महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-234, verse-15

चतुष्पदी हि निःश्रेणी ब्रह्मण्येषा प्रतिष्ठिता ।
एतामाश्रित्य निःश्रेणीं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥१५॥

15. catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇyeṣā pratiṣṭhitā ,
etāmāśritya niḥśreṇīṁ brahmaloke mahīyate.

15. catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇi eṣā pratiṣṭhitā
etām āśritya niḥśreṇīm brahmaloke mahīyate

15. hi eṣā catuṣpadī niḥśreṇī brahmaṇi pratiṣṭhitā
etām niḥśreṇīm āśritya brahmaloke mahīyate

15. Indeed, this four-stepped ladder (niḥśreṇī) is established in Brahman. Relying on this ladder, one is honored in the world of Brahman.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुष्पदी (catuṣpadī) - having four steps or divisions (referring to the ladder of dharma or āśramas) (four-footed, having four steps/divisions)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• निःश्रेणी (niḥśreṇī) - ladder (to liberation) (ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (the Absolute reality) (in Brahman, in the Vedas)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine, referring to niḥśreṇī) (this)

• प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - is established (established, founded, fixed)

• एताम् (etām) - this (feminine, accusative, referring to niḥśreṇī) (this)

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - relying on (having resorted to, depending on, taking refuge in)

• निःश्रेणीम् (niḥśreṇīm) - this ladder (to liberation) (ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good)

• ब्रह्मलोके (brahmaloke) - in the world of Brahman (brahmaloka) (in the world of Brahman)

• महीयते (mahīyate) - is honored (is honored, is exalted, is glorified)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुष्पदी (catuṣpadī) - having four steps or divisions (referring to the ladder of dharma or āśramas) (four-footed, having four steps/divisions)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of catuṣpad

catuṣpad - four-footed, having four steps/divisions

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+pad)

• catur – four
  numeral
• pad – foot, step, division
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with niḥśreṇī.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

particle

निःश्रेणी (niḥśreṇī) - ladder (to liberation) (ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niḥśreṇī

niḥśreṇī - ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good

from niḥ (out) and śreṇī (ladder, row)

Prefix: nis

Root: śri (class 1)

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (the Absolute reality) (in Brahman, in the Vedas)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, sacred utterance, the Vedas

Root: bṛh (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine, referring to niḥśreṇī) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - is established (established, founded, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, fixed, standing

Past Passive Participle

from √sthā with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with an implied verb 'to be'.

एताम् (etām) - this (feminine, accusative, referring to niḥśreṇī) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - relying on (having resorted to, depending on, taking refuge in)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √śri with prefix ā, suffix -tya

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

निःश्रेणीम् (niḥśreṇīm) - this ladder (to liberation) (ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niḥśreṇī

niḥśreṇī - ladder, stairway, means of obtaining liberation or highest good

Prefix: nis

Root: śri (class 1)

ब्रह्मलोके (brahmaloke) - in the world of Brahman (brahmaloka) (in the world of Brahman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world of Brahman, a celestial realm

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+loka)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute, sacred utterance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)

महीयते (mahīyate) - is honored (is honored, is exalted, is glorified)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √mah

present passive (or middle voice of denominative mahī- 'to be great')

3rd person singular present middle (Ātmanepada) from denominative root mahī (from mahātman or mahā)

Root: mah (class 10)