महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-28

चत्वारि यस्य द्वाराणि सुगुप्तान्यमरोत्तमाः ।
उपस्थमुदरं हस्तौ वाक्चतुर्थी स धर्मवित् ॥२८॥

28. catvāri yasya dvārāṇi suguptānyamarottamāḥ ,
upasthamudaraṁ hastau vākcaturthī sa dharmavit.

28. catvāri yasya dvārāṇi suguptāni amara uttamāḥ
upastham udaram hastau vāk caturthī saḥ dharmavit

28. amara uttamāḥ,
yasya catvāri dvārāṇi upastham udaram hastau vāk caturthī suguptāni,
saḥ dharmavit [bhavati]

28. O best among immortals, he whose four gates—the genitals, the belly, the two hands, and speech as the fourth—are well-controlled, he is a knower of natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• चत्वारि (catvāri) - four

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - gates, doors

• सुगुप्तानि (suguptāni) - well-controlled (well-protected, well-guarded)

• अमर (amara) - gods (immortal, god)

• उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - O best (among gods) (best, highest)

• उपस्थम् (upastham) - genitals (genitals, lap)

• उदरम् (udaram) - belly, abdomen

• हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

• वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, voice)

• चतुर्थी (caturthī) - as the fourth (fourth)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of natural law, knower of righteousness)

Words meanings and morphology

चत्वारि (catvāri) - four

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of catur

catur - four

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - gates, doors

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dvāra

dvāra - door, gate, opening, entrance

सुगुप्तानि (suguptāni) - well-controlled (well-protected, well-guarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sugupta

sugupta - well-protected, carefully guarded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix 'su-' (well) and root 'gup' (to protect) +kta suffix.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+gupta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• gupta – protected, hidden, secret
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gup' (to protect) with the past passive participle suffix -kta.
  Root: gup (class 1)

अमर (amara) - gods (immortal, god)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god, deity

Negative prefix 'a-' with 'mara' (mortal).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - O best (among gods) (best, highest)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - best, highest, supreme, excellent

Superlative form of 'ud' (up).

Note: Used here in vocative case, modifying 'amara'.

उपस्थम् (upastham) - genitals (genitals, lap)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upastha

upastha - lap, private parts, genitals, proximity

From 'upa' (near) + 'sthā' (to stand).

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

उदरम् (udaram) - belly, abdomen

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, abdomen, stomach

हस्तौ (hastau) - two hands

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hasta

hasta - hand, arm

वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, voice)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Root: vac (class 2)

चतुर्थी (caturthī) - as the fourth (fourth)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

Derived from 'catur' (four) with ordinal suffix.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मवित् (dharmavit) - knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of natural law, knower of righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmavid

dharmavid - knower of dharma, righteous, virtuous

Compound formed from 'dharma' and 'vid' (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+vid)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vid – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'vid' (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)