महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-99, verse-7

चतुर्विधानां भूतानां तडागमुपलक्षयेत् ।
तडागानि च सर्वाणि दिशन्ति श्रियमुत्तमाम् ॥७॥

7. caturvidhānāṁ bhūtānāṁ taḍāgamupalakṣayet ,
taḍāgāni ca sarvāṇi diśanti śriyamuttamām.

7. caturvidhānām bhūtānām taḍāgam upalakṣayet
taḍāgāni ca sarvāṇi diśanti śriyam uttamām

7. caturvidhānām bhūtānām taḍāgam upalakṣayet
taḍāgāni ca sarvāṇi diśanti śriyam uttamām

7. One should consider a pond as a source of sustenance for all four kinds of beings. Furthermore, all ponds bestow supreme prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्विधानाम् (caturvidhānām) - of four kinds, four-fold

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• तडागम् (taḍāgam) - a pond, a reservoir

• उपलक्षयेत् (upalakṣayet) - one should observe, perceive, consider, recognize

• तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - ponds, reservoirs

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all

• दिशन्ति (diśanti) - they bestow, they confer

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory

• उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - supreme, excellent

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्विधानाम् (caturvidhānām) - of four kinds, four-fold

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of caturvidha

caturvidha - four-fold, of four kinds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun/adjective (masculine)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, existed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तडागम् (taḍāgam) - a pond, a reservoir

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taḍāga

taḍāga - pond, reservoir, tank

उपलक्षयेत् (upalakṣayet) - one should observe, perceive, consider, recognize

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - ponds, reservoirs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of taḍāga

taḍāga - pond, reservoir, tank

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

दिशन्ति (diśanti) - they bestow, they confer

(verb)

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

Root: diś (class 6)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme