महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-112, verse-20

पात्रं प्रतिग्रहस्यायं दातुं पात्रं तथा भवान् ।
शङ्खे क्षीरमिवासक्तं भवत्वेतत्तथोपमम् ॥२०॥

20. pātraṁ pratigrahasyāyaṁ dātuṁ pātraṁ tathā bhavān ,
śaṅkhe kṣīramivāsaktaṁ bhavatvetattathopamam.

20. pātram pratigrahasya ayam dātum pātram tathā bhavān
| śaṅkhe kṣīram iva āsaktam bhavatu etat tathā upamam

20. This (person) is a worthy recipient, and you, sire, are likewise a worthy giver. May this (offering) be like milk placed in a conch shell, thus becoming a fitting example.

Words meanings summery:

• पात्रम् (pātram) - worthy (recipient) (receptacle, container, vessel; deserving, worthy; capable)

• प्रतिग्रहस्य (pratigrahasya) - of receiving, of acceptance, of taking

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (masculine))

• दातुम् (dātum) - to give, for giving

• पात्रम् (pātram) - worthy (of giving) (worthy, capable; vessel)

• तथा (tathā) - likewise (thus, so, in that manner, likewise)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you, sire (formal address to a king/respectable person) (you (formal); being, existing)

• शङ्खे (śaṅkhe) - in a conch shell

• क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आसक्तम् (āsaktam) - placed (into the conch shell) (attached, fixed, placed; devoted)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be

• एतत् (etat) - this (act of giving/offering) (this (neuter))

• तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner, likewise)

• उपमम् (upamam) - a fitting example/comparison (comparison, simile, example)

Words meanings and morphology

पात्रम् (pātram) - worthy (recipient) (receptacle, container, vessel; deserving, worthy; capable)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, receptacle, container; worthy, deserving; capable

प्रतिग्रहस्य (pratigrahasya) - of receiving, of acceptance, of taking

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pratigraha

pratigraha - receiving, acceptance, taking; a gift

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

दातुम् (dātum) - to give, for giving

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root dā + tumun suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

पात्रम् (pātram) - worthy (of giving) (worthy, capable; vessel)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, receptacle, container; worthy, deserving; capable

तथा (tathā) - likewise (thus, so, in that manner, likewise)

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - you, sire (formal address to a king/respectable person) (you (formal); being, existing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavant

bhavant - you (formal); being, existing

present active participle

from root bhū, 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

शङ्खे (śaṅkhe) - in a conch shell

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch shell; a large number (ten trillion)

क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣīra

kṣīra - milk

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आसक्तम् (āsaktam) - placed (into the conch shell) (attached, fixed, placed; devoted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsakta

āsakta - attached, fixed, placed; devoted, intent on

Past Passive Participle

from root sañj with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sañj (class 7)

भवतु (bhavatu) - may it be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

imperative mood, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (act of giving/offering) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner, likewise)

(indeclinable)

उपमम् (upamam) - a fitting example/comparison (comparison, simile, example)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upama

upama - comparison, simile, resemblance; highest, best