महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-276, verse-52

प्रीयमाणा नरा यत्र प्रयच्छेयुरयाचिताः ।
स्वस्थचित्तो वसेत्तत्र कृतकृत्य इवात्मवान् ॥५२॥

52. prīyamāṇā narā yatra prayaccheyurayācitāḥ ,
svasthacitto vasettatra kṛtakṛtya ivātmavān.

52. prīyamāṇāḥ narāḥ yatra prayaccheyuḥ ayācitāḥ
svasthacittaḥ vaset tatra kṛtakṛtyaḥ iva ātmavān

52. yatra prīyamāṇāḥ narāḥ ayācitāḥ prayaccheyuḥ,
tatra svasthacittaḥ ātmavān kṛtakṛtyaḥ iva vaset

52. One should reside with a calm mind in a place where people, being content, give things without being asked, feeling as fulfilled as one who is self-possessed (ātman) and has accomplished all duties.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीयमाणाः (prīyamāṇāḥ) - being pleased, happy, delighted

• नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• प्रयच्छेयुः (prayaccheyuḥ) - they would give, they should give

• अयाचिताः (ayācitāḥ) - unasked, unsolicited, unrequested

• स्वस्थचित्तः (svasthacittaḥ) - with a calm mind, composed, healthy-minded

• वसेत् (vaset) - one should reside, one should dwell

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• कृतकृत्यः (kṛtakṛtyaḥ) - one who has done what is to be done, fulfilled, accomplished

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, endowed with self (ātman), spiritual

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीयमाणाः (prīyamāṇāḥ) - being pleased, happy, delighted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prīyamāṇa

prīyamāṇa - being pleased, delighting, loving

Present Middle Participle

present middle participle (śānac) from root '√prī' (to please, love)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'narāḥ'.

नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of 'prayaccheyuḥ'.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

प्रयच्छेयुः (prayaccheyuḥ) - they would give, they should give

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prayacch

optative mood

3rd person plural optative active from prefix 'pra' + root '√yam' (to give, restrain), with 'yaccha' stem

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

अयाचिताः (ayācitāḥ) - unasked, unsolicited, unrequested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ayācita

ayācita - unasked, unsolicited, unrequested

Past Passive Participle (negative compound)

'a' (not) + 'yācita' (asked)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yācita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• yācita – asked, requested, begged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  past passive participle from root √yāc (to ask, beg)
  Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'narāḥ'.

स्वस्थचित्तः (svasthacittaḥ) - with a calm mind, composed, healthy-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svasthacitta

svasthacitta - having a healthy/calm mind, composed

Bahuvrihi compound: 'svastha' (self-abiding, healthy) + 'citta' (mind). 'whose mind is self-abiding/healthy'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svastha+citta)

• svastha – healthy, well, at ease, self-reliant
  adjective (masculine)
  compound of 'sva' (self) + 'stha' (standing)
• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  from root √cit (to perceive, observe)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'vaset'.

वसेत् (vaset) - one should reside, one should dwell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vas

optative mood

3rd person singular optative active from root '√vas' (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the country described.

कृतकृत्यः (kṛtakṛtyaḥ) - one who has done what is to be done, fulfilled, accomplished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtakṛtya

kṛtakṛtya - one who has done what needed to be done, accomplished, fulfilled

Bahuvrihi compound: 'kṛta' (done) + 'kṛtya' (to be done, duty), 'whose duty is done'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+kṛtya)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  past passive participle from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛtya – to be done, duty, action
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  gerundive from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'vaset'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - self-possessed, wise, endowed with self (ātman), spiritual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - possessing a soul, spiritual, wise, self-possessed

from 'ātman' (self) + 'vat' (possessing suffix)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject of 'vaset'.