महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-41, verse-15

यान्यानमन्यद्योग्यांश्च येषु येष्विह कर्मसु ।
तांस्तांस्तेष्वेव युयुजे प्रीयमाणो महीपतिः ॥१५॥

15. yānyānamanyadyogyāṁśca yeṣu yeṣviha karmasu ,
tāṁstāṁsteṣveva yuyuje prīyamāṇo mahīpatiḥ.

15. yān yān amanyat yogyān ca yeṣu yeṣu iha karmasu
tān tān teṣu eva yuyuje prīyamāṇaḥ mahīpatiḥ

15. mahīpatiḥ prīyamāṇaḥ iha yeṣu yeṣu karmasu yān
yān yogyān ca amanyat tān tān eva teṣu yuyuje

15. Being pleased, the king (mahīpati) appointed whomever he deemed suitable for various tasks, to those very tasks, here.

Words meanings summery:

• यान् (yān) - those individuals whom (whom, which)

• यान् (yān) - those individuals whom (whom, which)

• अमन्यत् (amanyat) - he thought, he considered

• योग्यान् (yogyān) - suitable, capable, fit

• च (ca) - and

• येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (specific) (in which)

• येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (specific) (in which)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in actions, in tasks (karma)

• तान् (tān) - those individuals (them)

• तान् (tān) - those individuals (them)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those specific tasks (in those)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• युयुजे (yuyuje) - he engaged, he appointed

• प्रीयमाणः (prīyamāṇaḥ) - being pleased, delighting

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - Yudhishthira (king, lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

यान् (yān) - those individuals whom (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

यान् (yān) - those individuals whom (whom, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

अमन्यत् (amanyat) - he thought, he considered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of man

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, Parasmaipada (root from class 4 or 8)

Root: man (class 4)

योग्यान् (yogyān) - suitable, capable, fit

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yogya

yogya - suitable, fit, capable, proper

Gerundive

derived from root 'yuj'

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'yān yān'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (specific) (in which)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Agrees with 'karmasu'.

येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (specific) (in which)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Agrees with 'karmasu'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in actions, in tasks (karma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, duty, ritual (karma)

derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तान् (tān) - those individuals (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yān yān'.

तान् (tān) - those individuals (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Corresponds to 'yān yān'.

तेषु (teṣu) - in those specific tasks (in those)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Agrees with 'karmasu'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

युयुजे (yuyuje) - he engaged, he appointed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (Lit) of yuj

Perfect Middle

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, Atmanepada

Root: yuj (class 7)

प्रीयमाणः (prīyamāṇaḥ) - being pleased, delighting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīyamāṇa

prīyamāṇa - being pleased, delighting, loving

Present Middle Participle

derived from root 'prī' (to please)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'mahīpatiḥ'.

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - Yudhishthira (king, lord of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

compound 'mahī' (earth) + 'pati' (lord)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Yudhishthira.