महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-36, verse-26

तेषामुत्कर्षमुद्रेकं वक्ष्याम्यहमतः परम् ।
यथा ते सुकृताँल्लोकाँल्लभन्ते पुण्यकर्मिणः ॥२६॥

26. teṣāmutkarṣamudrekaṁ vakṣyāmyahamataḥ param ,
yathā te sukṛtāँllokāँllabhante puṇyakarmiṇaḥ.

26. teṣām utkarṣam udrekam vakṣyāmi aham ataḥ param
| yathā te sukṛtān lokān labhante puṇyakarmaṇaḥ

26. Hereafter, I shall describe their upliftment and prosperity, and how they, the performers of meritorious actions (karma), attain the worlds (loka) earned by their virtuous deeds.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the virtuous individuals (puṇyakarmaṇaḥ) later in the verse (of them, their)

• उत्कर्षम् (utkarṣam) - excellence, superiority, upliftment, rise

• उद्रेकम् (udrekam) - abundance, excess, prosperity, increase

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall tell, I shall declare, I shall describe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अतः (ataḥ) - henceforth, then, from this

• परम् (param) - in combination with ataḥ, meaning "hereafter" (after, beyond, next)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• ते (te) - referring to puṇyakarmaṇaḥ (they)

• सुकृतान् (sukṛtān) - referring to the worlds (lokān) obtained through good deeds (good deeds, meritorious acts)

• लोकान् (lokān) - celestial or higher realms attained through meritorious actions (worlds, realms, planes of existence)

• लभन्ते (labhante) - they obtain, they attain, they receive

• पुण्यकर्मणः (puṇyakarmaṇaḥ) - those who perform meritorious deeds, virtuous people

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the virtuous individuals (puṇyakarmaṇaḥ) later in the verse (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

उत्कर्षम् (utkarṣam) - excellence, superiority, upliftment, rise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of utkarṣa

utkarṣa - excellence, superiority, increase, rise, drawing upwards

From ut (up) + √kṛṣ (to draw, pull)

Prefix: ut

Root: √kṛṣ (class 1)

उद्रेकम् (udrekam) - abundance, excess, prosperity, increase

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udreka

udreka - excess, abundance, prominence, rise

From ud (up) + √ric (to leave, abandon, hence "overflow")

Prefix: ud

Root: √ric (class 7)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall tell, I shall declare, I shall describe

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √vac

Future Tense

√vac in ātmanepada future form

Root: √vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

अतः (ataḥ) - henceforth, then, from this

(indeclinable)

From demonstrative ad + tas suffix

परम् (param) - in combination with ataḥ, meaning "hereafter" (after, beyond, next)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative from yad

ते (te) - referring to puṇyakarmaṇaḥ (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

सुकृतान् (sukṛtān) - referring to the worlds (lokān) obtained through good deeds (good deeds, meritorious acts)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukṛta

sukṛta - well-done, virtuous deed, meritorious action, good

Past Passive Participle

Compound su (good) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed, deed
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Here used as an adjective for lokān (worlds earned by good deeds).

लोकान् (lokān) - celestial or higher realms attained through meritorious actions (worlds, realms, planes of existence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

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

From √lok (to see, perceive)

Root: √lok (class 10)

लभन्ते (labhante) - they obtain, they attain, they receive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of √labh

Present Tense

√labh in ātmanepada form

Root: √labh (class 1)

पुण्यकर्मणः (puṇyakarmaṇaḥ) - those who perform meritorious deeds, virtuous people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṇyakarman

puṇyakarman - performing meritorious deeds, virtuous, righteous

Compound: puṇya (merit) + karman (action)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (puṇya+karman)

• puṇya – meritorious, virtuous, sacred, good deed, merit
  adjective (neuter)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, karma
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the persons who perform puṇya karma.