महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-42

नायकं वा प्रमाणं वा यो वा स्यात्तत्र पूजितः ।
जीवग्राहं निगृह्णाति तस्य लोका यथा मम ॥४२॥

42. nāyakaṁ vā pramāṇaṁ vā yo vā syāttatra pūjitaḥ ,
jīvagrāhaṁ nigṛhṇāti tasya lokā yathā mama.

42. nāyakam vā pramāṇam vā yaḥ vā syāt tatra pūjitaḥ
jīvagrāham nigṛhṇāti tasya lokāḥ yathā mama

42. yaḥ vā nāyakam vā pramāṇam vā tatra pūjitaḥ syāt,
(saḥ) jīvagrāham nigṛhṇāti,
tasya lokāḥ mama yathā (bhavanti)

42. Whoever captures alive the leader, or the one in authority, or whoever is honored there, his worlds (lokāḥ) will be like mine.

Words meanings summery:

• नायकम् (nāyakam) - leader, chief, commander

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, standard, proof

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored, worshipped, respected

• जीवग्राहम् (jīvagrāham) - by taking alive, having seized alive, captive

• निगृह्णाति (nigṛhṇāti) - seizes, captures, restrains

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

नायकम् (nāyakam) - leader, chief, commander

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāyaka

nāyaka - leader, guide, chief, commander

Root: nī

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, standard, proof

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, authority, proof, true knowledge

Prefix: pra

Root: mā

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored, worshipped, respected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjita

pūjita - honored, worshipped, respected

Past Passive Participle

Root: pūj (class 10)

जीवग्राहम् (jīvagrāham) - by taking alive, having seized alive, captive

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvagrāha

jīvagrāha - taking alive, capturing alive

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jīva+grāha)

• jīva – living, alive, life, soul (jīva)
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jīv
• grāha – seizing, grasping, capturing, crocodile
  noun (masculine)
  Root: grah

निगृह्णाति (nigṛhṇāti) - seizes, captures, restrains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ni-grah

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we