महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-7

वेदोक्तेन विधानेन मयि यद्धूयते हविः ।
देवताः पितरश्चैव तेन तृप्ता भवन्ति वै ॥७॥

7. vedoktena vidhānena mayi yaddhūyate haviḥ ,
devatāḥ pitaraścaiva tena tṛptā bhavanti vai.

7. vedoktena vidhānena mayi yat hūyate haviḥ
devatāḥ pitaraḥ ca eva tena tṛptāḥ bhavanti vai

7. Whatever oblation is offered to Me according to the method prescribed in the Vedas, by that offering, both the gods and the ancestors truly become satisfied.

Words meanings summery:

• वेदोक्तेन (vedoktena) - according to the method prescribed in the Vedas (by what is said in the Vedas, by Vedic injunction)

• विधानेन (vidhānena) - by the prescribed method (by method, by arrangement, by rule, by injunction)

• मयि (mayi) - to me (the speaker, Kṛṣṇa) (in me, on me, to me)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (oblation) (which, what, whatever)

• हूयते (hūyate) - is offered (as oblation) (is offered, is sacrificed)

• हविः (haviḥ) - sacred offering (oblation, offering, butter)

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (fathers, ancestors, manes)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - truly, certainly (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• तेन (tena) - by that (offering) (by that, therefore)

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

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (they become, they are, they exist)

• वै (vai) - truly, indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

Words meanings and morphology

वेदोक्तेन (vedoktena) - according to the method prescribed in the Vedas (by what is said in the Vedas, by Vedic injunction)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vedokta

vedokta - declared in the Veda, prescribed by the Veda

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+ukta)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  past participle (neuter)
  past participle
  kta suffix from root vac
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `vidhānena`.

विधानेन (vidhānena) - by the prescribed method (by method, by arrangement, by rule, by injunction)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, ordinance, method, rule, injunction

action noun

From vi-dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

मयि (mayi) - to me (the speaker, Kṛṣṇa) (in me, on me, to me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

Note: Expresses the recipient of the offering.

यत् (yat) - whatever (oblation) (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to `haviḥ`.

हूयते (hūyate) - is offered (as oblation) (is offered, is sacrificed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of hu

present

3rd sg present passive

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: The agent of offering is implied, not stated.

हविः (haviḥ) - sacred offering (oblation, offering, butter)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, clarified butter

From root hu

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Subject of `hūyate`.

देवताः (devatāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, god

Note: Subject along with `pitaraḥ`.

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the ancestors (fathers, ancestors, manes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject along with `devatāḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `devatāḥ` and `pitaraḥ`.

एव (eva) - truly, certainly (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the satisfaction of gods and ancestors.

तेन (tena) - by that (offering) (by that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers back to the `haviḥ` (oblation).

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛpta

tṛpta - satisfied, contented

past participle

kta suffix from root tṛp

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for `devatāḥ` and `pitaraḥ`.

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become (they become, they are, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

present

3rd pl present active

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Links the subjects to the state of satisfaction.

वै (vai) - truly, indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.