महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-156, verse-6

आचारानिह सत्यस्य यथावदनुपूर्वशः ।
लक्षणं च प्रवक्ष्यामि सत्यस्येह यथाक्रमम् ॥६॥

6. ācārāniha satyasya yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ ,
lakṣaṇaṁ ca pravakṣyāmi satyasyeha yathākramam.

6. ācārān iha satyasya yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ
lakṣaṇam ca pravakṣyāmi satyasya iha yathākramam

6. iha satyasya ācārān ca lakṣaṇam yathāvat
anupūrvaśaḥ iha satyasya yathākramam pravakṣyāmi

6. Here, I will explain, in proper and successive order, both the practices associated with truth and its characteristics.

Words meanings summery:

• आचारान् (ācārān) - practices associated with truth (practices, observances, customs, conduct)

• इह (iha) - here, in this context of explanation (here, in this matter, in this world)

• सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, according to, as it is

• अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in due order, successively, in proper sequence

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, sign, definition, mark

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will explain, I will tell

• सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

• इह (iha) - here, in this context of explanation (here, in this matter, in this world)

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, in proper sequence

Words meanings and morphology

आचारान् (ācārān) - practices associated with truth (practices, observances, customs, conduct)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ācāra

ācāra - custom, practice, conduct, tradition, rule

From ā- (prefix) + car (to move, behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this context of explanation (here, in this matter, in this world)

(indeclinable)

सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

From sat (being, existing)

Root: as (class 2)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, according to, as it is

(indeclinable)

From yathā + -vat

अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in due order, successively, in proper sequence

(indeclinable)

From anupūrva + śas suffix

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, sign, definition, mark

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - sign, mark, characteristic, definition, token

From root lakṣ + ana suffix

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will explain, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Tense, Active Voice, 1st Person, Singular

From pra- (prefix) + vac (root)

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यस्य (satyasya) - of truth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

From sat (being, existing)

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this context of explanation (here, in this matter, in this world)

(indeclinable)

यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, in proper sequence

(indeclinable)

From yathā + krama