महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-150, verse-5

यथा ह्युपस्थितैश्वर्याः पूजयन्ते नरा नरान् ।
एवमेवात्मनात्मानं पूजयन्तीह धार्मिकाः ॥५॥

5. yathā hyupasthitaiśvaryāḥ pūjayante narā narān ,
evamevātmanātmānaṁ pūjayantīha dhārmikāḥ.

5. yathā hi upasthitaiśvaryāḥ pūjayante narā narān
evam eva ātmanā ātmānam pūjayanti iha dhārmikāḥ

5. yathā hi upasthitaiśvaryāḥ narā narān pūjayante,
evam eva iha dhārmikāḥ ātmanā ātmānam pūjayanti

5. Just as people with abundant prosperity worship other individuals, similarly, here, those who uphold natural law (dharma) worship the self (ātman) by means of their own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as)

• हि (hi) - indeed

• उपस्थितैश्वर्याः (upasthitaiśvaryāḥ) - with abundant prosperity (having present prosperity)

• पूजयन्ते (pūjayante) - worship (they worship)

• नरा (narā) - people (men)

• नरान् (narān) - other individuals (men)

• एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus)

• एव (eva) - similarly (only)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by means of their own self (ātman) (by the self)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self)

• पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - worship (they worship)

• इह (iha) - here

• धार्मिकाः (dhārmikāḥ) - those who uphold natural law (dharma) (righteous persons)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed

(indeclinable)

उपस्थितैश्वर्याः (upasthitaiśvaryāḥ) - with abundant prosperity (having present prosperity)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upasthitaiśvarya

upasthitaiśvarya - having prosperity at hand

Compound type : bahuvrihi (upasthita+aiśvarya)

• upasthita – present
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā with upasarga upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• aiśvarya – sovereignty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'narāḥ'

पूजयन्ते (pūjayante) - worship (they worship)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pūj

Causative stem with passive endings

Denominative verb from pūjā (worship) or causative of pūj

Root: pūj (class 10)

नरा (narā) - people (men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man

Note: Subject of pūjayante

नरान् (narān) - other individuals (men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man

Note: Object of pūjayante

एवम् (evam) - similarly (thus)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - similarly (only)

(indeclinable)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by means of their own self (ātman) (by the self)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self

Note: Instrument by which worship is performed

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self (ātman) (the self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self

Note: Object of worship

पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - worship (they worship)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pūj

Causative stem

Denominative verb from pūjā (worship) or causative of pūj

Root: pūj (class 10)

इह (iha) - here

(indeclinable)

धार्मिकाः (dhārmikāḥ) - those who uphold natural law (dharma) (righteous persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous

Derived from dharma with suffix -ika

Note: Subject of pūjayanti