महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-306, verse-2

यथार्षेणेह विधिना चरतावमतेन ह ।
मयादित्यादवाप्तानि यजूंषि मिथिलाधिप ॥२॥

2. yathārṣeṇeha vidhinā caratāvamatena ha ,
mayādityādavāptāni yajūṁṣi mithilādhipa.

2. yathā ṛṣeṇa iha vidhinā caratā avamatena ha
mayā ādityāt avāptāni yajūṃṣi mithilādhipa

2. mithilādhipa,
ha,
mayā iha ṛṣeṇa vidhinā caratā avamatena ādityāt yajūṃṣi avāptāni

2. O ruler of Mithila (mithilādhipa), indeed, it was by me, behaving here according to the prescribed method (vidhi) like a sage (ṛṣi), yet underestimated, that the Yajus mantras (yajūṃṣi) were obtained from Aditya (the Sun-god).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• ऋषेण (ṛṣeṇa) - by a sage

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• विधिना (vidhinā) - by the rule, by the prescribed method

• चरता (caratā) - by acting, by behaving

• अवमतेन (avamatena) - by the despised one, by the underestimated one

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• आदित्यात् (ādityāt) - from Aditya (the Sun-god)

• अवाप्तानि (avāptāni) - obtained, acquired

• यजूंषि (yajūṁṣi) - Yajus mantras, Vedic ritual formulas

• मिथिलाधिप (mithilādhipa) - O lord of Mithila, O king of Mithila

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

ऋषेण (ṛṣeṇa) - by a sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

विधिना (vidhinā) - by the rule, by the prescribed method

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, ordinance, injunction; fate, destiny

From root dhā with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

चरता (caratā) - by acting, by behaving

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, behaving, acting, performing

Present Active Participle

From root car 'to move, behave'

Root: car (class 1)

अवमतेन (avamatena) - by the despised one, by the underestimated one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avamata

avamata - despised, disregarded, underestimated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I

आदित्यात् (ādityāt) - from Aditya (the Sun-god)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - son of Aditi; a class of deities, especially the Sun-god

अवाप्तानि (avāptāni) - obtained, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avāpta

avāpta - obtained, acquired, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

यजूंषि (yajūṁṣi) - Yajus mantras, Vedic ritual formulas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yajus

yajus - Vedic ritual formula, a prose mantra of the Yajurveda

From root yaj 'to worship, perform Vedic ritual'

Root: yaj (class 1)

मिथिलाधिप (mithilādhipa) - O lord of Mithila, O king of Mithila

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mithilādhipa

mithilādhipa - lord of Mithila, king of Mithila

Compound of 'mithilā' (Mithila) and 'adhipa' (lord)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mithilā+adhipa)

• mithilā – Mithila (ancient city and kingdom)
  proper noun (feminine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)