महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-80, verse-7

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
यदिदं वेदवचनं दक्षिणासु विधीयते ।
इदं देयमिदं देयं न क्वचिद्व्यवतिष्ठते ॥७॥

7. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
yadidaṁ vedavacanaṁ dakṣiṇāsu vidhīyate ,
idaṁ deyamidaṁ deyaṁ na kvacidvyavatiṣṭhate.

7. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca yat idam vedavacanam dakṣiṇāsu
vidhīyate idam deyam idam deyam na kvacit vyavatiṣṭhate

7. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca yat idam vedavacanam dakṣiṇāsu
vidhīyate idam deyam idam deyam na kvacit vyavatiṣṭhate

7. Yudhishthira said: "This Vedic injunction concerning the sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇās), which states 'this should be given, this should be given,' is nowhere definitively established."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - which, that, if, whatever

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वेदवचनम् (vedavacanam) - a Vedic injunction, a statement from the Vedas

• दक्षिणासु (dakṣiṇāsu) - in connection with sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā), concerning gifts

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is ordained, is enjoined

• इदम् (idam) - this (thing/amount)

• देयम् (deyam) - to be given, should be given, a gift

• इदम् (idam) - this (thing/amount)

• देयम् (deyam) - to be given, should be given, a gift

• न (na) - not

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - nowhere (due to 'na') (anywhere, sometimes, never (with negation))

• व्यवतिष्ठते (vyavatiṣṭhate) - is definitively established (is established, stands firm, exists)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle, Yudhishthira (eldest of the Pandavas)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that, if, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, if

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'vedavacanam'

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'vedavacanam'

वेदवचनम् (vedavacanam) - a Vedic injunction, a statement from the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedavacana

vedavacana - a Vedic text, a scriptural statement

Compound type : Tatpurusha (veda+vacana)

• veda – Veda (sacred texts), sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vacana – saying, speaking, word, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vac
  Root: vac (class 2)

दक्षिणासु (dakṣiṇāsu) - in connection with sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā), concerning gifts

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - sacrificial fee, gift, donation, right (side), south

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is ordained, is enjoined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vidhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

इदम् (idam) - this (thing/amount)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

देयम् (deyam) - to be given, should be given, a gift

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deya

deya - to be given, fit to be given, a gift

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Root: dā (class 3)

इदम् (idam) - this (thing/amount)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

देयम् (deyam) - to be given, should be given, a gift

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deya

deya - to be given, fit to be given, a gift

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - nowhere (due to 'na') (anywhere, sometimes, never (with negation))

(indeclinable)

व्यवतिष्ठते (vyavatiṣṭhate) - is definitively established (is established, stands firm, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vyava-sthā

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)