महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-24

व्यवसायं समाधाय सूर्यो रश्मिमिवायताम् ।
धर्ममेवाभिरक्षेत कृत्वा तुल्ये प्रियाप्रिये ॥२४॥

24. vyavasāyaṁ samādhāya sūryo raśmimivāyatām ,
dharmamevābhirakṣeta kṛtvā tulye priyāpriye.

24. vyavasāyam samādhāya sūryaḥ raśmim iva āyatām
dharmam eva abhirakṣeta kṛtvā tulye priyāpriye

24. vyavasāyam samādhāya sūryaḥ raśmim iva āyatām
dharmam eva abhirakṣeta priyāpriye tulye kṛtvā

24. Just as the sun steadfastly extends its rays, one should, by firmly establishing one's resolve, protect the natural law (dharma), treating both pleasant and unpleasant circumstances with equanimity.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवसायम् (vyavasāyam) - determination, resolve, undertaking

• समाधाय (samādhāya) - having fixed, having concentrated, having established

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

• रश्मिम् (raśmim) - a ray, a beam

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आयताम् (āyatām) - Referring to an implicit feminine noun such as 'pravṛtti' (activity/scope) or 'śakti' (power), indicating the steadfast and extensive nature of the sun's action. (extended, drawn out, spread)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अभिरक्षेत (abhirakṣeta) - one should protect, one should guard

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• तुल्ये (tulye) - equal with respect to pleasant and unpleasant circumstances (equal, alike, comparable)

• प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवसायम् (vyavasāyam) - determination, resolve, undertaking

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, resolve, undertaking, effort, business

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

समाधाय (samādhāya) - having fixed, having concentrated, having established

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root dhā with prefixes sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, the sun god

रश्मिम् (raśmim) - a ray, a beam

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raśmi

raśmi - ray, beam of light, rein, cord

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आयताम् (āyatām) - Referring to an implicit feminine noun such as 'pravṛtti' (activity/scope) or 'śakti' (power), indicating the steadfast and extensive nature of the sun's action. (extended, drawn out, spread)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āyata

āyata - extended, drawn out, long, spread

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root yam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अभिरक्षेत (abhirakṣeta) - one should protect, one should guard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of abhirakṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तुल्ये (tulye) - equal with respect to pleasant and unpleasant circumstances (equal, alike, comparable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, dual of tulya

tulya - equal, alike, comparable, similar

Note: Agrees with priyāpriye

प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of priyāpriya

priyāpriya - pleasant and unpleasant, likes and dislikes, good and bad

Compound type : Dvandva (priya+apriya)

• priya – pleasant, dear, beloved, liked
  adjective (neuter)
• apriya – unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: a