महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-12, verse-31

अनिष्ट्वा च महायज्ञैरकृत्वा च पितृस्वधाम् ।
तीर्थेष्वनभिसंत्यज्य प्रव्रजिष्यसि चेदथ ॥३१॥

31. aniṣṭvā ca mahāyajñairakṛtvā ca pitṛsvadhām ,
tīrtheṣvanabhisaṁtyajya pravrajiṣyasi cedatha.

31. aniṣṭvā ca mahāyajñaiḥ akṛtvā ca pitṛsvadhām
tīrtheṣu anabhisaṃtyajya pravrajiṣyasi cet atha

31. cet atha mahāyajñaiḥ ca aniṣṭvā,
pitṛsvadhām ca akṛtvā,
tīrtheṣu anabhisaṃtyajya pravrajiṣyasi

31. And if you undertake the ascetic life without having performed the great Vedic rituals (mahāyajña), without having offered oblations to the ancestors (pitṛsvadhā), and without having offered at sacred places (tīrtha), then [you will face a consequence].

Words meanings summery:

• अनिष्ट्वा (aniṣṭvā) - without having performed Vedic rituals, not having worshipped

• च (ca) - and, also

• महायज्ञैः (mahāyajñaiḥ) - by great Vedic rituals

• अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - without having done, without having made, without having offered

• च (ca) - and, also

• पितृस्वधाम् (pitṛsvadhām) - ancestral offering, oblation to ancestors

• तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred places, in holy fords

• अनभिसंत्यज्य (anabhisaṁtyajya) - without having offered, without having abandoned, without having renounced

• प्रव्रजिष्यसि (pravrajiṣyasi) - you will go forth, you will become an ascetic

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अथ (atha) - then, and, now

Words meanings and morphology

अनिष्ट्वा (aniṣṭvā) - without having performed Vedic rituals, not having worshipped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √yaj (to perform Vedic ritual) with negative prefix 'a' and suffix -tvā.

Prefix: a

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Expresses an action that did not occur before the main verb.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

महायज्ञैः (mahāyajñaiḥ) - by great Vedic rituals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahāyajña

mahāyajña - great Vedic ritual, the five daily great sacrifices (bhūtayajña, manuṣyayajña, pitṛyajña, devayajña, brahmayajña)

Compound of mahā (great) and yajña (Vedic ritual).

Compound type : Karma dharaya (mahā+yajña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• yajña – Vedic ritual, offering, sacrifice, worship
  noun (masculine)
  From root √yaj (to worship, sacrifice).
  Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Followed by bracketed (mahāyajña) in translation. Refers to the five great daily Vedic rituals.

अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - without having done, without having made, without having offered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √kṛ (to do, make) with negative prefix 'a' and suffix -tvā.

Prefix: a

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पितृस्वधाम् (pitṛsvadhām) - ancestral offering, oblation to ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pitṛsvadhā

pitṛsvadhā - oblation to ancestors, ancestral offering

Compound of pitṛ (father, ancestor) and svadhā (oblation).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (pitṛ+svadhā)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• svadhā – oblation (to ancestors), inherent power, self-rule
  noun (feminine)

Note: Followed by bracketed (pitṛsvadhā) in translation.

तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred places, in holy fords

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred place, holy ford, place of pilgrimage, shrine

From root √tṛ (to cross).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Followed by bracketed (tīrtha) in translation.

अनभिसंत्यज्य (anabhisaṁtyajya) - without having offered, without having abandoned, without having renounced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √tyaj (to abandon) with negative prefix 'a', and upasargas abhi, sam, and suffix -ya (lyap).

Prefixes: a+abhi+sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्रव्रजिष्यसि (pravrajiṣyasi) - you will go forth, you will become an ascetic

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pravraj

Future tense

From root √vraj (to go) with upasarga pra. 2nd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, introducing a conditional clause.

अथ (atha) - then, and, now

(indeclinable)

Particle.