महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-228, verse-13

सप्त यो धारणाः कृत्स्ना वाग्यतः प्रतिपद्यते ।
पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतश्चान्या यावत्यस्ताः प्रधारणाः ॥१३॥

13. sapta yo dhāraṇāḥ kṛtsnā vāgyataḥ pratipadyate ,
pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataścānyā yāvatyastāḥ pradhāraṇāḥ.

13. sapta yaḥ dhāraṇāḥ kṛtsnāḥ vāgyataḥ pratipadyate |
pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataḥ ca anyāḥ yāvatyah tāḥ pradhāraṇāḥ

13. yaḥ vāgyataḥ sapta kṛtsnāḥ dhāraṇāḥ pratipadyate ca
anyāḥ yāvatyah tāḥ pradhāraṇāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataḥ

13. The one who controls speech (vāgyataḥ) achieves the seven complete concentrations (dhāraṇā). And there are also other specialized concentrations (pradhāraṇā), as many as they are, from the back and from the sides.

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• धारणाः (dhāraṇāḥ) - concentrations, sustained efforts

• कृत्स्नाः (kṛtsnāḥ) - complete, entire, whole

• वाग्यतः (vāgyataḥ) - one who has controlled speech

• प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - obtains, attains, realizes

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, at the back

• पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - from the side, on the side

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

• यावत्यह् (yāvatyah) - as many as, however many

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• प्रधारणाः (pradhāraṇāḥ) - specific concentrations, intense meditations

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

धारणाः (dhāraṇāḥ) - concentrations, sustained efforts

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of dhāraṇā

dhāraṇā - concentration, sustained effort, retention, mental hold

verbal noun

from dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कृत्स्नाः (kṛtsnāḥ) - complete, entire, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, whole, complete, entire

वाग्यतः (vāgyataḥ) - one who has controlled speech

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāgyata

vāgyata - one who has restrained speech

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāc+yata)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• yata – restrained, controlled, disciplined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from yam (to restrain)
  Root: yam (class 1)

प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - obtains, attains, realizes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratipad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, at the back

(indeclinable)

पार्श्वतः (pārśvataḥ) - from the side, on the side

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

यावत्यह् (yāvatyah) - as many as, however many

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yāvat

yāvat - as much as, as many as, as long as

feminine nominative plural form

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, this

प्रधारणाः (pradhāraṇāḥ) - specific concentrations, intense meditations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pradhāraṇā

pradhāraṇā - holding fast, intense concentration, specific mental retention

verbal noun

from pra-dhṛ (to hold firmly)

Prefix: pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)