महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-204, verse-17

पिता माता च भगवन्नेतौ मे दैवतं परम् ।
यद्दैवतेभ्यः कर्तव्यं तदेताभ्यां करोम्यहम् ॥१७॥

17. pitā mātā ca bhagavannetau me daivataṁ param ,
yaddaivatebhyaḥ kartavyaṁ tadetābhyāṁ karomyaham.

17. pitā mātā ca bhagavan etau me daivatam param yat
daivatebhyaḥ kartavyam tat etābhyām karomi aham

17. “O venerable sir, these two, my father and my mother, are my supreme deities. Whatever is to be done for the gods, that I do for them.”

Words meanings summery:

• पिता (pitā) - father

• माता (mātā) - mother

• च (ca) - and, also

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O divine one

• एतौ (etau) - these two (father and mother) (these two)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, for me, my)

• दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, divinity

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what)

• दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - for the deities, to the deities

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

• तत् (tat) - that (duty) (that)

• एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) - for these two (father and mother) (by these two, for these two)

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, divine, glorious, fortunate, blessed

Present Active Participle

from bhaga (fortune, excellence) or bhaj (to partake)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

एतौ (etau) - these two (father and mother) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to father and mother.

मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, divinity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daivata

daivata - deity, divine being, pertaining to gods, sacred

Derived from deva (god) with the suffix -ta.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, principal

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'kartavyam'.

दैवतेभ्यः (daivatebhyaḥ) - for the deities, to the deities

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of daivata

daivata - deity, divine being, pertaining to gods, sacred

Derived from deva (god) with the suffix -ta.

Note: Refers to the gods in general.

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, obligation

Gerundive

from kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tavya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (duty) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun. Correlative to 'yat'.

Note: Refers to 'kartavyam'.

एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) - for these two (father and mother) (by these two, for these two)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to father and mother.

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I