महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-156, verse-12

स्वे स्वे किल कुले जाते पुत्रे नप्तरि वा पुनः ।
पितरः पितृलोकस्थाः शोचन्ति च हसन्ति च ॥१२॥

12. sve sve kila kule jāte putre naptari vā punaḥ ,
pitaraḥ pitṛlokasthāḥ śocanti ca hasanti ca.

12. sve sve kila kule jāte putre naptari vā punaḥ
pitaraḥ pitṛlokasthāḥ śocanti ca hasanti ca

12. Indeed, when a son or grandson is born in their respective families, the ancestors, residing in the ancestral world (pitṛloka), both grieve and rejoice.

12. אומרים שכאשר נולד בכל משפחה בן או נכד, האבות השוהים בעולם האבות מתאבלים ושמחים כאחד.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वे (sve) - in their own

• स्वे (sve) - in their own

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely, perhaps

• कुले (kule) - in the family, in the lineage

• जाते (jāte) - when born, upon birth

• पुत्रे (putre) - in a son, when a son

• नप्तरि (naptari) - in a grandson, when a grandson

• वा (vā) - or

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

• पितृलोकस्थाः (pitṛlokasthāḥ) - residing in the ancestral world

• शोचन्ति (śocanti) - they grieve, they lament

• च (ca) - and, also

• हसन्ति (hasanti) - they rejoice (they laugh, they rejoice)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

स्वे (sve) - in their own

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

स्वे (sve) - in their own

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

कुले (kule) - in the family, in the lineage

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan, house

जाते (jāte) - when born, upon birth

(past passive participle)

Note: Locative singular masculine, agreeing with 'putre' or 'naptari' in a locative absolute construction.

पुत्रे (putre) - in a son, when a son

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

नप्तरि (naptari) - in a grandson, when a grandson

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of naptṛ

naptṛ - grandson, descendant

An 'ṛ'-stem noun.

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

An 'ṛ'-stem noun.

Note: Subject of 'śocanti' and 'hasanti'.

पितृलोकस्थाः (pitṛlokasthāḥ) - residing in the ancestral world

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛlokastha

pitṛlokastha - standing/residing in the ancestral world (pitṛloka)

A Tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'dwelling in the pitṛloka'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛloka+stha)

• pitṛloka – ancestral world, world of the fathers (pitṛloka)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pitṛ (father/ancestor) and loka (world).
• stha – standing, situated, residing, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix -a (agent noun/adjective)
  From root sthā- (to stand) with suffix -a, forming an adjective.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

शोचन्ति (śocanti) - they grieve, they lament

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śuc

Present Active

Root 'śuc' (class 1).

Root: śuc (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हसन्ति (hasanti) - they rejoice (they laugh, they rejoice)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of has

Present Active

Root 'has' (class 1).

Root: has (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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