महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-28

कुलानि समुपेतानि गोभिः पुरुषतोऽश्वतः ।
कुलसंख्यां न गच्छन्ति यानि हीनानि वृत्ततः ॥२८॥

28. kulāni samupetāni gobhiḥ puruṣato'śvataḥ ,
kulasaṁkhyāṁ na gacchanti yāni hīnāni vṛttataḥ.

28. kulāni samupetāni gobhiḥ puruṣataḥ aśvataḥ
kulasaṃkhyām na gacchanti yāni hīnāni vṛttataḥ

28. Families, even those endowed with cattle, men, and horses, do not achieve the status of noble lineages if they are devoid of good conduct.

Words meanings summery:

• कुलानि (kulāni) - families, clans, lineages

• समुपेतानि (samupetāni) - endowed with, possessed of, furnished with

• गोभिः (gobhiḥ) - by cows, with cattle

• पुरुषतः (puruṣataḥ) - by men, with respect to men, from men

• अश्वतः (aśvataḥ) - by horses, with respect to horses, from horses

• कुलसंख्याम् (kulasaṁkhyām) - to the count of families, to the status of a respectable family

• न (na) - not, no

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain, they reach

• यानि (yāni) - which (referring to families)

• हीनानि (hīnāni) - devoid of, inferior, wanting, deficient

• वृत्ततः (vṛttataḥ) - by conduct, by character, in terms of behavior

Words meanings and morphology

कुलानि (kulāni) - families, clans, lineages

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kula

kula - family, clan, lineage, race, community

समुपेतानि (samupetāni) - endowed with, possessed of, furnished with

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of samupeta

samupeta - endowed, possessed of, furnished, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From 'sam' (prefix) + 'upa' (prefix) + root 'i' (to go) + suffix 'kta'.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'kulāni'.

गोभिः (gobhiḥ) - by cows, with cattle

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

पुरुषतः (puruṣataḥ) - by men, with respect to men, from men

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix 'tas' implying "from/by/with regard to" from 'puruṣa'.

अश्वतः (aśvataḥ) - by horses, with respect to horses, from horses

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix 'tas' implying "from/by/with regard to" from 'aśva'.

कुलसंख्याम् (kulasaṁkhyām) - to the count of families, to the status of a respectable family

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kulasaṃkhyā

kulasaṁkhyā - number of families, category of families, status of a family

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kula+saṃkhyā)

• kula – family, clan, lineage
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkhyā – number, enumeration, count, estimation, category
  noun (feminine)
  From 'sam' (prefix) + root 'khyā' (to tell, enumerate).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain, they reach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

यानि (yāni) - which (referring to families)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Qualifies 'kulāni'.

हीनानि (hīnāni) - devoid of, inferior, wanting, deficient

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, inferior, deficient, devoid of

Past Passive Participle

From root 'hā' (to abandon, leave) + suffix 'kta'.

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'yāni kulāni'.

वृत्ततः (vṛttataḥ) - by conduct, by character, in terms of behavior

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix 'tas' implying "from/by/with regard to" from 'vṛtta'.