महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-5

येन वा लभते कीर्तिं येन वा लभते श्रियम् ।
यथा च वर्तन्पुरुषः श्रेयसा संप्रयुज्यते ॥५॥

5. yena vā labhate kīrtiṁ yena vā labhate śriyam ,
yathā ca vartanpuruṣaḥ śreyasā saṁprayujyate.

5. yena vā labhate kīrtim yena vā labhate śriyam
yathā ca vartan puruṣaḥ śreyasā saṃprayujyate

5. puruṣaḥ yena vā kīrtim labhate,
yena vā śriyam labhate,
ca yathā vartan,
śreyasā saṃprayujyate

5. By which one gains fame and by which one gains prosperity; the way a person conducts himself, he becomes associated with welfare.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which (means or conduct) (by which, by whom)

• वा (vā) - and (or, and, like)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains (obtains, gets, receives)

• कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame (fame, renown, glory)

• येन (yena) - by which (means or conduct) (by which, by whom)

• वा (vā) - and (or, and, like)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains (obtains, gets, receives)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory)

• यथा (yathā) - in the manner, how (as, how, in which way)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वर्तन् (vartan) - conducting oneself (behaving, existing, dwelling)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (man, person, male, cosmic person)

• श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - with welfare, with good fortune (with welfare, with good, with excellence)

• संप्रयुज्यते (saṁprayujyate) - is associated with (is joined, is connected, is associated with)

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which (means or conduct) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ya

ya - which, who, what

Note: Refers to the means or manner of behavior.

वा (vā) - and (or, and, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used conjunctively in this context.

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains (obtains, gets, receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of labh

present active

Root 'labh' (1st conjugation, Atmanepada)

Root: labh (class 1)

कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame (fame, renown, glory)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, renown, glory

Note: Object of 'labhate'.

येन (yena) - by which (means or conduct) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ya

ya - which, who, what

Note: Refers to the means or manner of behavior.

वा (vā) - and (or, and, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used conjunctively in this context.

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains (obtains, gets, receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of labh

present active

Root 'labh' (1st conjugation, Atmanepada)

Root: labh (class 1)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, beauty, glory

Note: Object of 'labhate'.

यथा (yathā) - in the manner, how (as, how, in which way)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses.

वर्तन् (vartan) - conducting oneself (behaving, existing, dwelling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vart

vart - to turn, to exist, to behave

present active participle

Root 'vṛt' (1st conjugation, Atmanepada) + śatṛ pratyaya. Masculine, nominative singular.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Describes the 'puruṣaḥ'.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (man, person, male, cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)

Note: Subject of 'saṃprayujyate'.

श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - with welfare, with good fortune (with welfare, with good, with excellence)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, excellence, superior

Note: Used in instrumental case to mean 'by means of' or 'with'.

संप्रयुज्यते (saṁprayujyate) - is associated with (is joined, is connected, is associated with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of saṃprayuj

present passive

Root 'yuj' (7th conjugation) with prefixes 'sam' and 'pra'. Atmanepada, 3rd person singular.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)