महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-8, verse-28

द्रोहाद्देवैरवाप्तानि दिवि स्थानानि सर्वशः ।
इति देवा व्यवसिता वेदवादाश्च शाश्वताः ॥२८॥

28. drohāddevairavāptāni divi sthānāni sarvaśaḥ ,
iti devā vyavasitā vedavādāśca śāśvatāḥ.

28. drohāt devaiḥ avāptāni divi sthānāni sarvaśaḥ
iti devāḥ vyavasitāḥ vedavādāḥ ca śāśvatāḥ

28. drohāt devaiḥ divi sthānāni sarvaśaḥ avāptāni.
iti devāḥ vyavasitāḥ ca vedavādāḥ śāśvatāḥ [santi].

28. Through hostility, the gods (deva) entirely acquired their stations in heaven. Thus are the gods themselves established, and the Vedic pronouncements are eternal.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोहात् (drohāt) - from injury, by hostility, through malice, due to antagonism

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods, by the deities

• अवाप्तानि (avāptāni) - obtained, gained, acquired

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

• स्थानानि (sthānāni) - places, positions, stations

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely, completely, in every way

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolved, determined, established, decided

• वेदवादाः (vedavādāḥ) - Vedic pronouncements, Vedic teachings, doctrines of the Vedas

• च (ca) - and, also

• शाश्वताः (śāśvatāḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोहात् (drohāt) - from injury, by hostility, through malice, due to antagonism

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of droha

droha - injury, mischief, malice, hostility, treachery

Derived from root druh (to injure, be hostile)

Root: druh (class 4)

Note: Indicates the cause or means.

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods, by the deities

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Agent in a passive construction ('avāptāni').

अवाप्तानि (avāptāni) - obtained, gained, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avāpta

avāpta - obtained, gained, acquired, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root āp (to obtain) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Indicates location.

स्थानानि (sthānāni) - places, positions, stations

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, station, abode, status

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'avāptāni'.

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely, completely, in every way

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicating distribution or manner

Note: Modifies 'avāptāni'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vyavasitāḥ'.

व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolved, determined, established, decided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyavasita

vyavasita - resolved, determined, established, decided, undertaken

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root so (to bind) with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Implies 'they are established' or 'they have decided'.

वेदवादाः (vedavādāḥ) - Vedic pronouncements, Vedic teachings, doctrines of the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedavāda

vedavāda - Vedic doctrine, pronouncements of the Vedas, arguments from the Vedas

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+vāda)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vāda – speech, doctrine, pronouncement, argument
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'devāḥ vyavasitāḥ' and 'vedavādāḥ śāśvatāḥ'.

शाश्वताः (śāśvatāḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

Root: śaśvat