महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-290, verse-34

विज्ञायाहितमात्मानं योगांश्च विविधान्नृप ।
तामसानां च जन्तूनां रमणीयावृतात्मनाम् ॥३४॥

34. vijñāyāhitamātmānaṁ yogāṁśca vividhānnṛpa ,
tāmasānāṁ ca jantūnāṁ ramaṇīyāvṛtātmanām.

34. vijñāya āhitam ātmānam yogān ca vividhān nṛpa
tāmasānām ca jantūnām ramaṇīyāvṛtātmanām

34. nṛpa vijñāya āhitam ātmānam vividhān yogān
ca tāmasānām ramaṇīyāvṛtātmanām jantūnām ca

34. O king, having understood what is beneficial for the self (ātman) and various spiritual disciplines (yoga), as well as (the state) of Tamasic beings whose inner selves (ātman) are enveloped by worldly pleasures.

Words meanings summery:

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood

• आहितम् (āhitam) - what is beneficial (beneficial, placed, well-disposed)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the individual self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

• योगान् (yogān) - various spiritual disciplines (yoga) (spiritual disciplines, practices, unions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

• तामसानाम् (tāmasānām) - of the Tamasic beings (of the Tamasic ones, of those characterized by Tamas)

• च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

• जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures)

• रमणीयावृतात्मनाम् (ramaṇīyāvṛtātmanām) - whose inner selves (ātman) are enveloped by worldly pleasures (whose selves are covered by delights/pleasures)

Words meanings and morphology

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From root √jñā (to know) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

आहितम् (āhitam) - what is beneficial (beneficial, placed, well-disposed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āhita

āhita - placed, deposited, beneficial, well-disposed

Past Passive Participle

From root √dhā (to place) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with an implied object, or takes a neuter accusative meaning 'what is beneficial'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the individual self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

योगान् (yogān) - various spiritual disciplines (yoga) (spiritual disciplines, practices, unions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yoga

yoga - spiritual discipline, union, method, practice, concentration

From root √yuj (to join, unite).

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

From vi- + vidha (kind, sort).

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

From nṛ (man) + √pā (to protect).

Root: pā (class 2)

तामसानाम् (tāmasānām) - of the Tamasic beings (of the Tamasic ones, of those characterized by Tamas)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tāmasa

tāmasa - dark, ignorant, dull, characterized by Tamas (one of the three guṇas)

Derived from tamas (darkness, ignorance).

Note: Qualifies `jantūnām`.

च (ca) - as well as (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - creature, being, living being

From root √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

रमणीयावृतात्मनाम् (ramaṇīyāvṛtātmanām) - whose inner selves (ātman) are enveloped by worldly pleasures (whose selves are covered by delights/pleasures)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ramaṇīyāvṛtātman

ramaṇīyāvṛtātman - whose self is covered by pleasures

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ramaṇīya+āvṛta+ātman)

• ramaṇīya – charming, pleasant, delightful, enjoyable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root √ram (to delight).
  Root: ram (class 1)
• āvṛta – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `jantūnām`.