महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-269, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
मोक्षधर्मेषु निरतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ।
प्राप्नोति परमं स्थानं यत्परं प्रकृतेर्ध्रुवम् ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
mokṣadharmeṣu nirato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ ,
prāpnoti paramaṁ sthānaṁ yatparaṁ prakṛterdhruvam.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca mokṣadharmeṣu nirataḥ laghvāhāraḥ jitendriyaḥ
prāpnoti paramam sthānam yat param prakṛteḥ dhruvam

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
mokṣadharmeṣu nirataḥ,
laghvāhāraḥ,
jitendriyaḥ (pumān) yat param prakṛteḥ dhruvam paramam sthānam prāpnoti.

2. Bhishma said: "One who is intent on the principles of liberation (mokṣa-dharma), consumes light food, and has controlled the senses, attains the supreme, eternal state that is beyond primordial nature (prakṛti)."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मोक्षधर्मेषु (mokṣadharmeṣu) - in the principles/laws of liberation

• निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted, engaged in, intent on

• लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - one who has light food, moderate in diet

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - state, abode, place, position

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, beyond

• प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) - of primordial nature

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - eternal, permanent, fixed

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मोक्षधर्मेषु (mokṣadharmeṣu) - in the principles/laws of liberation

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mokṣadharma

mokṣadharma - principles/laws of liberation

Compound type : tatpurusha (mokṣa+dharma)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, virtue, righteousness
  noun (masculine)

निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted, engaged in, intent on

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirata

nirata - devoted, attached to, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ni

Root: ram (class 1)

लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - one who has light food, moderate in diet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of laghvāhāra

laghvāhāra - having light food, moderate in diet

Compound type : bahuvrihi (laghu+āhāra)

• laghu – light, small, easy
  adjective
• āhāra – food, diet
  noun (masculine)

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - having controlled senses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, power, faculty
  noun (neuter)

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of prāp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

स्थानम् (sthānam) - state, abode, place, position

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, state, abode

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, beyond

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

प्रकृतेः (prakṛteḥ) - of primordial nature

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, primordial matter, origin, cause

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - eternal, permanent, fixed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, eternal, permanent