महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-19, verse-9

तपस्त्यागो विधिरिति निश्चयस्तात धीमताम् ।
परं परं ज्याय एषां सैषा नैःश्रेयसी गतिः ॥९॥

9. tapastyāgo vidhiriti niścayastāta dhīmatām ,
paraṁ paraṁ jyāya eṣāṁ saiṣā naiḥśreyasī gatiḥ.

9. tapaḥ tyāgaḥ vidhiḥ iti niścayaḥ tāta dhīmatām
param param jyāyaḥ eṣām sā eṣā naiḥśreyasī gatiḥ

9. tāta tapaḥ tyāgaḥ vidhiḥ iti dhīmatām niścayaḥ
eṣām param param jyāyaḥ sā eṣā naiḥśreyasī gatiḥ

9. Austerity (tapas), renunciation, and proper ritual — this is the firm determination of the wise, my dear son. Each successive one among these is superior. This, indeed, is the path to the highest good.

Words meanings summery:

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, spiritual heat)

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - proper ritual (rule, ritual, injunction, method)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, indicates quotation

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm determination (determination, conclusion, certainty)

• तात (tāta) - my dear son (O dear one, O son, O father)

• धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - of the intelligent, of the wise

• परम् (param) - each successive (used as a modifier indicating succession/comparison) (superior, supreme, highest, further)

• परम् (param) - each successive (used as a modifier indicating succession/comparison) (superior, supreme, highest, further)

• ज्यायः (jyāyaḥ) - superior, better, greater

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

• सा (sā) - that (referring to gati) (she, that (feminine))

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to gati) (she, this (feminine))

• नैःश्रेयसी (naiḥśreyasī) - leading to the highest good (leading to the highest good, ultimate liberation, supreme bliss)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (to the highest good) (path, course, destination, state, movement)

Words meanings and morphology

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, spiritual heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual fervor, heat

Root: tap (class 1)

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice, giving up

Root: tyaj (class 1)

विधिः (vidhiḥ) - proper ritual (rule, ritual, injunction, method)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, injunction, method, ritual, destiny, creator

Root: dhā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, indicates quotation

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - firm determination (determination, conclusion, certainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, ascertainment, determination, conclusion, firm decision

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

तात (tāta) - my dear son (O dear one, O son, O father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (term of endearment)

धीमताम् (dhīmatām) - of the intelligent, of the wise

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, clever, sagacious

possessive suffix -mat

परम् (param) - each successive (used as a modifier indicating succession/comparison) (superior, supreme, highest, further)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent

परम् (param) - each successive (used as a modifier indicating succession/comparison) (superior, supreme, highest, further)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent

ज्यायः (jyāyaḥ) - superior, better, greater

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyāyas

jyāyas - superior, better, greater, older

comparative form of jyeṣṭha (oldest, best) or bṛhat (large, great)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

सा (sā) - that (referring to gati) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to gati) (she, this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, she, it (proximate)

नैःश्रेयसी (naiḥśreyasī) - leading to the highest good (leading to the highest good, ultimate liberation, supreme bliss)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naiḥśreyasī

naiḥśreyasī - leading to the highest good, supremely auspicious, path to ultimate liberation

feminine form of naiḥśreyasa (derived from niḥśreyasa - ultimate good)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (to the highest good) (path, course, destination, state, movement)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, going, path, course, destination, state, condition, final emancipation

Root: gam (class 1)