महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-147, verse-15

न तेषां भिद्यते वृत्तं यज्ञस्वाध्यायकर्मभिः ।
आचारः कारणं चैव धर्मश्चैव त्रयं पुनः ॥१५॥

15. na teṣāṁ bhidyate vṛttaṁ yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ ,
ācāraḥ kāraṇaṁ caiva dharmaścaiva trayaṁ punaḥ.

15. na teṣām bhidyate vṛttam yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ
ācāraḥ kāraṇam ca eva dharmaḥ ca eva trayam punaḥ

15. teṣām vṛttam yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ na bhidyate
ācāraḥ ca eva kāraṇam dharmaḥ ca eva punaḥ trayam

15. Their way of life is not distinguished by (mere external) Vedic rituals (yajña), self-study (svādhyāya), or other actions (karma). Indeed, proper conduct (ācāra) is the true cause, and natural law (dharma) is also part of this triad.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the enlightened ones from previous verse) (of them, their)

• भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is distinguished, differentiated (is broken, is split, is distinguished)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - way of life, conduct (conduct, behavior, way of life, occurrence, event)

• यज्ञस्वाध्यायकर्मभिः (yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ) - by Vedic rituals (yajña), self-study (svādhyāya), and other actions (karma) (by Vedic rituals, self-study, and actions)

• आचारः (ācāraḥ) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause, underlying principle (cause, reason, instrument)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly (only, indeed, just, precisely)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (only, indeed, just, precisely)

• त्रयम् (trayam) - this triad (a triad, a group of three)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the enlightened ones from previous verse) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

भिद्यते (bhidyate) - is distinguished, differentiated (is broken, is split, is distinguished)

(verb)

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

Present, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Passive stem from root `bhid` (7th class)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: The passive construction here can also imply "differs" or "is distinguished".

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - way of life, conduct (conduct, behavior, way of life, occurrence, event)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, behavior, way of life, event, a circle

Past Passive Participle (from `vṛt`) used as a noun

From root `vṛt` (to turn, exist, happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The subject of `bhidyate`.

यज्ञस्वाध्यायकर्मभिः (yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ) - by Vedic rituals (yajña), self-study (svādhyāya), and other actions (karma) (by Vedic rituals, self-study, and actions)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yajñasvādhyāyakarma

yajñasvādhyāyakarma - Vedic ritual, self-study, and actions

Dvandva compound of `yajña`, `svādhyāya`, and `karma`

Compound type : dvandva (yajña+svādhyāya+karma)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, offering, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  From root `yaj` (to worship, sacrifice)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• svādhyāya – self-study, recitation of sacred texts, study of the Vedas
  noun (masculine)
  From `sva` (self) + `adhyāya` (study)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)
• karma – action, deed, ritual, result of action
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do, make) + `man` suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

आचारः (ācāraḥ) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, practice, tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, tradition, good behavior

From `ā` + root `car` (to move, behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause, underlying principle (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Action noun

From root `kṛ` (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for `ācāraḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly (only, indeed, just, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, intrinsic nature

From root `dhṛ` (to hold, support, maintain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (only, indeed, just, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here meaning "also".

त्रयम् (trayam) - this triad (a triad, a group of three)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of traya

traya - a triad, a group of three

From `tri` (three)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)