महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-159, verse-67

परिधायोर्ध्ववालं तु पात्रमादाय मृन्मयम् ।
चरेत्सप्त गृहान्भैक्षं स्वकर्म परिकीर्तयन् ॥६७॥

67. paridhāyordhvavālaṁ tu pātramādāya mṛnmayam ,
caretsapta gṛhānbhaikṣaṁ svakarma parikīrtayan.

67. paridhāya ūrdhva vālam tu pātram ādāya mṛnmayam
caret sapta gṛhān bhaikṣam sva karma parikīrtayan

67. ūrdhvavālam paridhāya tu mṛnmayam pātram ādāya
sapta gṛhān bhaikṣam caret svakarma parikīrtayan

67. Having donned a hairy garment and taken an earthen bowl, he should wander for alms through seven houses, proclaiming his own specific duty (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• परिधाय (paridhāya) - having put on, having donned

• ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhva) - upward, elevated, high

• वालम् (vālam) - hairy garment (as in 'ūrdhvavālam') (hair, tail)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पात्रम् (pātram) - begging bowl (vessel, bowl, receptacle)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

• मृन्मयम् (mṛnmayam) - made of clay, earthen

• चरेत् (caret) - he should wander (for alms) (he should wander, he should go about, he should practice)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• गृहान् (gṛhān) - houses

• भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, begged food

• स्व (sva) - one's own

• कर्म (karma) - specific duty (karma) (action, deed, duty)

• परिकीर्तयन् (parikīrtayan) - proclaiming, announcing, describing

Words meanings and morphology

परिधाय (paridhāya) - having put on, having donned

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of pari-√dhā.

Prefix: pari

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Functions adverbially.

ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhva) - upward, elevated, high

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ūrdhva

ūrdhva - upward, elevated, high, superior

Note: Qualifies 'vālam'.

वालम् (vālam) - hairy garment (as in 'ūrdhvavālam') (hair, tail)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāla

vāla - hair, tail, mane, bristle

Note: Part of the compound 'ūrdhvavālam'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or contrasting particle.

पात्रम् (pātram) - begging bowl (vessel, bowl, receptacle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātra

pātra - vessel, pot, bowl, receptacle; worthy person

From √pā (to drink) or √pā (to protect).

Root: pā (class 1)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of ā-√dā.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Functions adverbially.

मृन्मयम् (mṛnmayam) - made of clay, earthen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛnmaya

mṛnmaya - made of clay, earthen

Derived from mṛd (clay) with suffix -maya.

Note: Qualifies 'pātram'.

चरेत् (caret) - he should wander (for alms) (he should wander, he should go about, he should practice)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √car

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular optative of √car.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is the ascetic/student.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'gṛhān'.

गृहान् (gṛhān) - houses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, dwelling, home

Note: Object of 'caret' (implies 'going to seven houses').

भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, begged food

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, begging, food obtained by begging

Derived from bhikṣā (alms).

Note: Object of 'caret' (implies 'wandering for alms').

स्व (sva) - one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, his own, self

Note: Used as an adjective here.

कर्म (karma) - specific duty (karma) (action, deed, duty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, the accumulated effects of actions (karma)

From √kṛ (to do, to make) with suffix -man.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'parikīrtayan'.

परिकीर्तयन् (parikīrtayan) - proclaiming, announcing, describing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parikīrtayant

√kīrt - to mention, to proclaim, to celebrate, to describe

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of pari-√kīrt.

Prefix: pari

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the ascetic/student).