महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-132, verse-3

केन शीलेन वा देव कर्मणा कीदृशेन वा ।
समाचारैर्गुणैर्वाक्यैः स्वर्गं यान्तीह मानवाः ॥३॥

3. kena śīlena vā deva karmaṇā kīdṛśena vā ,
samācārairguṇairvākyaiḥ svargaṁ yāntīha mānavāḥ.

3. kena śīlena vā deva karmaṇā kīdṛśena vā samācāraiḥ
guṇaiḥ vākyaiḥ svargaṃ yānti iha mānavāḥ

3. deva iha mānavāḥ kena śīlena vā kīdṛśena karmaṇā
vā samācāraiḥ guṇaiḥ vākyaiḥ vā svargaṃ yānti

3. O God, by what kind of character, or by what sort of actions (karma), or by what practices, qualities, or words, do humans in this world attain heaven?

Words meanings summery:

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• शीलेन (śīlena) - by character, by conduct, by nature

• वा (vā) - or, either

• देव (deva) - O God, O Deity

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed, by ritual action

• कीदृशेन (kīdṛśena) - by what kind, by what sort

• वा (vā) - or, either

• समाचारैः (samācāraiḥ) - by practices, by customs, by good conduct

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues

• वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by speech

• स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, descendants of Manu

Words meanings and morphology

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शीलेन (śīlena) - by character, by conduct, by nature

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śīla

śīla - character, conduct, nature, habit

Root: śī (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

देव (deva) - O God, O Deity

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed, by ritual action

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual action, fate

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कीदृशेन (kīdṛśena) - by what kind, by what sort

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, what like

Note: Declined to agree with karmaṇā (neuter instrumental singular).

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

समाचारैः (samācāraiḥ) - by practices, by customs, by good conduct

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of samācāra

samācāra - practice, custom, good conduct, usage

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, by virtues

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent of nature

वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, by speech

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

present active

3rd person plural present active of √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, descendants of Manu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu