महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-85, verse-26

इति दद्यादिति यजेदित्यधीयीत मे व्रतम् ।
इत्यस्मिन्नभयान्याहुस्तानि वर्ज्यानि नित्यशः ॥२६॥

26. iti dadyāditi yajedityadhīyīta me vratam ,
ityasminnabhayānyāhustāni varjyāni nityaśaḥ.

26. iti dadyāt iti yajet iti adhīyīta me vratam |
iti asmin abhayāni āhuḥ tāni varjyāni nityaśaḥ

26. me vratam [asti]: iti dadyāt,
iti yajet,
iti adhīyīta.
iti asmin abhayāni āhuḥ,
[kintu] tāni nityaśaḥ varjyāni.

26. My instruction is that one should give (dāna), perform a Vedic ritual (yajña), and study (adhīyīta) in the proper way. It is said that by performing such actions (as described in the previous verse, i.e., out of pride) one achieves fearlessness; however, those (prideful actions) are always to be avoided.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - one should give (dāna) (one should give, may he give)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

• यजेत् (yajet) - one should perform a Vedic ritual (yajña) (one should perform a Vedic ritual, may he worship)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

• अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - one should study, may he study

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, in it

• अभयानि (abhayāni) - fearlessness, freedom from fear (plural)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• तानि (tāni) - those

• वर्ज्यानि (varjyāni) - to be avoided, forbidden

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

(indeclinable)

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - one should give (dāna) (one should give, may he give)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

(indeclinable)

यजेत् (yajet) - one should perform a Vedic ritual (yajña) (one should perform a Vedic ritual, may he worship)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

(indeclinable)

अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - one should study, may he study

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of adhi-i

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious practice, rule, command

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, such

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, in it

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, it, here

अभयानि (abhayāni) - fearlessness, freedom from fear (plural)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of abhaya

abhaya - fearlessness, freedom from fear, safety

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of brū

Root: brū/vac (class 2)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

वर्ज्यानि (varjyāni) - to be avoided, forbidden

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of varjya

varjya - to be avoided, to be excluded, forbidden, left out

Gerundive (Pot. Pass. Participle)

Derived from root 'vṛj' (to avoid, abandon) with suffix 'ya'.

Root: vṛj (class 6)

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)