महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-80, verse-9

श्रद्धामारभ्य यष्टव्यमित्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः ।
मिथ्योपेतस्य यज्ञस्य किमु श्रद्धा करिष्यति ॥९॥

9. śraddhāmārabhya yaṣṭavyamityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ ,
mithyopetasya yajñasya kimu śraddhā kariṣyati.

9. śraddhām ārabhya yaṣṭavyam iti eṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
mithyā upetasya yajñasya kim u śraddhā kariṣyati

9. eṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ iti śraddhām ārabhya yaṣṭavyam
kim u śraddhā mithyā upetasya yajñasya kariṣyati

9. One should commence a Vedic ritual (yajña) with faith (śraddhā) – this is the Vedic sacred text (śruti). What, then, can faith (śraddhā) achieve for a Vedic ritual (yajña) that is tainted by falsehood or wrongly performed?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रद्धाम् (śraddhām) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

• आरभ्य (ārabhya) - beginning with, starting with (having begun, starting, commencing)

• यष्टव्यम् (yaṣṭavyam) - should be performed (referring to a Vedic ritual) (to be sacrificed, should be performed (Vedic ritual))

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so, in this way, indicating a quotation)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to śrutiḥ) (this, this one (feminine))

• वैदिकी (vaidikī) - Vedic (Vedic, relating to the Vedas)

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic revelation (śruti), sacred text (revelation, sacred text, hearing, tradition (Vedic))

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly (falsely, wrongly, in vain, untrue)

• उपेतस्य (upetasya) - of that which is endowed with (falsehood), wrongly performed, tainted (of that which is endowed with, of that which has attained, of that which is accompanied by)

• यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the Vedic ritual (yajña) (of the Vedic ritual, of the offering)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, how?)

• उ (u) - then, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, then, an interjection)

• श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will accomplish, will achieve (will do, will make, will perform)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रद्धाम् (śraddhām) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, belief, reverence, sincerity

From śrat (heart, trust) + dhā (to place, put).

Root: dhā (class 3)

आरभ्य (ārabhya) - beginning with, starting with (having begun, starting, commencing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ā + rabh (to seize, to begin).

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

यष्टव्यम् (yaṣṭavyam) - should be performed (referring to a Vedic ritual) (to be sacrificed, should be performed (Vedic ritual))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yaṣṭavya

yaṣṭavya - to be worshipped, to be sacrificed, to be performed (a ritual)

Gerundive

From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice), with suffix -tavya.

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Predicate use for 'it is to be performed'.

इति (iti) - thus (introducing a quote) (thus, so, in this way, indicating a quotation)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एषा (eṣā) - this (referring to śrutiḥ) (this, this one (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

वैदिकी (vaidikī) - Vedic (Vedic, relating to the Vedas)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidikī

vaidikī - Vedic, belonging to the Vedas, scriptural

From Veda + ṭhak suffix.

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic revelation (śruti), sacred text (revelation, sacred text, hearing, tradition (Vedic))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - hearing, ear, sacred tradition, revelation, the Vedas

From root śru (to hear), with suffix -ti.

Root: śru (class 5)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly (falsely, wrongly, in vain, untrue)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

उपेतस्य (upetasya) - of that which is endowed with (falsehood), wrongly performed, tainted (of that which is endowed with, of that which has attained, of that which is accompanied by)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of upeta

upeta - gone to, approached, endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

Past Passive Participle

From upa + i (to go).

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to yajñasya.

यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the Vedic ritual (yajña) (of the Vedic ritual, of the offering)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, offering, worship, devotion

From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice), with suffix -na.

Root: yaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, how?)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which? why? how?

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

Note: Functions adverbially here as 'what' (effect).

उ (u) - then, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, then, an interjection)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, belief, reverence, sincerity

From śrat (heart, trust) + dhā (to place, put).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of kariṣyati.

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will accomplish, will achieve (will do, will make, will perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future active 3rd person singular

From root kṛ (to do, make), future tense.

Root: kṛ (class 8)