महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-232, verse-16

तत एतानि संयम्य मनसि स्थापयेद्यतिः ।
तथैवापोह्य संकल्पान्मनो ह्यात्मनि धारयेत् ॥१६॥

16. tata etāni saṁyamya manasi sthāpayedyatiḥ ,
tathaivāpohya saṁkalpānmano hyātmani dhārayet.

16. tataḥ etāni saṃyamya manasi sthāpayet yatiḥ tathā
eva apohya saṅkalpān manaḥ hi ātmani dhārayet

16. yatiḥ tataḥ etāni saṃyamya manasi sthāpayet tathā
eva saṅkalpān apohya manaḥ hi ātmani dhārayet

16. An ascetic (yati) should first restrain these (senses) and place them in the mind. Likewise, having discarded all desires (saṅkalpa), one should indeed fix the mind in the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• एतानि (etāni) - these (senses, implicitly referred to from previous context) (these)

• संयम्य (saṁyamya) - having restrained, having controlled

• मनसि (manasi) - in the mind, in the intellect

• स्थापयेत् (sthāpayet) - one should place, one should establish

• यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant, one who strives

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, in that way

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

• अपोह्य (apohya) - having discarded, having removed, having repudiated

• सङ्कल्पान् (saṅkalpān) - desires, intentions, volitions, mental conceptions

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul, in oneself

• धारयेत् (dhārayet) - one should fix, one should hold, one should concentrate

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of 'tad', often used as an indeclinable adverb.

एतानि (etāni) - these (senses, implicitly referred to from previous context) (these)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of etat

etat - this, these

संयम्य (saṁyamya) - having restrained, having controlled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'yam' with upasarga 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

मनसि (manasi) - in the mind, in the intellect

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

Root: man

स्थापयेत् (sthāpayet) - one should place, one should establish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of sthāpayati

Causative present indicative

Causative of root 'sthā'. The optative form is 'sthāpayet'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

यतिः (yatiḥ) - ascetic, renunciant, one who strives

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yati

yati - ascetic, renunciant, one who strives, religious mendicant

From root 'yam' (to restrain, control).

Root: yam

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

अपोह्य (apohya) - having discarded, having removed, having repudiated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'ūh' (to remove, consider) with upasarga 'apa'.

Prefix: apa

Root: ūh (class 1)

सङ्कल्पान् (saṅkalpān) - desires, intentions, volitions, mental conceptions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - desire, intention, resolution, mental conception, volition

From root 'kḷp' with upasarga 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

Root: man

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul, in oneself

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul, essence, nature

Root: an

धारयेत् (dhārayet) - one should fix, one should hold, one should concentrate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of dhārayati

Causative present indicative

Causative of root 'dhṛ'. The optative form is 'dhārayet'.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)