महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-236, verse-2

क्रमशस्त्ववधूयैनां तृतीयां वृत्तिमुत्तमाम् ।
संयोगव्रतखिन्नानां वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसाम् ॥२॥

2. kramaśastvavadhūyaināṁ tṛtīyāṁ vṛttimuttamām ,
saṁyogavratakhinnānāṁ vānaprasthāśramaukasām.

2. kramaśas tu avadhūya enām tṛtīyām vṛttim uttamām
saṃyogavratakhinnānām vānaprasthāśramaukasām

2. vānaprasthāśramaukasām saṃyogavratakhinnānām tu
enām uttamām tṛtīyām vṛttim kramaśas avadhūya

2. Gradually giving up this excellent third mode of life, for those who, residing in the forest-dweller (vānaprastha) stage (āśrama), have become weary of the vows of conjugal union.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रमशस् (kramaśas) - successively, gradually, in due order

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand, however

• अवधूय (avadhūya) - having cast off, having shaken off, having abandoned, having given up

• एनाम् (enām) - this (feminine singular accusative)

• तृतीयाम् (tṛtīyām) - the third mode of life (referring to the householder stage from a certain perspective) (third (feminine singular accusative))

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of life (referring to the āśrama or a type of conduct) (mode of life, conduct, occupation, livelihood (accusative singular))

• उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - excellent, highest, best, supreme (feminine singular accusative)

• संयोगव्रतखिन्नानाम् (saṁyogavratakhinnānām) - of those wearied by the vows of union/conjugal life

• वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसाम् (vānaprasthāśramaukasām) - of those dwelling in the forest-dweller (vānaprastha) stage (āśrama)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रमशस् (kramaśas) - successively, gradually, in due order

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -śas indicating 'by way of' or 'in order of' from krama (order, sequence)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

अवधूय (avadhūya) - having cast off, having shaken off, having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root dhū with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: dhū (class 5)

एनाम् (enām) - this (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

तृतीयाम् (tṛtīyām) - the third mode of life (referring to the householder stage from a certain perspective) (third (feminine singular accusative))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

Ordinal number from tri (three)

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of life (referring to the āśrama or a type of conduct) (mode of life, conduct, occupation, livelihood (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode of life, conduct, occupation, livelihood, existence, mental modification

From root vṛt (to turn, to be, to exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - excellent, highest, best, supreme (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, highest, best, supreme

Superlative form from ud (up)

संयोगव्रतखिन्नानाम् (saṁyogavratakhinnānām) - of those wearied by the vows of union/conjugal life

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of saṃyogavratakhinna

saṁyogavratakhinna - wearied by the vows of union

Compound adjective, genitive plural

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃyoga+vrata+khinna)

• saṃyoga – union, conjunction, connection, sexual union
  noun (masculine)
  From root yuj with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred duty
  noun (neuter)
• khinna – weary, tired, exhausted, sad
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khid (to be distressed)
  Root: khid (class 6)

वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसाम् (vānaprasthāśramaukasām) - of those dwelling in the forest-dweller (vānaprastha) stage (āśrama)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānaprasthāśramaukas

vānaprasthāśramaukas - dweller in the vānaprastha āśrama

Compound noun, genitive plural

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānaprastha+āśrama+okas)

• vānaprastha – forest-dweller, belonging to the third stage of life (vānaprastha āśrama)
  noun (masculine)
  From vana (forest) and prastha (standing, situated)
• āśrama – hermitage, stage of life (āśrama), order of life
  noun (masculine)
  From root śram with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)
• okas – dwelling, abode, inhabitant
  noun (neuter)