महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-93

एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय जीवितव्यं सदा भवेत् ।
जीवन्पुण्यमवाप्नोति नरो भद्राणि पश्यति ॥९३॥

93. etāṁ buddhiṁ samāsthāya jīvitavyaṁ sadā bhavet ,
jīvanpuṇyamavāpnoti naro bhadrāṇi paśyati.

93. etām buddhim samāsthāya jīvitavyam sadā bhavet
jīvan puṇyam avāpnoti naraḥ bhadrāṇi paśyati

93. etām buddhim samāsthāya sadā jīvitavyam bhavet
jīvan naraḥ puṇyam avāpnoti bhadrāṇi paśyati

93. One should always live by adopting this understanding. A person who lives (this way) gains merit and perceives auspicious things.

Words meanings summery:

• एताम् (etām) - this (feminine, accusative)

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding, intellect, wisdom

• समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken one's stand upon

• जीवितव्यम् (jīvitavyam) - "life" or "one should live" in a prescriptive sense (one should live, life (that which should be lived))

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be

• जीवन् (jīvan) - a person who lives (in this way) (living, while living, a living person)

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, receives

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• भद्राणि (bhadrāṇi) - good things, auspicious things, welfare

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

Words meanings and morphology

एताम् (etām) - this (feminine, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Adjective for buddhim.

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding, intellect, wisdom

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intelligence, understanding, perception, intellect

From root √budh (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Object of samāsthāya.

समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken one's stand upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root √sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam and ā, suffix ya.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

जीवितव्यम् (jīvitavyam) - "life" or "one should live" in a prescriptive sense (one should live, life (that which should be lived))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvitavya

jīvitavya - to be lived, that should be lived; life (as a noun)

Gerundive

From root √jīv (to live) with suffix tavya. Used predicatively here to mean "one should live".

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative, implies "it is to be lived" or "one should live".

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative, 3rd person singular

From root √bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses prescription or potential.

जीवन् (jīvan) - a person who lives (in this way) (living, while living, a living person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive

Present Active Participle

From root √jīv (to live) with suffix śatṛ. Used as an adjective for naraḥ.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun/adjective.

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - auspicious, meritorious, virtuous; merit, virtue, good deed (as a noun)

Note: Object of avāpnoti.

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of avāp

Present, 3rd person singular

From root √āp (to obtain) with prefix ava. Class 5 verb.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of avāpnoti and paśyati.

भद्राणि (bhadrāṇi) - good things, auspicious things, welfare

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhadra

bhadra - good, excellent, auspicious, fortunate; welfare, good fortune (as a noun)

Root: bhad (class 1)

Note: Object of paśyati.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present, 3rd person singular

Root √dṛś forms its present stem as paśya. Class 1 verb.

Root: dṛś (class 1)