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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-292, verse-19

विविधानि च कृच्छ्राणि सेवते सुखकाङ्क्षया ।
चान्द्रायणानि विधिवल्लिङ्गानि विविधानि च ॥१९॥
19. vividhāni ca kṛcchrāṇi sevate sukhakāṅkṣayā ,
cāndrāyaṇāni vidhivalliṅgāni vividhāni ca.
19. vividhāni ca kṛcchrāṇi sevate sukha-kāṅkṣayā
cāndrāyaṇāni vidhivat liṅgāni vividhāni ca
19. sukha-kāṅkṣayā vividhāni kṛcchrāṇi ca,
vidhivat cāndrāyaṇāni vividhāni liṅgāni ca sevate
19. With a desire for happiness, he practices various severe austerities and, according to rule, performs various Chandrayana vows and diverse observances.

Words meanings summery:

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  • विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
  • (ca) - and, also
  • कृच्छ्राणि (kṛcchrāṇi) - austerities, hardships, penances
  • सेवते (sevate) - (he/she/it) practices, performs, serves, attends
  • सुख-काङ्क्षया (sukha-kāṅkṣayā) - with a desire for happiness/pleasure
  • चान्द्रायणानि (cāndrāyaṇāni) - Chandrayana vows (a specific ascetic practice)
  • विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, ritually, as prescribed
  • लिङ्गानि (liṅgāni) - signs, characteristics, symbols, observances
  • विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
  • (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
(adjective)
neuter, plural of vividha
vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
कृच्छ्राणि (kṛcchrāṇi) - austerities, hardships, penances
(noun)
neuter, plural of kṛcchra
kṛcchra - hardship, difficulty, pain, penance, austerity
सेवते (sevate) - (he/she/it) practices, performs, serves, attends
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sev
Root: sev (class 1)
Note: Atmanepada verb
सुख-काङ्क्षया (sukha-kāṅkṣayā) - with a desire for happiness/pleasure
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of sukha-kāṅkṣā
sukha-kāṅkṣā - desire for happiness/pleasure
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+kāṅkṣā)
  • sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort
    noun (neuter)
  • kāṅkṣā – desire, longing, wish
    noun (feminine)
    derived from verb kāṅkṣ
    root + ā suffix
    Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)
चान्द्रायणानि (cāndrāyaṇāni) - Chandrayana vows (a specific ascetic practice)
(noun)
neuter, plural of cāndrāyaṇa
cāndrāyaṇa - a religious observance or penance, regulated by the moon's age (eating according to lunar phases)
विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, ritually, as prescribed
(indeclinable)
-vat suffix for similarity/manner
लिङ्गानि (liṅgāni) - signs, characteristics, symbols, observances
(noun)
neuter, plural of liṅga
liṅga - mark, sign, characteristic, symbol, gender (grammatical), phallus (as symbol of Shiva)
विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold
(adjective)
neuter, plural of vividha
vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)