महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-122, verse-9

सद्भिराचरितं पूर्वं यथावदनुयायिनम् ।
अपृच्छद्वसुहोमस्तं राजन्किं करवाणि ते ॥९॥

9. sadbhirācaritaṁ pūrvaṁ yathāvadanuyāyinam ,
apṛcchadvasuhomastaṁ rājankiṁ karavāṇi te.

9. sadbhiḥ ācaritam pūrvam yathāvat anuyāyinam
apṛcchat vasuhomaḥ tam rājan kim karavāṇi te

9. rājan vasuhomaḥ tam apṛcchat pūrvam sadbhiḥ
ācaritam yathāvat anuyāyinam kim te karavāṇi

9. Vasuhoma asked him, "O King, what may I do for you, who properly follows (the path) previously practiced by the virtuous?"

Words meanings summery:

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the virtuous

• आचरितम् (ācaritam) - practiced, performed, conducted

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, correctly, accordingly

• अनुयायिनम् (anuyāyinam) - follower, one who follows

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked

• वसुहोमः (vasuhomaḥ) - Vasuhoma

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine accusative singular)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• किम् (kim) - what?

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

• ते (te) - for you, to you

Words meanings and morphology

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the virtuous

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existing, real

आचरितम् (ācaritam) - practiced, performed, conducted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ācarita

ācarita - practiced, performed, conducted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā-√car (to move, to practice)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, correctly, accordingly

(indeclinable)

अनुयायिनम् (anuyāyinam) - follower, one who follows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuyāyin

anuyāyin - following, a follower

Agent noun from anu-√yā (to follow)

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of pṛcch

Root: prach (class 6)

वसुहोमः (vasuhomaḥ) - Vasuhoma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasuhoma

vasuhoma - Vasuhoma (proper name)

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - for you, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you