महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-341, verse-6

ततः स धर्मं वेदोक्तं यथाशास्त्रोक्तमेव च ।
शिष्टाचीर्णं च धर्मं च त्रिविधं चिन्त्य चेतसा ॥६॥

6. tataḥ sa dharmaṁ vedoktaṁ yathāśāstroktameva ca ,
śiṣṭācīrṇaṁ ca dharmaṁ ca trividhaṁ cintya cetasā.

6. tataḥ sa dharmam veda-uktam yathā-śāstra-uktam eva ca
śiṣṭa-ācīrṇam ca dharmam ca tri-vidham cintya cetasā

6. Then, having pondered with his mind upon the threefold natural law (dharma) — that which is declared in the Vedas, that which is stated in the scriptures, and that which is practiced by the virtuous —

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

• स (sa) - he (he, that)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) ((dharma), duty, righteousness, law)

• वेद-उक्तम् (veda-uktam) - declared in the Vedas (declared in the Vedas, stated by the Vedas)

• यथा-शास्त्र-उक्तम् (yathā-śāstra-uktam) - as stated in the scriptures (as declared in the scriptures, according to scripture)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शिष्ट-आचीर्णम् (śiṣṭa-ācīrṇam) - practiced by the virtuous (practiced by the virtuous, conducted by the learned)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) ((dharma), duty, righteousness, law)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• त्रि-विधम् (tri-vidham) - threefold (threefold, of three kinds)

• चिन्त्य (cintya) - having pondered (having thought, having pondered, having considered)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - with his mind (by the mind, with the intellect, with thought)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, from that, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

From tad + tasil.

स (sa) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) ((dharma), duty, righteousness, law)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, moral merit, intrinsic nature

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cintya'.

वेद-उक्तम् (veda-uktam) - declared in the Vedas (declared in the Vedas, stated by the Vedas)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vedokta

vedokta - declared in the Vedas, Vedic

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+ukta)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam' (neuter form here implies 'the [thing] that is dharma').

यथा-शास्त्र-उक्तम् (yathā-śāstra-uktam) - as stated in the scriptures (as declared in the scriptures, according to scripture)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathāśāstrokta

yathāśāstrokta - as declared in the scriptures, according to scripture

Compound.

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (yathā+śāstra+ukta)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शिष्ट-आचीर्णम् (śiṣṭa-ācīrṇam) - practiced by the virtuous (practiced by the virtuous, conducted by the learned)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiṣṭācīrṇa

śiṣṭācīrṇa - practiced by the virtuous, conducted by the learned

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiṣṭa+ācīrṇa)

• śiṣṭa – learned, virtuous, disciplined
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śiṣ (to discipline, teach).
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)
• ācīrṇa – practiced, observed, conducted
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root car (to move, act) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) ((dharma), duty, righteousness, law)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, moral merit, intrinsic nature

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cintya'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

त्रि-विधम् (tri-vidham) - threefold (threefold, of three kinds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trividha

trividha - threefold, of three kinds

Compound.

Compound type : dvigu (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, way
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.

चिन्त्य (cintya) - having pondered (having thought, having pondered, having considered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (lyap)

From root cint (causative of cit) + lyap suffix.

Root: cit (class 10)

चेतसा (cetasā) - with his mind (by the mind, with the intellect, with thought)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

s-stem neuter noun.

Root: cit (class 1)