O Bhārata, a tree-planter saves both the past and future generations, as well as the lineage of ancestors (pitṛvaṃśa). Therefore, one should plant trees.

Words meanings summery:

• अतीतानागते (atītānāgate) - both the past and future (generations) (both past and future, in the past and future)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उभे (ubhe) - both

• पितृवंशम् (pitṛvaṁśam) - the lineage of ancestors (pitṛvaṃśa) (the lineage of ancestors, the ancestral line)

• च (ca) - and, also

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• तारयेत् (tārayet) - saves (should cause to cross, should save, should redeem)

• वृक्षरोपी (vṛkṣaropī) - a tree-planter (tree-planter, one who plants trees)

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• प्ररोपयेत् (praropayet) - one should plant (one should plant, one should cause to grow)

Words meanings and morphology

अतीतानागते (atītānāgate) - both the past and future (generations) (both past and future, in the past and future)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of atītānāgata

atītānāgata - past and future (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (atīta+anāgata)

• atīta – past, gone by
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ati'
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)
• anāgata – not come, future, not arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'an-' and 'ā-'
  Prefixes: an+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to past and future generations/times

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उभे (ubhe) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Agrees with 'atītānāgate'

पितृवंशम् (pitṛvaṁśam) - the lineage of ancestors (pitṛvaṃśa) (the lineage of ancestors, the ancestral line)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛvaṃśa

pitṛvaṁśa - lineage of fathers/ancestors, ancestral line

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+vaṃśa)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• vaṃśa – bamboo, lineage, family, race, dynasty
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'tārayet'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, O Bhārata (vocative)

Note: An address to a person, often Arjuna or Dhṛtarāṣṭra

तारयेत् (tārayet) - saves (should cause to cross, should save, should redeem)

(verb)

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

Causative verb

Causative form of root 'tṛ' (to cross)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

वृक्षरोपी (vṛkṣaropī) - a tree-planter (tree-planter, one who plants trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣaropin

vṛkṣaropin - tree-planter, one who plants trees

Agent noun

Compound formed from 'vṛkṣa' and agent noun 'ropin' (from causative of 'ruh')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+ropin)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• ropin – planter, sower
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From causative of root 'ruh' (to grow) -> 'ropaya' + suffix '-in'
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'tārayet'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative case of 'tad' used as an adverb meaning 'therefore'

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree, plant, shrub

Note: Object of 'praropayet'

प्ररोपयेत् (praropayet) - one should plant (one should plant, one should cause to grow)

(verb)

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

Causative verb

Causative form of root 'ruh' (to grow) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: ruh (class 1)

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