महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-130, verse-26

यत्तु दानपतिं शूरं क्षुधिताः पृथिवीचराः ।
प्राप्य तृप्ताः प्रतिष्ठन्ते धर्मः कोऽभ्यधिकस्ततः ॥२६॥

26. yattu dānapatiṁ śūraṁ kṣudhitāḥ pṛthivīcarāḥ ,
prāpya tṛptāḥ pratiṣṭhante dharmaḥ ko'bhyadhikastataḥ.

26. yat tu dānapatim śūram kṣudhitāḥ pṛthivīcarāḥ prāpya
tṛptāḥ pratiṣṭhante dharmaḥ kaḥ abhyadhikaḥ tataḥ

26. यत् तु (yat tu) क्षुधिताः (kṣudhitāḥ) पृथिवीचराः (pṛthivīcarāḥ) दानपतिं (dānapatiṃ) शूरं (śūraṃ) प्राप्य (prāpya) तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ) प्रतिष्ठन्ते (pratiṣṭhante),
ततः (tataḥ) कः (kaḥ) धर्मः (dharmaḥ) अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ)?

26. But when hungry earth-dwellers (pṛthivīcarāḥ), having found a brave and generous lord of charity (dānapati), become satisfied and return (to their homes), what natural law (dharma) is greater than that?

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - when, if (conjunction introducing a clause) (which, what, that (conjunction))

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• दानपतिम् (dānapatim) - a generous lord of charity (dānapati) (lord of gifts, master of charity)

• शूरम् (śūram) - brave, valorous (brave, heroic, powerful)

• क्षुधिताः (kṣudhitāḥ) - hungry (hungry, famished)

• पृथिवीचराः (pṛthivīcarāḥ) - earth-dwellers (pṛthivīcarāḥ), people (earth-wanderers, inhabitants of the earth, living beings)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having found (having obtained, having reached, having found)

• तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ) - satisfied (satisfied, contented, satiated)

• प्रतिष्ठन्ते (pratiṣṭhante) - they return (to their homes) (they settle down, they return, they go back, they are established)

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

• कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what, which)

• अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - greater, superior (greater, superior, excessive, abundant)

• ततः (tataḥ) - than that (than such an act of charity) (thence, therefrom, then, than that)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - when, if (conjunction introducing a clause) (which, what, that (conjunction))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a conjunction, equivalent to "when".

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

दानपतिम् (dānapatim) - a generous lord of charity (dānapati) (lord of gifts, master of charity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dānapati

dānapati - lord of gifts, master of charity, generous person

Compound type : tatpurusha (dāna+pati)

• dāna – gift, donation, charity, act of giving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

शूरम् (śūram) - brave, valorous (brave, heroic, powerful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, heroic, valiant, strong

Note: Qualifies 'dānapatim'.

क्षुधिताः (kṣudhitāḥ) - hungry (hungry, famished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, famished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root kṣudh (to be hungry).

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'pṛthivīcarāḥ'.

पृथिवीचराः (pṛthivīcarāḥ) - earth-dwellers (pṛthivīcarāḥ), people (earth-wanderers, inhabitants of the earth, living beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthivīcara

pṛthivīcara - moving on earth, earth-dweller, human being

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+cara)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wandering; a moving creature
  adjective (masculine)
  From root car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pratiṣṭhante'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having found (having obtained, having reached, having found)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive (gerund) form of root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Absolutive.

तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ) - satisfied (satisfied, contented, satiated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛpta

tṛpta - satisfied, contented, satiated

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root tṛp (to satisfy, be satisfied).

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'pṛthivīcarāḥ'.

प्रतिष्ठन्ते (pratiṣṭhante) - they return (to their homes) (they settle down, they return, they go back, they are established)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root sthā (1P) with prefix prati, middle voice, third person plural, present.

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: From 'prati' + 'sthā'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, virtue, righteousness, religion

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why, how

Note: Interrogative.

अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - greater, superior (greater, superior, excessive, abundant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyadhika

abhyadhika - greater, superior, excessive, abundant, surpassing

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhi+adhika)

• abhi – towards, near, against, over
  indeclinable
• adhika – more, superior, excessive, greater
  adjective (masculine)
  From prefix 'adhi' and root 'i' (to go).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'dharmaḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - than that (than such an act of charity) (thence, therefrom, then, than that)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad with suffix -tas.

Note: Expresses comparison.