महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-10, verse-29

यथोपदिष्टं मेधावी दर्भादींस्तान्यथातथम् ।
हव्यकव्यविधिं कृत्स्नमुक्तं तेन तपस्विना ॥२९॥

29. yathopadiṣṭaṁ medhāvī darbhādīṁstānyathātatham ,
havyakavyavidhiṁ kṛtsnamuktaṁ tena tapasvinā.

29. yathā upadiṣṭam medhāvī darbhādīn tān yathātatham
havya-kavya-vidhim kṛtsnam uktam tena tapasvinā

29. medhāvī tena tapasvinā yathā uktam darbhādīn tān
kṛtsnam havya-kavya-vidhim yathātatham upadiṣṭam

29. The intelligent person precisely followed the entire procedure for offerings to the gods and ancestors, including sacred grass and other items, just as it was thoroughly instructed by that ascetic.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner that

• उपदिष्टम् (upadiṣṭam) - instructed (the procedure) (instructed, taught, advised)

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - the intelligent person (intelligent, wise, discerning)

• दर्भादीन् (darbhādīn) - items like sacred grass (darbha) (darbha and others, beginning with darbha)

• तान् (tān) - those (items) (those, them)

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - precisely, exactly, truly, accurately

• हव्य-कव्य-विधिम् (havya-kavya-vidhim) - the entire procedure for offerings to the gods and ancestors (the ritual procedure for offerings to gods and ancestors)

• कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - the entire (procedure) (entire, whole, complete)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - as (thoroughly) spoken/instructed (said, spoken, told)

• तेन (tena) - by that (ascetic) (by him, by that)

• तपस्विना (tapasvinā) - by that ascetic (by the ascetic, by the devotee)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

उपदिष्टम् (upadiṣṭam) - instructed (the procedure) (instructed, taught, advised)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upadiṣṭa

upadiṣṭa - instructed, taught, advised

Past Passive Participle

from root √diś with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Modifies havya-kavya-vidhim, implicitly used adverbially as 'as instructed'

मेधावी (medhāvī) - the intelligent person (intelligent, wise, discerning)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise, discerning, clever

from medhā (intellect) + -vin (possessive suffix)

Note: Subject of the implied verb

दर्भादीन् (darbhādīn) - items like sacred grass (darbha) (darbha and others, beginning with darbha)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of darbhādi

darbhādi - darbha and others

Compound (dvandva or tatpurusha) - darbha (sacred grass) + ādi (beginning, etc.)

Compound type : tatpurusha (darbha+ādi)

• darbha – sacred grass (Poa cynosuroides)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, etc.
  noun (masculine)

तान् (tān) - those (items) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to darbhādīn

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - precisely, exactly, truly, accurately

(indeclinable)

from yathā (as) + tathā (so) + -m (adverbial suffix)

हव्य-कव्य-विधिम् (havya-kavya-vidhim) - the entire procedure for offerings to the gods and ancestors (the ritual procedure for offerings to gods and ancestors)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of havya-kavya-vidhi

havya-kavya-vidhi - procedure for havya and kavya

Compound of havya (offering to gods) + kavya (offering to ancestors) + vidhi (rule/procedure)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (havya+kavya+vidhi)

• havya – offering to gods
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from √hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• kavya – offering to ancestors
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from √ku (to sound, to praise) or related to kavi (poet/sage) for ancestors
• vidhi – rule, method, procedure, ordinance
  noun (masculine)
  from √dhā with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of the implied verb

कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - the entire (procedure) (entire, whole, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all

Note: Modifies havya-kavya-vidhim

उक्तम् (uktam) - as (thoroughly) spoken/instructed (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

from √vac (to speak), irregular participle

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Often used adverbially or as a part of a larger construction like 'yathoktam'

तेन (tena) - by that (ascetic) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

तपस्विना (tapasvinā) - by that ascetic (by the ascetic, by the devotee)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, one performing austerities

from tapas (austerity) + -vin (possessive suffix)

Note: Agent of the instruction (uktam)