महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-39

ह्रीमानवति देवांश्च पितॄनात्मानमेव च ।
तेनामृतत्वं व्रजति सा काष्ठा पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥३९॥

39. hrīmānavati devāṁśca pitṝnātmānameva ca ,
tenāmṛtatvaṁ vrajati sā kāṣṭhā puṇyakarmaṇām.

39. hrīmān avati devān ca pitṝn ātmānam eva ca
tena amṛtatvam vrajati sā kāṣṭhā puṇyakarmaṇām

39. A conscientious person protects the gods, the ancestors, and even his own self (ātman). Through this, he attains immortality, as that is the highest achievement of meritorious actions (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• ह्रीमान् (hrīmān) - one who possesses conscientiousness (conscientious, modest, shy, bashful)

• अवति (avati) - protects (protects, preserves, guards, favors, helps)

• देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods, deities)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors (ancestors, fathers)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

• एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तेन (tena) - through this (action) (by that, through that, by him)

• अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - immortality (immortality, state of deathlessness)

• व्रजति (vrajati) - attains (goes, proceeds, walks, attains)

• सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

• काष्ठा (kāṣṭhā) - the highest achievement, pinnacle (limit, boundary, extreme point, highest state)

• पुण्यकर्मणाम् (puṇyakarmaṇām) - of meritorious actions (karma) (of meritorious deeds, of virtuous actions)

Words meanings and morphology

ह्रीमान् (hrīmān) - one who possesses conscientiousness (conscientious, modest, shy, bashful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hrīmat

hrīmat - having shame, modest, conscientious, bashful

suffix -mat added to hrī

अवति (avati) - protects (protects, preserves, guards, favors, helps)

(verb)

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

present active

Root: av (class 1)

देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors (ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, mind

एव (eva) - even, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - through this (action) (by that, through that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the action of protecting.

अमृतत्वम् (amṛtatvam) - immortality (immortality, state of deathlessness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛtatva

amṛtatva - immortality, state of deathlessness, nectar

व्रजति (vrajati) - attains (goes, proceeds, walks, attains)

(verb)

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

present active

Root: vraj (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to kāṣṭhā

काष्ठा (kāṣṭhā) - the highest achievement, pinnacle (limit, boundary, extreme point, highest state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāṣṭhā

kāṣṭhā - limit, boundary, extreme point, highest state, direction, wood, log

पुण्यकर्मणाम् (puṇyakarmaṇām) - of meritorious actions (karma) (of meritorious deeds, of virtuous actions)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of puṇyakarmaṇ

puṇyakarmaṇ - having meritorious actions, performing virtuous deeds, relating to meritorious actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+karmaṇ)

• puṇya – meritorious, virtuous, sacred, pure
  adjective (neuter)
• karmaṇ – action, deed, work, ritual, fate
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix -man
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the deeds.