महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-131, verse-39

अनु त्वां तात जीवन्तु ब्राह्मणाः सुहृदस्तथा ।
पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि देवा इव शतक्रतुम् ॥३९॥

39. anu tvāṁ tāta jīvantu brāhmaṇāḥ suhṛdastathā ,
parjanyamiva bhūtāni devā iva śatakratum.

39. anu tvām tāta jīvantu brāhmaṇāḥ suhṛdaḥ tathā
parjanyam iva bhūtāni devāḥ iva śatakratum

39. tāta brāhmaṇāḥ tathā suhṛdaḥ tvām anu jīvantu
iva bhūtāni parjanyam iva devāḥ śatakratum

39. Dear son (tāta), may Brahmins and friends indeed live by following you, just as all creatures live by the rain god (parjanya), and as the gods live by Indra (śatakratu).

Words meanings summery:

• अनु (anu) - after, along, following, according to

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• तात (tāta) - dear son, father (term of endearment)

• जीवन्तु (jīvantu) - may they live, let them live

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

• सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

• पर्जन्यम् (parjanyam) - rain god, rain cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

• इव (iva) - like, as

• शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - Indra (he of a hundred sacrifices)

Words meanings and morphology

अनु (anu) - after, along, following, according to

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तात (tāta) - dear son, father (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, dear son (term of endearment)

जीवन्तु (jīvantu) - may they live, let them live

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīvantu

Imperative Active

Derived from root jīv (to live), imperative mood, 3rd person plural active.

Root: jīv (class 1)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

सुहृदः (suhṛdaḥ) - friends

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, and

(indeclinable)

पर्जन्यम् (parjanyam) - rain god, rain cloud

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain cloud, rain god (often identified with Indra)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be). Used as a noun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - Indra (he of a hundred sacrifices)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Indra (epithet meaning 'he of a hundred sacrifices')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• kratu – sacrifice, power, resolve
  noun (masculine)