महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-6

आचाराल्लभते ह्यायुराचाराल्लभते श्रियम् ।
आचारात्कीर्तिमाप्नोति पुरुषः प्रेत्य चेह च ॥६॥

6. ācārāllabhate hyāyurācārāllabhate śriyam ,
ācārātkīrtimāpnoti puruṣaḥ pretya ceha ca.

6. ācārāt labhate hi āyuḥ ācārāt labhate śriyam
ācārāt kīrtim āpnoti puruṣaḥ pretya ca iha ca

6. puruṣaḥ ācārāt hi āyuḥ labhate,
ācārāt śriyam labhate,
ācārāt ca pretya iha ca kīrtim āpnoti

6. Through proper conduct (ācāra), one obtains longevity, and through proper conduct, one obtains prosperity. A person attains fame through proper conduct both after death and in this world.

Words meanings summery:

• आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - longevity (life, longevity, duration of life)

• आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

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

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

• आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

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

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

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

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, in the next world (after dying, having departed, in the next world)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - custom, conduct, good behavior, tradition

From prefix 'ā' + root 'car' (to move, to behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the source or cause.

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)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

आयुः (āyuḥ) - longevity (life, longevity, duration of life)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, longevity, duration of life

Note: Object of 'labhate'.

आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - custom, conduct, good behavior, tradition

From prefix 'ā' + root 'car' (to move, to behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the source or cause.

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'.

आचारात् (ācārāt) - from proper conduct (from good conduct, from tradition, from customary law)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - custom, conduct, good behavior, tradition

From prefix 'ā' + root 'car' (to move, to behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the source or cause.

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

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, renown, glory

Note: Object of 'āpnoti'.

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

(verb)

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

present active

Root 'āp' (5th conjugation, Parasmaipada), 3rd person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

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 'āpnoti'.

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, in the next world (after dying, having departed, in the next world)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From prefix 'pra' + root 'i' (to go) + suffix '-tya'

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Indicates the time frame 'after death'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'pretya' and 'iha'.

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates location in this world.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'pretya' and 'iha'.