महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-130, verse-24

पुत्रेष्वाशासते नित्यं पितरो दैवतानि च ।
दानमध्ययनं यज्ञं प्रजानां परिपालनम् ॥२४॥

24. putreṣvāśāsate nityaṁ pitaro daivatāni ca ,
dānamadhyayanaṁ yajñaṁ prajānāṁ paripālanam.

24. putreṣu āśāsate nityam pitaraḥ daivatāni ca |
dānam adhyayanam yajñam prajānām paripālanam

24. pitaraḥ ca daivatāni nityam putreṣu dānam
adhyayanam yajñam prajānām paripālanam āśāsate

24. Fathers and divine beings (daivatāni) always wish for their sons (putreṣu): charity (dāna), study, Vedic ritual (yajña), and the protection of the people (prajānām paripālanam).

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons, for sons, among sons

• आशासते (āśāsate) - they wish for, they desire, they aspire

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

• दैवतानि (daivatāni) - deities, gods, divine beings

• च (ca) - and, also, but

• दानम् (dānam) - gift, charity, giving

• अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - study, learning, recitation (especially of Vedas)

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual, worship

• प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the people, of the subjects, of the progeny

• परिपालनम् (paripālanam) - protection, care, governing, maintenance

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons, for sons, among sons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

आशासते (āśāsate) - they wish for, they desire, they aspire

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of āśās

Present Tense

3rd person plural, Present Indicative, Ātmanepada (root √śās 'to command, teach' with prefix ā-)

Prefix: ā

Root: śās (class 2)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

दैवतानि (daivatāni) - deities, gods, divine beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of daivata

daivata - deity, god, divine being

Derived from deva 'god'

च (ca) - and, also, but

(indeclinable)

दानम् (dānam) - gift, charity, giving

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, charity, giving, donation

Derived from root √dā 'to give'

Root: dā (class 3)

अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - study, learning, recitation (especially of Vedas)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhyayana

adhyayana - study, learning, recitation, reading

Derived from root √i 'to go' with prefixes adhi- and ā- and suffix -ana

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual, worship

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, ritual, worship, devotion

Derived from root √yaj 'to sacrifice'

Root: yaj (class 1)

प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the people, of the subjects, of the progeny

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, people, subjects, creatures

परिपालनम् (paripālanam) - protection, care, governing, maintenance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paripālana

paripālana - protection, care, governing, maintenance, preservation

Derived from root √pāl 'to protect' with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)