महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-80, verse-19

निबोध दशहोतॄणां विधानं पार्थ यादृशम् ।
चित्तिः स्रुक्चित्तमाज्यं च पवित्रं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ॥१९॥

19. nibodha daśahotṝṇāṁ vidhānaṁ pārtha yādṛśam ,
cittiḥ srukcittamājyaṁ ca pavitraṁ jñānamuttamam.

19. nibodha daśahotṝṇām vidhānam pārtha yādṛśam cittiḥ
sruk cittam ājyam ca pavitram jñānam uttamam

19. pārtha nibodha daśahotṝṇām vidhānam yādṛśam cittiḥ
sruk ca cittam ājyam ca uttamam jñānam pavitram

19. O Pārtha, understand the nature of the ritual of the ten officiating priests (daśahotṛs): consciousness (citti) is the sacrificial ladle, the mind (citta) is the clarified butter, and supreme knowledge (jñāna) is the purifier.

Words meanings summery:

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, know

• दशहोतॄणाम् (daśahotṝṇām) - of the ten hotṛs (priests)

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - procedure, ritual arrangement (arrangement, rule, method, ritual, creation)

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of the specific kind (as described next) (of what kind, such as, similar to what)

• चित्तिः (cittiḥ) - consciousness (as a faculty) (consciousness, understanding, thought, knowledge)

• स्रुक् (sruk) - sacrificial ladle, spoon

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (as faculty of thinking/feeling) (mind, thought, consciousness, heart)

• आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee, sacrificial butter

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifier, sacred, pure, holy

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best, highest

Words meanings and morphology

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nībudh

imperative active

From 'ni-' (prefix) + root 'budh' (to know, awaken).

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

दशहोतॄणाम् (daśahotṝṇām) - of the ten hotṛs (priests)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of daśahotṛ

daśahotṛ - a group of ten hotṛs (priests); a specific Vedic ritual involving ten priests

Compound of 'daśa' (ten) and 'hotṛ' (priest, offerer).

Compound type : dvigu-tatpuruṣa (daśa+hotṛ)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• hotṛ – priest, invoker, offerer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'hu' (to offer sacrifice) + 'tṛ' (agent suffix)
  Root: hu (class 3)

विधानम् (vidhānam) - procedure, ritual arrangement (arrangement, rule, method, ritual, creation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, rule, method, ritual, prescription, creation

action noun

From 'vi-' (prefix) + root 'dhā' (to place, put).

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'nibodha'.

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (vocative) (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet of Arjuna

From 'pṛthā' (Kuntī) + 'aṇ' (patronymic suffix).

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of the specific kind (as described next) (of what kind, such as, similar to what)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, like

From 'yad' (which) + 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

चित्तिः (cittiḥ) - consciousness (as a faculty) (consciousness, understanding, thought, knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citti

citti - consciousness (citti), understanding, thought, knowledge, true knowledge

action noun

From root 'cit' (to perceive, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

स्रुक् (sruk) - sacrificial ladle, spoon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sruc

sruc - sacrificial ladle, spoon

From root 'sṛj' (to offer, pour) + 'kvip' (suffix).

Root: sṛj (class 6)

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (as faculty of thinking/feeling) (mind, thought, consciousness, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind (citta), thought, consciousness, heart, intellect

From root 'cit' (to perceive, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee, sacrificial butter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājya

ājya - clarified butter, ghee (used in sacrifices)

From root 'aj' (to drive, propel, offer).

Root: aj (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifier, sacred, pure, holy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pavitra

pavitra - purifier, filter; pure, sacred, holy

From root 'pū' (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge (jñāna), wisdom, spiritual knowledge

action noun

From root 'jñā' (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - supreme, excellent, best, highest, principal

Superlative of 'ud' (up) or 'ut' (upwards).