महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-232, verse-26

शून्या गिरिगुहाश्चैव देवतायतनानि च ।
शून्यागाराणि चैकाग्रो निवासार्थमुपक्रमेत् ॥२६॥

26. śūnyā giriguhāścaiva devatāyatanāni ca ,
śūnyāgārāṇi caikāgro nivāsārthamupakramet.

26. śūnyāḥ giriguhāḥ ca eva devatāyatanāni ca
śūnyāgārāṇi ca ekāgraḥ nivāsārtham upakramet

26. ekāgraḥ śūnyāḥ giriguhāḥ ca eva devatāyatanāni
ca śūnyāgārāṇi ca nivāsārtham upakramet

26. A person with a single-pointed mind (ekāgra) should seek out empty mountain caves, or temples (devatāyatana), or deserted houses for dwelling.

Words meanings summery:

• शून्याः (śūnyāḥ) - empty, deserted, void

• गिरिगुहाः (giriguhāḥ) - mountain caves

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• देवतायतनानि (devatāyatanāni) - temples, abodes of deities

• च (ca) - and, also

• शून्यागाराणि (śūnyāgārāṇi) - empty houses, deserted dwellings

• च (ca) - and, also

• एकाग्रः (ekāgraḥ) - a single-pointed person (one-pointed, focused, concentrated)

• निवासार्थम् (nivāsārtham) - for the purpose of dwelling, for residence

• उपक्रमेत् (upakramet) - one should resort to (for dwelling) (one should resort to, one should undertake, one should begin)

Words meanings and morphology

शून्याः (śūnyāḥ) - empty, deserted, void

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, hollow

From root śvi or śū + nya.

गिरिगुहाः (giriguhāḥ) - mountain caves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of giriguhā

giriguhā - mountain cave, cavern in a mountain

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+guhā)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• guhā – cave, cavern
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

देवतायतनानि (devatāyatanāni) - temples, abodes of deities

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of devatāyatana

devatāyatana - temple, abode of a deity, sacred place (devatāyatana)

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devatā+āyatana)

• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)
• āyatana – abode, dwelling, temple
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

शून्यागाराणि (śūnyāgārāṇi) - empty houses, deserted dwellings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śūnyāgāra

śūnyāgāra - empty house, deserted dwelling

Karmadharaya compound (śūnya + āgāra).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śūnya+āgāra)

• śūnya – empty, void, deserted
  adjective (neuter)
• āgāra – house, dwelling, apartment
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एकाग्रः (ekāgraḥ) - a single-pointed person (one-pointed, focused, concentrated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekāgra

ekāgra - one-pointed, focused, concentrated, having one tip/point

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+agra)

• eka – one, single
  numeral adjective (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front, chief
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as a noun, "the one who is single-pointed".

निवासार्थम् (nivāsārtham) - for the purpose of dwelling, for residence

(indeclinable)

Compound formed from nivāsa (dwelling) and artha (purpose, for the sake of). Used adverbially in accusative neuter singular form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nivāsa+artha)

• nivāsa – dwelling, residence, abode
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

उपक्रमेत् (upakramet) - one should resort to (for dwelling) (one should resort to, one should undertake, one should begin)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of upakram

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

From root kram (1st class) with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)