महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-122, verse-18

एतच्छ्रेयो हि मन्यन्ते पिता यच्छास्ति भारत ।
उत्तमापद्गतः सर्वः पितुः स्मरति शासनम् ॥१८॥

18. etacchreyo hi manyante pitā yacchāsti bhārata ,
uttamāpadgataḥ sarvaḥ pituḥ smarati śāsanam.

18. etat śreyaḥ hi manyante pitā yat śāsti bhārata
uttamāpadgataḥ sarvaḥ pituḥ smarati śāsanam

18. Indeed, O descendant of Bharata, people consider that which a father instructs to be for their welfare. Everyone who has fallen into great distress remembers their father's counsel.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, prosperity, better

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they think, they consider

• पिता (pitā) - father

• यत् (yat) - which, what (relative pronoun)

• शास्ति (śāsti) - instructs, commands, teaches

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

• उत्तमापद्गतः (uttamāpadgataḥ) - having fallen into great distress, having reached a great calamity

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, everyone

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• स्मरति (smarati) - remembers, recalls

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - instruction, command, rule

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, prosperity, better

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, prosperity; better, more excellent

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they think, they consider

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

यत् (yat) - which, what (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

शास्ति (śāsti) - instructs, commands, teaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śās

Root: śās (class 2)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata (name of an ancient king and his dynasty), belonging to Bharata, a king of the Bharatas

उत्तमापद्गतः (uttamāpadgataḥ) - having fallen into great distress, having reached a great calamity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttamāpadgata

uttamāpadgata - fallen into great calamity, in utmost distress

Compound type : karmadhāraya-tatpuruṣa (uttama+āpad+gata)

• uttama – highest, best, supreme, excellent
  adjective
• āpad – distress, calamity, misfortune
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, reached, fallen into, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

स्मरति (smarati) - remembers, recalls

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - instruction, command, rule

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - instruction, command, rule, order, government