महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-204, verse-21

एतावेवाग्नयो मह्यं यान्वदन्ति मनीषिणः ।
यज्ञा वेदाश्च चत्वारः सर्वमेतौ मम द्विज ॥२१॥

21. etāvevāgnayo mahyaṁ yānvadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ,
yajñā vedāśca catvāraḥ sarvametau mama dvija.

21. etau eva agnayaḥ mahyam yān vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
yajñāḥ vedāḥ ca catvāraḥ sarvam etau mama dvija

21. O twice-born (dvija), these two are indeed the sacred fires for me, which the wise ones (manīṣiṇaḥ) refer to as the Vedic rituals (yajña) and the four Vedas. These two are everything to me.

Words meanings summery:

• एतौ (etau) - referring to parents (these two)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - sacred fires (for Vedic rituals) (fires)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - for me, to me

• यान् (yān) - referring to the fires, sacrifices, and Vedas (whom, which)

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they call

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise ones, sages, thinkers

• यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - sacrifices (yajña), worship

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

• च (ca) - and

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - referring to the four main Vedas (four)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एतौ (etau) - referring to parents (these two)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O Brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

एतौ (etau) - referring to parents (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Refers to parents.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - sacred fires (for Vedic rituals) (fires)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of agni

agni - fire, god of fire, sacred fire

Root: ag

मह्यम् (mahyam) - for me, to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

यान् (yān) - referring to the fires, sacrifices, and Vedas (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'agnayaḥ' and 'yajñāḥ vedāḥ catvāraḥ'.

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they call

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada form.

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise ones, sages, thinkers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, a sage, a thinker

Root: man (class 4)

यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - sacrifices (yajña), worship

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, ritual, worship, devotion

Root: yaj (class 1)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, the Vedas

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - referring to the four main Vedas (four)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'vedāḥ'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Functions as a noun here.

एतौ (etau) - referring to parents (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Predicate nominative for 'sarvam' which is singular neuter. The subject of the sentence is implicit. 'these two are everything'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, a bird, a tooth)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  kṛt affix
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)