महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-178, verse-16

एष मार्गोऽथ योगानां येन गच्छन्ति तत्पदम् ।
जितक्लमासना धीरा मूर्धन्यात्मानमादधुः ॥१६॥

16. eṣa mārgo'tha yogānāṁ yena gacchanti tatpadam ,
jitaklamāsanā dhīrā mūrdhanyātmānamādadhuḥ.

16. eṣaḥ mārgaḥ atha yogānām yena gacchanti tat padam
jita-klama-āsanāḥ dhīrāḥ mūrdhani ātmānam ādadhuḥ

16. eṣaḥ atha yogānām mārgaḥ yena tat padam gacchanti
jita-klama-āsanāḥ dhīrāḥ ātmānam mūrdhani ādadhuḥ

16. This is the path of yogic practices, by which practitioners attain that supreme state. The wise ones, having conquered the fatigue of their yogic postures, placed the individual self (ātman) at the crown of the head.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, thus

• योगानाम् (yogānām) - of yogas, of yogic practices

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain

• तत् (tat) - that, that supreme

• पदम् (padam) - supreme state (state, position, abode)

• जित-क्लम-आसनाः (jita-klama-āsanāḥ) - those who have conquered the fatigue of their yogic postures (those who have conquered the fatigue of postures)

• धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - wise, intelligent, steadfast ones

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - at the crown of the head (in the head, at the crown)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the individual self (ātman)

• आदधुः (ādadhuḥ) - they placed, they set, they established

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, thus

(indeclinable)

योगानाम् (yogānām) - of yogas, of yogic practices

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yoga

yoga - union, conjunction, application, effort, spiritual discipline (yoga)

Root: yuj (class 7)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'mārgaḥ' (path), hence masculine instrumental.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that supreme

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

पदम् (padam) - supreme state (state, position, abode)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, mark, state, position, abode

जित-क्लम-आसनाः (jita-klama-āsanāḥ) - those who have conquered the fatigue of their yogic postures (those who have conquered the fatigue of postures)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jita-klama-āsana

jita-klama-āsana - one whose fatigue from posture is conquered

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jita+klama+āsana)

• jita – conquered, subdued
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root `ji` (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)
• klama – fatigue, weariness, exhaustion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: klam (class 1)
• āsana – sitting, seat, posture, yogic posture
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ās (class 2)

धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - wise, intelligent, steadfast ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhīra

dhīra - wise, intelligent, firm, steadfast, resolute

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - at the crown of the head (in the head, at the crown)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit, crown

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, the soul, the individual self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the individual soul (ātman)

आदधुः (ādadhuḥ) - they placed, they set, they established

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dhā

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)