वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-26

मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं माता मितं सुतः ।
अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत् ॥२६॥

26. mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ mātā mitaṃ sutaḥ ,
amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet.

26. mitam dadāti hi pitā mitam mātā mitam sutaḥ
amitasya hi dātāram bhartāram kā na pūjayet

26. pitā hi mitam dadāti mātā mitam sutaḥ mitam
kā hi amitasya dātāram bhartāram na pūjayet

26. Indeed, a father gives a limited amount, a mother gives a limited amount, and a son gives a limited amount. But who would not honor a husband, the giver of boundless (support/wealth)?

Words meanings summery:

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

• ददाति (dadāti) - gives

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• अमितस्य (amitasya) - of boundless (support or wealth) (of the unlimited, of the boundless)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• दातारम् (dātāram) - giver

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, supporter, maintainer

• का (kā) - who, which (feminine)

• न (na) - not, no

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, should honor

Words meanings and morphology

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, known

Past Passive Participle

From √mā (to measure)

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially

ददाति (dadāti) - gives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dadāti

root √dā, 3rd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: dā (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, known

Past Passive Participle

From √mā (to measure)

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

मितम् (mitam) - a limited amount (of wealth or support) (limited, measured, moderate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mita

mita - measured, limited, moderate, known

Past Passive Participle

From √mā (to measure)

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

From √sū (to give birth, to produce)

Root: sū (class 2)

अमितस्य (amitasya) - of boundless (support or wealth) (of the unlimited, of the boundless)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amita

amita - unmeasured, unlimited, boundless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mita – measured, limited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √mā (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

दातारम् (dātāram) - giver

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower

agent noun

Derived from root √dā with suffix -tṛ

Root: dā (class 3)

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, supporter, maintainer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, master

agent noun

Derived from root √bhṛ with suffix -tṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

का (kā) - who, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, which, what (interrogative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should worship, should honor

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pūjayet

root √pūj, 10th conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: pūj (class 10)

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