महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-263, verse-27

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततस्तदेव बहुशः कुण्डधारो महायशाः ।
अभ्यासमकरोद्धर्मे ततस्तुष्टास्य देवताः ॥२७॥

27. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatastadeva bahuśaḥ kuṇḍadhāro mahāyaśāḥ ,
abhyāsamakaroddharme tatastuṣṭāsya devatāḥ.

27. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | tataḥ tat eva bahuśaḥ kuṇḍadhāraḥ mahāyaśāḥ
| abhyāsam akarot dharme tataḥ tuṣṭāḥ asya devatāḥ

27. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
tataḥ mahāyaśāḥ kuṇḍadhāraḥ dharme bahuśaḥ tat eva abhyāsam akarot.
tataḥ asya devatāḥ tuṣṭāḥ (abhavan).

27. Bhīṣma said: "Then, that highly renowned Kuṇḍadhāra repeatedly engaged in the practice of natural law (dharma). Consequently, his deities became pleased."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a character in the Mahabharata) (Bhīṣma (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, consequently (then, thereafter, from that)

• तत् (tat) - that (same practice/resolve) (that, it)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times (many times, frequently, in many ways)

• कुण्डधारः (kuṇḍadhāraḥ) - Kuṇḍadhāra (name of a character) (Kuṇḍadhāra (proper name))

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned (very famous, highly renowned, glorious)

• अभ्यासम् (abhyāsam) - practice (practice, study, repetition)

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he engaged in, he did (he did, he made, he performed)

• धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma) (in natural law, in constitution, in virtue)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, consequently (then, thereafter, from that)

• तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - pleased (pleased, satisfied, contented)

• अस्य (asya) - his (referring to Kuṇḍadhāra) (his, of this)

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities (deities, gods)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a character in the Mahabharata) (Bhīṣma (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a proper noun, a character in the Mahabharata), terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, consequently (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (same practice/resolve) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the previous context, likely the resolve to be dhārmika.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times (many times, frequently, in many ways)

(indeclinable)

suffix śas after bahu

Note: Adverb modifying akarot.

कुण्डधारः (kuṇḍadhāraḥ) - Kuṇḍadhāra (name of a character) (Kuṇḍadhāra (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuṇḍadhāra

kuṇḍadhāra - Kuṇḍadhāra (a proper noun, one who holds a pitcher/bowl)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuṇḍa+dhāra)

• kuṇḍa – bowl, pitcher, vessel, pond
  noun (neuter)
• dhāra – bearing, holding, maintaining
  adjective (masculine)
  from root √dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of akarot.

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned (very famous, highly renowned, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - very famous, highly renowned, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+yaśas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• yaśas – fame, glory, renown, honor
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies Kuṇḍadhāraḥ.

अभ्यासम् (abhyāsam) - practice (practice, study, repetition)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, repetition, study, exercise

from abhi + ā + √as (to throw, cast)

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of akarot.

अकरोत् (akarot) - he engaged in, he did (he did, he made, he performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma) (in natural law, in constitution, in virtue)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue, duty, righteousness

ततः (tataḥ) - then, consequently (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - pleased (pleased, satisfied, contented)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - pleased, satisfied, contented

Past Passive Participle

derived from root √tuṣ (to be pleased, satisfied)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies devatāḥ.

अस्य (asya) - his (referring to Kuṇḍadhāra) (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities (deities, gods)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god, divine nature

derived from deva (god) + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Subject (implicitly, for 'became pleased').