महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-205, verse-8

तव शोकेन वृद्धौ तावन्धौ जातौ तपस्विनौ ।
तौ प्रसादयितुं गच्छ मा त्वा धर्मोऽत्यगान्महान् ॥८॥

8. tava śokena vṛddhau tāvandhau jātau tapasvinau ,
tau prasādayituṁ gaccha mā tvā dharmo'tyagānmahān.

8. tava śokena vṛddhau tau andhau jātau tapasvinau tau
prasādayitum gaccha mā tvā dharmaḥ atyagāt mahān

8. Because of your sorrow, those two elderly, blind ascetics have become like this. Go and appease them, lest the great natural law (dharma) forsake you.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, with grief

• वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - elderly, aged (referring to the parents) (old, aged (dual))

• तौ (tau) - those two (parents) (those two)

• अन्धौ (andhau) - blind (dual)

• जातौ (jātau) - have become (referring to their state) (born, become (dual))

• तपस्विनौ (tapasvinau) - ascetics, hermits (dual)

• तौ (tau) - them (the parents) (those two)

• प्रसादयितुम् (prasādayitum) - to appease, to propitiate, to gladden

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go

• मा (mā) - Used with prohibitive injunctive (do not, not)

• त्वा (tvā) - you

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (duty, righteousness, law, constitution)

• अत्यगात् (atyagāt) - may forsake (may pass beyond, may abandon)

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tva

tva - you

शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, with grief

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

वृद्धौ (vṛddhau) - elderly, aged (referring to the parents) (old, aged (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow) with suffix -ta

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two (parents) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

अन्धौ (andhau) - blind (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of andha

andha - blind, dark

जातौ (jātau) - have become (referring to their state) (born, become (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jāta

jāta - born, produced, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born) with suffix -ta

Root: jan (class 4)

तपस्विनौ (tapasvinau) - ascetics, hermits (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, hermit, practicing austerity

तौ (tau) - them (the parents) (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

प्रसादयितुम् (prasādayitum) - to appease, to propitiate, to gladden

(indeclinable)

Causative stem + infinitive suffix -tum

Causative from pra + sad (to settle, sit)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

गच्छ (gaccha) - go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of gam

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

मा (mā) - Used with prohibitive injunctive (do not, not)

(indeclinable)

त्वा (tvā) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tva

tva - you

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (duty, righteousness, law, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अत्यगात् (atyagāt) - may forsake (may pass beyond, may abandon)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of atigā

Aorist, 3rd person singular

Root gā (or gam) with prefix ati, prohibitive aorist form.

Prefix: ati

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as a prohibitive injunctive with mā.

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, powerful

Note: Qualifies 'dharmaḥ'.