महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-255, verse-3

यतो यज्ञः प्रभवति नास्तिक्यमपि जल्पसि ।
न हि वर्तेदयं लोको वार्तामुत्सृज्य केवलम् ॥३॥

3. yato yajñaḥ prabhavati nāstikyamapi jalpasi ,
na hi vartedayaṁ loko vārtāmutsṛjya kevalam.

3. yataḥ yajñaḥ prabhavati nāstikyam api jalpasi
na hi varteta ayam lokaḥ vārtām utsṛjya kevalam

3. yataḥ yajñaḥ prabhavati,
api nāstikyam jalpasi hi ayam lokaḥ vārtām kevalam utsṛjya na varteta

3. From which the Vedic ritual (yajña) originates, you indeed speak of disbelief. This world, surely, would not exist if livelihood were completely abandoned.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from which source or origin (from whom, from which, because)

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the fundamental cosmic principle of Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering)

• प्रभवति (prabhavati) - has its origin, comes into being (originates, proceeds, arises, is born)

• नास्तिक्यम् (nāstikyam) - denial of the existence of fundamental principles or higher realities (atheism, disbelief, heterodoxy)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• जल्पसि (jalpasi) - you (futilely) declare or assert (you speak, you babble, you prate)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• वर्तेत (varteta) - would continue to function or subsist (would exist, should exist, would function)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (world) (this, he)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the human world, society (world, people, realm)

• वार्ताम् (vārtām) - means of sustenance, economic activity (livelihood, occupation, news)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - by completely abandoning (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - exclusively or totally (merely, only, exclusively, solely)

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from which source or origin (from whom, from which, because)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of 'yat' or indeclinable adverb.

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the fundamental cosmic principle of Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, offering, worship

From root 'yaj' (to worship, offer) + 'na' suffix.

Root: yaj (class 1)

प्रभवति (prabhavati) - has its origin, comes into being (originates, proceeds, arises, is born)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-bhū

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root 'bhū' (class 1, bhvādi), with prefix 'pra', parasmaipada, present indicative.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

नास्तिक्यम् (nāstikyam) - denial of the existence of fundamental principles or higher realities (atheism, disbelief, heterodoxy)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāstikya

nāstikya - atheism, disbelief, the doctrine of 'nāstika' (one who denies the authority of the Vedas or a future existence)

Derived from 'nāstika' (atheist) + 'ya' suffix (abstract noun). 'nāstika' is from 'na asti' (it is not).

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

जल्पसि (jalpasi) - you (futilely) declare or assert (you speak, you babble, you prate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jalp

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root 'jalp' (class 1, bhvādi), parasmaipada, present indicative.

Root: jalp (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic or causal particle.

वर्तेत (varteta) - would continue to function or subsist (would exist, should exist, would function)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛt

Optative Mood, Middle Voice

Root 'vṛt' (class 1, bhvādi), atmanepada, optative mood.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (world) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Nominative singular masculine of 'idam'.

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the human world, society (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, space, common usage

From root 'lok' (to see, perceive).

Root: lok (class 1)

वार्ताम् (vārtām) - means of sustenance, economic activity (livelihood, occupation, news)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vārtā

vārtā - livelihood, subsistence, occupation, news, tidings

From root 'vṛt' (to exist, to live).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - by completely abandoning (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From 'ut' (up, out) + root 'sṛj' (to let go, create) + 'lyap' (absolutive suffix when a prefix is present).

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

केवलम् (kevalam) - exclusively or totally (merely, only, exclusively, solely)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of 'kevala'.