महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-7

हंस उवाच ।
इदं कार्यममृताशाः शृणोमि तपो दमः सत्यमात्माभिगुप्तिः ।
ग्रन्थीन्विमुच्य हृदयस्य सर्वान्प्रियाप्रिये स्वं वशमानयीत ॥७॥

7. haṁsa uvāca ,
idaṁ kāryamamṛtāśāḥ śṛṇomi; tapo damaḥ satyamātmābhiguptiḥ ,
granthīnvimucya hṛdayasya sarvā;npriyāpriye svaṁ vaśamānayīta.

7. haṃsaḥ uvāca idam kāryam amṛtāśāḥ
śṛṇomi tapaḥ damaḥ satyam ātmābhiguptiḥ
granthīn vimucya hṛdayasya
sarvān priyāpriye svam vaśam ānayīta

7. haṃsaḥ uvāca he amṛtāśāḥ idam kāryam
śṛṇomi tapaḥ damaḥ satyam ātmābhiguptiḥ
(astīti) hṛdayasya sarvān granthīn
vimucya priyāpriye svam vaśam ānayīta

7. The Swan said: "O seekers of immortality, I convey this course of action: ascetic discipline (tapas), self-control, truthfulness, and guarding one's own self (ātman-abhigupti). Having loosened all the knots of the heart, one should bring both likes and dislikes under one's own control."

Words meanings summery:

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - The Swan.

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke.

• इदम् (idam) - this.

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, course of action, duty.

• अमृताशाः (amṛtāśāḥ) - O seekers of immortality.

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I convey, I declare (what I know/have heard).

• तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic discipline (tapas), austerity.

• दमः (damaḥ) - self-restraint, control.

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truthfulness.

• आत्माभिगुप्तिः (ātmābhiguptiḥ) - self-protection, guarding one's own self (ātman).

• ग्रन्थीन् (granthīn) - knots of the heart (figurative for attachments or impediments) (knots, ties.)

• विमुच्य (vimucya) - having loosened, having released.

• हृदयस्य (hṛdayasya) - of the heart.

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all.

• प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things, likes and dislikes.

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own.

• वशम् (vaśam) - control, power.

• आनयीत (ānayīta) - one should bring, one should lead.

Words meanings and morphology

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - The Swan.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a particular class of ascetics

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense (Lit), Active Voice

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this.

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, course of action, duty.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action

Gerundive

formed from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अमृताशाः (amṛtāśāḥ) - O seekers of immortality.

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of amṛtāśā

amṛtāśā - hope for immortality, seeker of immortality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+āśā)

• amṛta – immortal, immortality, nectar
  noun (neuter)
• āśā – hope, desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: aś (class 5)

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I convey, I declare (what I know/have heard).

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of śru

Active Voice, Present Tense

Root: śru (class 5)

तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic discipline (tapas), austerity.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, austerity, penance

दमः (damaḥ) - self-restraint, control.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dama

dama - self-restraint, self-control, subduing

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truthfulness.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, truthful, real

आत्माभिगुप्तिः (ātmābhiguptiḥ) - self-protection, guarding one's own self (ātman).

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātmābhigupti

ātmābhigupti - self-protection, guarding of the self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+abhigupti)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• abhigupti – protection, guarding, concealment
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root gup (to protect/conceal) with prefix abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: gup (class 1)

ग्रन्थीन् (granthīn) - knots of the heart (figurative for attachments or impediments) (knots, ties.)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of granthi

granthi - knot, tie, impediment

विमुच्य (vimucya) - having loosened, having released.

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root muc (to release) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

हृदयस्य (hṛdayasya) - of the heart.

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all.

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - pleasant and unpleasant things, likes and dislikes.

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of priyāpriya

priyāpriya - pleasant and unpleasant things, likes and dislikes

Compound type : dvaṃdva (priya+apriya)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable
  adjective (neuter)
• apriya – unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked
  adjective (neuter)
  negated form of priya
  Prefix: a

स्वम् (svam) - one's own.

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

वशम् (vaśam) - control, power.

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control, authority

आनयीत (ānayīta) - one should bring, one should lead.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of nī

Middle Voice, Optative Mood

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)