महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-234, verse-26

ये केचिद्विस्तरेणोक्ता नियमा ब्रह्मचारिणः ।
तान्सर्वाननुगृह्णीयाद्भवेच्चानपगो गुरोः ॥२६॥

26. ye kecidvistareṇoktā niyamā brahmacāriṇaḥ ,
tānsarvānanugṛhṇīyādbhaveccānapago guroḥ.

26. ye kecit vistareṇa uktāḥ niyamāḥ brahmacāriṇaḥ
tān sarvān anugṛhṇīyāt bhavet ca anapagaḥ guroḥ

26. brahmacāriṇaḥ ye kecit niyamāḥ vistareṇa uktāḥ
tān sarvān anugṛhṇīyāt ca guroḥ anapagaḥ bhavet

26. Whatever rules have been extensively declared for the student (brahmacārin), one should observe all of them and should also remain loyal to the preceptor (guru).

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those which (which, who, whatever)

• केचित् (kecit) - whatever (with 'ye') (some, any, certain ones)

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - extensively (extensively, in detail, at length)

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - declared (said, spoken, declared)

• नियमाः (niyamāḥ) - rules (rules, observances, restraints)

• ब्रह्मचारिणः (brahmacāriṇaḥ) - for the student (brahmacārin) (of the student, for the student)

• तान् (tān) - those (rules) (them, those)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all, whole, entire)

• अनुगृह्णीयात् (anugṛhṇīyāt) - one should observe/uphold (should favor, should observe, should cherish)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be (one should be, it should be)

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• अनपगः (anapagaḥ) - not abandoning (not departing, not abandoning, loyal)

• गुरोः (guroḥ) - from the preceptor (guru) (of the guru, from the guru)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those which (which, who, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Often used with 'kecit' to mean 'whatever/whichever'

केचित् (kecit) - whatever (with 'ye') (some, any, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, any, a certain

Note: Form of 'kaścid' (from 'kim' + 'cid'). 't' is the sandhi-free form of 'd' from 'kaścid'.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - extensively (extensively, in detail, at length)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, detail, amplification

Root: stṛ (class 5)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - declared (said, spoken, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'niyamāḥ'

नियमाः (niyamāḥ) - rules (rules, observances, restraints)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyama

niyama - rule, regulation, observance, self-restraint

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

ब्रह्मचारिणः (brahmacāriṇaḥ) - for the student (brahmacārin) (of the student, for the student)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brahmacārin

brahmacārin - religious student, celibate student, one who practices brahmacharya

From 'brahman' (Vedic knowledge/sacred truth) + 'car' (to move/practice) with agent suffix -in

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+cārin)

• brahman – sacred knowledge, Veda, ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• cārin – one who practices, one who moves
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root 'car' + -in suffix
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Genitive case indicating 'for the benefit of' or 'relating to'.

तान् (tān) - those (rules) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'niyamāḥ'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'tān'.

अनुगृह्णीयात् (anugṛhṇīyāt) - one should observe/uphold (should favor, should observe, should cherish)

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: The root 'grah' means 'to seize, take'. With 'anu', it implies 'to receive favorably, to follow, to observe'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be (one should be, it should be)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अनपगः (anapagaḥ) - not abandoning (not departing, not abandoning, loyal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anapaga

anapaga - not going away, not departing, not abandoning, firm, loyal

Compound of 'an' (negation) + 'apaga' (departing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+apaga)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• apaga – departing, going away
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'apa' + 'gam'
  Prefix: apa
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (the brahmacārin).

गुरोः (guroḥ) - from the preceptor (guru) (of the guru, from the guru)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, venerable

Note: Genitive case with 'anapaga' indicating separation or relation.