महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-2

प्रवृत्तौ च निवृत्तौ च यो यथा परिकल्पितः ।
स तथा नः श्रुतो ब्रह्मन्कथ्यमानस्त्वयानघ ॥२॥

2. pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca yo yathā parikalpitaḥ ,
sa tathā naḥ śruto brahmankathyamānastvayānagha.

2. pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca yaḥ yathā parikalpitaḥ saḥ
tathā naḥ śrutaḥ brahman kathyāmānaḥ tvayā anagha

2. anagha brahman,
tvayā kathyāmānaḥ,
yaḥ pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca yathā parikalpitaḥ,
saḥ tathā naḥ śrutaḥ.

2. O sinless one (anagha), O (brahman), as you narrate, we have heard in that very manner about him who is conceived in various ways, concerning both activity (pravṛtti) and cessation (nivṛtti).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तौ (pravṛttau) - in activity/manifestation (in activity, in engagement, in manifestation)

• च (ca) - and, also

• निवृत्तौ (nivṛttau) - in cessation/dissolution (in cessation, in disengagement, in dissolution)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, whoever)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, in what manner, in whatever way)

• परिकल्पितः (parikalpitaḥ) - conceived (conceived, arranged, imagined, decided)

• सः (saḥ) - that one (he) (he, that one)

• तथा (tathā) - in that very manner (thus, in that manner, so)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (by us (dative/genitive/instrumental plural of asmad))

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard (heard, listened to, renowned)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O (brahman) (addressing the narrator, referring to Brahma or a revered sage) (O brahmin, O (brahman), O holy one)

• कथ्यामानः (kathyāmānaḥ) - as it is being narrated (being narrated, being told)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (O sinless one, O faultless one)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तौ (pravṛttau) - in activity/manifestation (in activity, in engagement, in manifestation)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, manifestation, engagement, continuance, tendency

Derived from root vṛt- with prefix pra- and suffix -ti

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निवृत्तौ (nivṛttau) - in cessation/dissolution (in cessation, in disengagement, in dissolution)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, retirement, inactivity, dissolution, turning back

Derived from root vṛt- with prefix ni- and suffix -ti

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, in what manner, in whatever way)

(indeclinable)

परिकल्पितः (parikalpitaḥ) - conceived (conceived, arranged, imagined, decided)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parikalpita

parikalpita - conceived, prepared, imagined, arranged, determined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kḷp- with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 10)

सः (saḥ) - that one (he) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - in that very manner (thus, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - by us (by us (dative/genitive/instrumental plural of asmad))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used in the sense of 'by us' with the passive participle 'śrutaḥ'.

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard (heard, listened to, renowned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru-

Root: śru (class 5)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O (brahman) (addressing the narrator, referring to Brahma or a revered sage) (O brahmin, O (brahman), O holy one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - (m) A priest, a religious person, Brahma (the creator god); (n) The Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda

कथ्यामानः (kathyāmānaḥ) - as it is being narrated (being narrated, being told)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathyāmāna

kathyāmāna - being narrated, being told, being spoken

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root kath- with 'yamāna' suffix for present passive participle

Root: kath (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (O sinless one, O faultless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent

A-type compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' (not) and 'agha' (sin)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• agha – sin, evil, fault, distress
  noun (neuter)