महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-310, verse-7

तपोमूलमिदं सर्वं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डव ।
तदिन्द्रियाणि संयम्य तपो भवति नान्यथा ॥७॥

7. tapomūlamidaṁ sarvaṁ yanmāṁ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava ,
tadindriyāṇi saṁyamya tapo bhavati nānyathā.

7. tapomūlam idam sarvam yat mām pṛcchasi pāṇḍava |
tat indriyāṇi saṃyamya tapaḥ bhavati na anyathā

7. pāṇḍava yat mām pṛcchasi idam sarvam tapomūlam.
tat indriyāṇi saṃyamya tapaḥ bhavati na anyathā.

7. O Pāṇḍava, all that you are asking me has its origin in spiritual discipline (tapas). True spiritual discipline is achieved by controlling the senses, and not in any other way.

Words meanings summery:

• तपोमूलम् (tapomūlam) - having spiritual discipline as its root, rooted in austerity

• इदम् (idam) - all this (that you ask) (this, this one)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• माम् (mām) - me

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O descendant of Pāṇḍu

• तत् (tat) - therefore, for that reason (that, therefore)

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of sense

• संयम्य (saṁyamya) - having controlled, by controlling

• तपः (tapaḥ) - true spiritual discipline (spiritual discipline, austerity, penance)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

Words meanings and morphology

तपोमूलम् (tapomūlam) - having spiritual discipline as its root, rooted in austerity

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapomūla

tapomūla - rooted in spiritual discipline, having asceticism as its origin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+mūla)

• tapas – spiritual discipline, austerity, heat, penance
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as a predicate nominative.

इदम् (idam) - all this (that you ask) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Can also be accusative depending on the clause structure, here it is the subject of 'pṛcchasi' in a relative clause.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pṛcch

present stem from root praś/pṛcch

Root: praś (class 6)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O descendant of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu (e.g., Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva)

तत् (tat) - therefore, for that reason (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial particle.

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of sense

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, vital power

संयम्य (saṁyamya) - having controlled, by controlling

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

derived from root yam with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

तपः (tapaḥ) - true spiritual discipline (spiritual discipline, austerity, penance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - spiritual discipline, austerity, penance, heat

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

(indeclinable)