महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-25

एते सर्वे वरुणस्योत यज्ञं द्रष्टुं गता इह आयान्ति भूयः ।
अष्टावक्रं पूजये पूजनीयं यस्य हेतोर्जनितारं समेष्ये ॥२५॥

25. ete sarve varuṇasyota yajñaṁ; draṣṭuṁ gatā iha āyānti bhūyaḥ ,
aṣṭāvakraṁ pūjaye pūjanīyaṁ; yasya hetorjanitāraṁ sameṣye.

25. ete sarve varuṇasya uta yajñam
draṣṭum gatāḥ iha āyānti bhūyaḥ
| aṣṭāvakraṃ pūjayeyam pūjanīyam
yasya hetoḥ janitāram sameṣye

25. ete sarve varuṇasya yajñam draṣṭum
gatāḥ uta iha bhūyaḥ āyānti
aham pūjanīyam aṣṭāvakraṃ pūjayeyam
yasya hetoḥ janitāram sameṣye

25. All these (sages), having gone to witness Varuna's Vedic ritual (yajña), are now returning here again. I should honor Ashtavakra, who is worthy of reverence, for his sake I shall meet my father.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these sages/people (these, these ones)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (these sages/people) (all, everyone)

• वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuna

• उत (uta) - and, also, moreover

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Varuna's Vedic ritual (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship)

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to behold, to witness

• गताः (gatāḥ) - (sages) having gone (gone, having gone, arrived)

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

• अष्टावक्रं (aṣṭāvakraṁ) - the sage Ashtavakra (Ashtavakra)

• पूजयेयम् (pūjayeyam) - I should honor, I should worship

• पूजनीयम् (pūjanīyam) - Ashtavakra, who is worthy of honor (worthy of honor, to be honored, venerable)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for Ashtavakra's sake (for the sake of, on account of, because of)

• जनितारम् (janitāram) - my father (father, generator, producer)

• समेष्ये (sameṣye) - I shall meet, I shall encounter

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these sages/people (these, these ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Note: masculine nominative plural of 'etat'

सर्वे (sarve) - all (these sages/people) (all, everyone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: masculine nominative plural of 'sarva'

वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuna (a Vedic deity, god of cosmic order, water, and the sky)

उत (uta) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Varuna's Vedic ritual (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship, offering

Root: yaj (class 1)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to behold, to witness

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Infinitive form

गताः (gatāḥ) - (sages) having gone (gone, having gone, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle acting as an adjective (or noun).

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

present active

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Prefix ā + root yā

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb

अष्टावक्रं (aṣṭāvakraṁ) - the sage Ashtavakra (Ashtavakra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Ashtavakra (a sage bent in eight places)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aṣṭā+vakra)

• aṣṭā – eight
  numeral
• vakra – bent, crooked, curved
  adjective (masculine)

पूजयेयम् (pūjayeyam) - I should honor, I should worship

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pūj

optative active

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: The Devanagari 'पूजये' can be 'pūjayet' (3rd sg optative) or 'pūjayeyam' (1st sg optative, with final 'm' elided). Context suggests 1st sg.

पूजनीयम् (pūjanīyam) - Ashtavakra, who is worthy of honor (worthy of honor, to be honored, venerable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūjanīya

pūjanīya - worthy of honor, adorable, venerable, to be worshipped

Gerundive

Gerundive of root pūj

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, agreeing with Aṣṭāvakraṃ

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whose

Note: Masculine genitive singular of 'yad' (relative pronoun)

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for Ashtavakra's sake (for the sake of, on account of, because of)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, means

Note: Used adverbially with genitive 'yasya' meaning 'for whose sake'.

जनितारम् (janitāram) - my father (father, generator, producer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janitṛ

janitṛ - father, procreator, producer

agent noun from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'sameṣye'

समेष्ये (sameṣye) - I shall meet, I shall encounter

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of sam-i

future middle

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Prefix sam + root i