महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-168, verse-3

यस्मिन्यस्मिंस्तु विनये यो यो याति विनिश्चयम् ।
स तमेवाभिजानाति नान्यं भरतसत्तम ॥३॥

3. yasminyasmiṁstu vinaye yo yo yāti viniścayam ,
sa tamevābhijānāti nānyaṁ bharatasattama.

3. yasmin yasmin tu vinaye yaḥ yaḥ yāti viniścayam
saḥ tam eva abhijānāti na anyam bharatasattama

3. bharatasattama yaḥ yaḥ tu yasmin yasmin vinaye
viniścayam yāti saḥ tam eva abhijānāti anyam na

3. O best among Bhāratas (bharatasattama), whoever attains firm conviction (viniścaya) in any specific discipline, he truly understands only that, and no other.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever discipline (in which, in whatever)

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever discipline (in which, in whatever)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• विनये (vinaye) - in any specific discipline or branch of knowledge (in discipline, in humility, in a specific subject)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (whoever, which)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (whoever, which)

• याति (yāti) - attains (firm resolve) (goes, reaches, attains)

• विनिश्चयम् (viniścayam) - firm conviction (firm resolve, certainty, determination)

• सः (saḥ) - that one (who attains resolve) (he, that one)

• तम् (tam) - only that (discipline/resolve) (him, that)

• एव (eva) - only (that) (only, indeed, just)

• अभिजानाति (abhijānāti) - knows, understands (knows, understands, recognizes)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यम् (anyam) - not another (discipline/resolve) (another, other)

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best among the descendants of Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O best among Bhāratas)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever discipline (in which, in whatever)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

Note: Refers to 'vinaye'.

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever discipline (in which, in whatever)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever

Note: Refers to 'vinaye'.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Particle

विनये (vinaye) - in any specific discipline or branch of knowledge (in discipline, in humility, in a specific subject)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinaya

vinaya - discipline, training, humility, modesty, good conduct, a specific branch of knowledge

From √nī with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: √nī (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, whoever

Relative pronoun

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, whoever

Relative pronoun

याति (yāti) - attains (firm resolve) (goes, reaches, attains)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular

Root: √yā (class 2)

विनिश्चयम् (viniścayam) - firm conviction (firm resolve, certainty, determination)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viniścaya

viniścaya - ascertainment, firm resolve, certainty, determination

From √ci with prefixes vi-ni-

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: √ci (class 5)

Note: Object of 'yāti'.

सः (saḥ) - that one (who attains resolve) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

तम् (tam) - only that (discipline/resolve) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Accusative singular, refers to `viniścayam` or `vinaya`.

एव (eva) - only (that) (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अभिजानाति (abhijānāti) - knows, understands (knows, understands, recognizes)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

3rd person singular, from √jñā with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: √jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates 'abhijānāti'.

अन्यम् (anyam) - not another (discipline/resolve) (another, other)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Modifies an implied noun (like viniścayam or vinayam).

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best among the descendants of Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O best among Bhāratas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best of the Bharatas, most excellent among the descendants of Bharata

Compound bharata + sattama

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata (a king), an Indian
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama
  From sat (good, existing)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.