महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-133, verse-23

भीष्म उवाच ।
तत्सर्वमुपचक्रुस्ते कापव्यस्यानुशासनम् ।
वृत्तिं च लेभिरे सर्वे पापेभ्यश्चाप्युपारमन् ॥२३॥

23. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatsarvamupacakruste kāpavyasyānuśāsanam ,
vṛttiṁ ca lebhire sarve pāpebhyaścāpyupāraman.

23. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tat sarvam upacakruḥ te kāpavyasya anuśāsanam
vṛttim ca lebhire sarve pāpebhyaḥ ca api upāraman

23. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca te sarve tat kāpavyasya anuśāsanam upacakruḥ
ca sarve vṛttim lebhire ca api pāpebhyaḥ upāraman

23. Bhishma said: They all undertook that instruction of Kāpavya. And all of them obtained their livelihood and also abstained from sinful acts.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• उपचक्रुः (upacakruḥ) - they undertook, they performed

• ते (te) - they

• कापव्यस्य (kāpavyasya) - of Kāpavya

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, discipline, teaching

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood, conduct, mode of life

• च (ca) - and, also

• लेभिरे (lebhire) - they obtained, they received

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• पापेभ्यः (pāpebhyaḥ) - from sins, from evils

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उपारमन् (upāraman) - they ceased, they abstained

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable (proper name of a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense

Root vac (2), Parasmaipada, irregular form

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

उपचक्रुः (upacakruḥ) - they undertook, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of upakṛ

Perfect Tense

Root kṛ (8) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कापव्यस्य (kāpavyasya) - of Kāpavya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāpavya

kāpavya - name of a sage or teacher

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, discipline, teaching

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, discipline, teaching, command

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood, conduct, mode of life

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - livelihood, conduct, mode of life, existence

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लेभिरे (lebhire) - they obtained, they received

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of labh

Perfect Tense

Root labh (1), Ātmanepada

Root: labh (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

पापेभ्यः (pāpebhyaḥ) - from sins, from evils

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sin, demerit

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उपारमन् (upāraman) - they ceased, they abstained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of uparam

Imperfect Tense

Root ram (1) with prefix upa, Parasmaipada

Prefix: upa

Root: ram (class 1)