महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-207, verse-9

जिह्वया रसनं यच्च तदेव परिवर्जितम् ।
बुद्ध्या च व्यवसायेन ब्रह्मचर्यमकल्मषम् ॥९॥

9. jihvayā rasanaṁ yacca tadeva parivarjitam ,
buddhyā ca vyavasāyena brahmacaryamakalmaṣam.

9. jihvayā rasanam yat ca tat eva parivarjitam
buddhyā ca vyavasāyena brahmacaryam akalmaṣam

9. yat ca jihvayā rasanam tat eva parivarjitam
ca buddhyā vyavasāyena brahmacaryam akalmaṣam

9. ...and tasting with the tongue—that indeed is entirely abstained from. Through spiritual intellect (buddhi) and firm determination, celibacy (brahmacarya) becomes immaculate.

Words meanings summery:

• जिह्वया (jihvayā) - through the tongue (by the tongue)

• रसनम् (rasanam) - (the act of) tasting (tasting, taste, flavor)

• यत् (yat) - which (tasting) (which, what, that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तत् (tat) - that (whole set of sensory activities) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - entirely, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• परिवर्जितम् (parivarjitam) - abstained from (abandoned, avoided, excluded, abstained from)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through spiritual intellect (buddhi) (by intellect, by discernment)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• व्यवसायेन (vyavasāyena) - by firm determination (by determination, by resolution, by effort)

• ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life (devoted to Veda), chastity)

• अकल्मषम् (akalmaṣam) - faultless, immaculate (faultless, stainless, pure, sinless)

Words meanings and morphology

जिह्वया (jihvayā) - through the tongue (by the tongue)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, speech

Note: Instrument for 'rasanam'.

रसनम् (rasanam) - (the act of) tasting (tasting, taste, flavor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasana

rasana - tasting, tongue, taste, flavor, juice

Verbal Noun

Derived from root ras- (to taste)

Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Part of the list of senses/actions to be avoided.

यत् (yat) - which (tasting) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, because, since

Note: Refers to the preceding items in the list (hearing, seeing, tasting).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'jihvayā rasanam' to the preceding clauses.

तत् (tat) - that (whole set of sensory activities) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the aggregate of 'śravaṇam', 'darśanam', 'rasanam'.

एव (eva) - entirely, indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

परिवर्जितम् (parivarjitam) - abstained from (abandoned, avoided, excluded, abstained from)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parivarjita

parivarjita - abandoned, avoided, excluded, deprived of, abstained from

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛj- (to shun, avoid) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'tat'.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - through spiritual intellect (buddhi) (by intellect, by discernment)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, reason

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Instrument for making 'brahmacarya' 'akalmaṣam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'buddhyā' and 'vyavasāyena'.

व्यवसायेन (vyavasāyena) - by firm determination (by determination, by resolution, by effort)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, resolution, effort, undertaking

Derived from vi-ava-so- (to try, determine)

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Instrument for making 'brahmacarya' 'akalmaṣam'.

ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life (devoted to Veda), chastity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - celibacy, chastity, student life dedicated to sacred knowledge (brahman), conduct leading to brahman

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)

• brahman – Brahman, sacred word, Veda
  noun (neuter)
• carya – conduct, practice, observance
  noun (feminine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root car- (to move, behave) with suffix -ya
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'becomes'.

अकल्मषम् (akalmaṣam) - faultless, immaculate (faultless, stainless, pure, sinless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akalmaṣa

akalmaṣa - faultless, stainless, pure, sinless, blameless

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kalmaṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kalmaṣa – stain, impurity, fault, sin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'brahmacaryam'.