महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-148, verse-7

तदेव राज्ञां परमं पवित्रं जनमेजय ।
तेन सम्यग्गृहीतेन श्रेयांसं धर्ममाप्स्यसि ॥७॥

7. tadeva rājñāṁ paramaṁ pavitraṁ janamejaya ,
tena samyaggṛhītena śreyāṁsaṁ dharmamāpsyasi.

7. tat eva rājñām paramam pavitram janamejaya
tena samyak gṛhītena śreyāṃsam dharmam āpsyasi

7. janamejaya tat eva rājñām paramam pavitram
tena samyak gṛhītena śreyāṃsam dharmam āpsyasi

7. O Janamejaya, that (good conduct and austerity) is indeed the supreme purifier for kings. By adopting that (path) correctly, you will obtain a more excellent righteousness (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the "sixth purifier" from the previous verse) (that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifier, sacred thing, holy

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (Proper name)

• तेन (tena) - by that good conduct and austerity (by that)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly, properly, completely

• गृहीतेन (gṛhītena) - by adopting (it) (by that which is taken/grasped/adopted)

• श्रेयांसम् (śreyāṁsam) - more excellent, superior, better

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - a more excellent form of righteousness or intrinsic nature (righteousness, constitution, natural law, duty)

• आप्स्यसि (āpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will reach

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the "sixth purifier" from the previous verse) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of the implied verb "is".

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'tat'.

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

Note: Possessive, "for kings".

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, excellent, ultimate

Note: Qualifies 'pavitram'.

पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifier, sacred thing, holy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pavitra

pavitra - pure, holy, sacred, purifying; a strainer, a purifier

From root pū (to purify) + itra (suffix)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (Proper name)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parikṣit, a descendant of the Pāṇḍavas)

Compound: jana (people) + ejaya (causing to tremble, disturbing)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jana+ejaya)

• jana – people, man, creature
  noun (masculine)
• ejaya – causing to tremble, shaking
  adjective (masculine)
  From root ej (to tremble, to shake)
  Root: ej (class 1)

Note: The interlocutor in the Mahābhārata.

तेन (tena) - by that good conduct and austerity (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'tat' (the sixth purifier).

सम्यक् (samyak) - rightly, properly, completely

(indeclinable)

From sam-añc (to go together, to be united)

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'gṛhītena'.

गृहीतेन (gṛhītena) - by adopting (it) (by that which is taken/grasped/adopted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, grasped, seized, adopted, accepted

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take) + kta (PPP suffix)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Refers to 'tena', implying "by that [which is] properly adopted".

श्रेयांसम् (śreyāṁsam) - more excellent, superior, better

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, superior, good fortune, welfare

Comparative form of śrī (beauty, prosperity) or praśasya (excellent)

Note: Qualifies 'dharmam'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - a more excellent form of righteousness or intrinsic nature (righteousness, constitution, natural law, duty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, justice, virtue, intrinsic nature, cosmic order

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support) + man (suffix)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'āpsyasi'.

आप्स्यसि (āpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Future (lṛṭ) of āp

Future Tense, 2nd Person Singular

upa (prefix) + root āp

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Subject is implied "you" (Janamejaya).