महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-205, verse-13

अतन्द्रितः कुरु क्षिप्रं मातापित्रोर्हि पूजनम् ।
अतः परमहं धर्मं नान्यं पश्यामि कंचन ॥१३॥

13. atandritaḥ kuru kṣipraṁ mātāpitrorhi pūjanam ,
ataḥ paramahaṁ dharmaṁ nānyaṁ paśyāmi kaṁcana.

13. atandritaḥ kuru kṣipram mātāpitroḥ hi pūjanam ataḥ
paramam aham dharmam na anyam paśyāmi kañcana

13. Diligently and quickly perform reverence for your mother and father. Beyond this, I see no other supreme natural law (dharma) whatsoever.

Words meanings summery:

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - diligent (imperative for the Brahmin) (diligent, attentive, without laziness)

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of mother and father, of parents

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• पूजनम् (pūjanam) - worship, reverence, adoration

• अतः (ataḥ) - beyond this (implying 'from this path/duty') (from this, hence, therefore)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (describing the dharma) (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• कञ्चन (kañcana) - any, whatsoever (with 'na', means 'none')

Words meanings and morphology

अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - diligent (imperative for the Brahmin) (diligent, attentive, without laziness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atandrita

atandrita - diligent, attentive, active, not lazy

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative prefix 'a' + P.P.P. of root 'tand' (to be lazy)

Root: tand (class 1)

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kuru

Imperative Active

Imperative 2nd person singular of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of kṣipra (quick)

मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - of mother and father, of parents

(noun)

Genitive, dual of mātāpitṛ

mātāpitṛ - mother and father, parents

Compound of mātṛ (mother) and pitṛ (father)

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

पूजनम् (pūjanam) - worship, reverence, adoration

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūjana

pūjana - worship, reverence, adoration, honor

Verbal Noun

From root pūj

Root: pūj (class 10)

अतः (ataḥ) - beyond this (implying 'from this path/duty') (from this, hence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb derived from 'idam'

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (describing the dharma) (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, best, principal

Superlative degree of para (other, superior)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

Present 1st person singular, from root dṛś (changed to paśya- in present stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कञ्चन (kañcana) - any, whatsoever (with 'na', means 'none')

(indeclinable)