महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-12, verse-5

न हि वेदोक्तमुत्सृज्य विप्रः सर्वेषु कर्मसु ।
देवयानेन नाकस्य पृष्ठमाप्नोति भारत ॥५॥

5. na hi vedoktamutsṛjya vipraḥ sarveṣu karmasu ,
devayānena nākasya pṛṣṭhamāpnoti bhārata.

5. na hi vedauktam utsṛjya vipraḥ sarveṣu karmasu
| devayānena nākasya pṛṣṭham āpnoti bhārata

5. bhārata hi vipraḥ sarveṣu karmasu vedauktam
utsṛjya devayānena nākasya pṛṣṭham na āpnoti

5. O Bhārata, a Brahmin certainly does not attain the highest reaches of heaven by the path of the gods if he abandons the Vedic injunctions in any of his actions (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - negating the attainment of heaven (not, no)

• हि (hi) - emphasizing the certainty of the statement (indeed, surely, for)

• वेदौक्तम् (vedauktam) - the specific commands and declarations found in the Vedas (that which is spoken in the Vedas, Vedic injunction)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having disregarded or failed to follow the Vedic commands (having abandoned, having given up, having neglected)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - referring to a member of the priestly class, traditionally responsible for Vedic rituals. (a Brahmin, a sage, a learned person)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all types of actions or rituals (in all, in every)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in all his prescribed duties and ritual performances (in actions, in deeds, in rituals (karma))

• देवयानेन (devayānena) - by the specific route or spiritual path taken by gods or righteous souls to heaven (by the path of the gods)

• नाकस्य (nākasya) - referring to the celestial abode (of heaven, of the sky)

• पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - the highest or supreme region of heaven (back, surface, summit, highest part)

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - gains access to, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains)

• भारत (bhārata) - formal address to a king or noble, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira in the Mahābhārata (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negating the attainment of heaven (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

हि (hi) - emphasizing the certainty of the statement (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or causation.

वेदौक्तम् (vedauktam) - the specific commands and declarations found in the Vedas (that which is spoken in the Vedas, Vedic injunction)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vedaukta

vedaukta - declared in the Vedas, spoken by the Vedas, Vedic injunction

Compound: veda (Veda) + ukta (spoken, declared).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+ukta)

• veda – sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
  From √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ukta – spoken, said, declared, stated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vac (to speak) + kta suffix.
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having disregarded or failed to follow the Vedic commands (having abandoned, having given up, having neglected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ut + √sṛj (to let go, abandon) + lyap suffix.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - referring to a member of the priestly class, traditionally responsible for Vedic rituals. (a Brahmin, a sage, a learned person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, wise

From √vip (to tremble, inspire).

Root: vip (class 1)

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all types of actions or rituals (in all, in every)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: karma is neuter here.

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in all his prescribed duties and ritual performances (in actions, in deeds, in rituals (karma))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (karma)

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देवयानेन (devayānena) - by the specific route or spiritual path taken by gods or righteous souls to heaven (by the path of the gods)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of devayāna

devayāna - path of the gods, divine vehicle

Compound: deva (god) + yāna (vehicle, path).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+yāna)

• deva – god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  From div 'to shine'.
  Root: div (class 4)
• yāna – going, vehicle, path, way
  noun (neuter)
  From √yā (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

नाकस्य (nākasya) - referring to the celestial abode (of heaven, of the sky)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nāka

nāka - heaven, sky, firmament (lit. 'not suffering')

From na + aka (suffering), meaning 'place without suffering'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+aka)

• na – not
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• aka – suffering, pain, distress
  noun (masculine)
  Root ak (to hurt).
  Root: ak (class 1)

पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - the highest or supreme region of heaven (back, surface, summit, highest part)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, summit, top, highest part

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - gains access to, achieves (attains, reaches, obtains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √āp

Present, 3rd person singular, Paras.

Root √āp, class 5.

Root: āp (class 5)

भारत (bhārata) - formal address to a king or noble, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira in the Mahābhārata (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Derived from bharata with aṇ suffix.

Root: bhṛ (class 1)