महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-236, verse-14

वर्तयन्ति यथान्यायं वैखानसमतं श्रिताः ।
एताश्चान्याश्च विविधा दीक्षास्तेषां मनीषिणाम् ॥१४॥

14. vartayanti yathānyāyaṁ vaikhānasamataṁ śritāḥ ,
etāścānyāśca vividhā dīkṣāsteṣāṁ manīṣiṇām.

14. vartayanti yathānyāyaṃ vaikhānasamataṃ śritāḥ
etāḥ ca anyāḥ ca vividhāḥ dīkṣāḥ teṣāṃ manīṣiṇām

14. vaikhānasamataṃ śritāḥ manīṣiṇām teṣāṃ ca etāḥ
ca anyāḥ vividhāḥ dīkṣāḥ yathānyāyaṃ vartayanti

14. Those wise individuals who adhere to the Vaikhānasa doctrine (Vaikhānasa-mata) properly perform these and other various initiations (dīkṣā).

Words meanings summery:

• वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they cause to turn, they conduct, they practice, they perform

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, properly, duly, lawfully

• वैखानसमतम् (vaikhānasamatam) - the doctrine/opinion of the Vaikhānasa

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - those who have resorted to, followers, adherents

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• च (ca) - and

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other

• च (ca) - and

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

• दीक्षाः (dīkṣāḥ) - initiations, consecrations, vows, solemn rites

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - of the wise, of the thoughtful, of the intelligent

Words meanings and morphology

वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they cause to turn, they conduct, they practice, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Causal, Present Active

Causal stem `vartay-`, Present Active, 3rd person plural

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, properly, duly, lawfully

(indeclinable)

Compound formed with `yathā` and `nyāya`. Adverbial compound.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, system
  noun (masculine)

वैखानसमतम् (vaikhānasamatam) - the doctrine/opinion of the Vaikhānasa

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaikhānasamata

vaikhānasamata - the doctrine of the Vaikhānasa (a class of ascetics/sages)

Tatpuruṣa compound: Vaikhānasa (proper noun) + mata (doctrine).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaikhānasa+mata)

• vaikhānasa – a hermit, ascetic, a follower of Vaikhānasa Sūtra
  proper noun (masculine)
• mata – opinion, doctrine, system, belief
  noun (neuter)

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - those who have resorted to, followers, adherents

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, following

Past Passive Participle

From root `śrī` (to resort to, serve, go to) + past passive participle suffix `kta`.

Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: Implies 'those who have resorted'.

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `dīkṣāḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Indefinite pronoun/adjective.

Note: Refers to `dīkṣāḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

From `vi` + `vidha`.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā

दीक्षाः (dīkṣāḥ) - initiations, consecrations, vows, solemn rites

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dīkṣā

dīkṣā - initiation, consecration, solemn rite, religious vow

From root `dīkṣ` (to initiate, consecrate).

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vartayanti`.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `manīṣiṇām`.

मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - of the wise, of the thoughtful, of the intelligent

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, thoughtful (as a noun: a wise man, sage)

From `manīṣā` (intellect, thought).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Modifies `teṣām` or in apposition to it.