महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-22, verse-4

उत्तरां मां दिशं विद्धि दृष्टं स्त्रीचापलं च ते ।
अव्युत्थानेन ते लोका जिताः सत्यपराक्रम ॥४॥

4. uttarāṁ māṁ diśaṁ viddhi dṛṣṭaṁ strīcāpalaṁ ca te ,
avyutthānena te lokā jitāḥ satyaparākrama.

4. uttarām mām diśam viddhi dṛṣṭam strīcāpalam ca
te avyutthānena te lokāḥ jitāḥ satyaparākrama

4. mām uttarām diśam viddhi te strīcāpalam ca dṛṣṭam
satyaparākrama te avyutthānena lokāḥ jitāḥ

4. Know me as the northern direction. The fickleness of women has been observed by you. O you of true valor, by your steadfastness (in celibacy), the worlds have been conquered by you.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तराम् (uttarām) - northern (northern, upper, later)

• माम् (mām) - me

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, perceive)

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

• स्त्रीचापलम् (strīcāpalam) - fickleness of women (fickleness of women, female wantonness)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ते (te) - by you (by you, your)

• अव्युत्थानेन (avyutthānena) - by steadfastness (in celibacy) (by non-arising, by steadfastness, by non-emergence (of desire))

• ते (te) - by you (by you, your)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (worlds, realms, people)

• जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquered (conquered, won, subdued)

• सत्यपराक्रम (satyaparākrama) - O you of true valor! (one whose valor is true, one of true might)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तराम् (uttarām) - northern (northern, upper, later)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttara

uttara - northern, upper, later, superior, response

Note: Qualifies 'diśam'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, myself

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, perceive)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vid

2nd person singular imperative, Parasmaipada, from root 'vid' (2nd class).

Root: vid (class 2)

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - observed (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix -ta.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'strīcāpalam'.

स्त्रीचापलम् (strīcāpalam) - fickleness of women (fickleness of women, female wantonness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of strīcāpala

strīcāpala - fickleness of women, female wantonness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+cāpala)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• cāpala – fickleness, unsteadiness, wantonness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'capala' (fickle) with suffix -a.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (by you, your)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Functions as agent for the passive 'dṛṣṭam'.

अव्युत्थानेन (avyutthānena) - by steadfastness (in celibacy) (by non-arising, by steadfastness, by non-emergence (of desire))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of avyutthāna

avyutthāna - non-arising, non-emergence, steadfastness, celibacy (in context)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyutthāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vyutthāna – rising up, emerging, stirring (esp. of passion)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'sthā' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ud'.
  Prefixes: vi+ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: In this context, it refers to sexual self-control or celibacy.

ते (te) - by you (by you, your)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Functions as the agent in the passive construction 'lokāḥ jitāḥ'.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

जिताः (jitāḥ) - conquered (conquered, won, subdued)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jita

jita - conquered, won, subdued

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer) with suffix -ta.

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.

सत्यपराक्रम (satyaparākrama) - O you of true valor! (one whose valor is true, one of true might)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of satyaparākrama

satyaparākrama - one whose valor is true, one of true might

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+parākrama)

• satya – truth, real, true
  noun (neuter)
• parākrama – valor, might, prowess, strength
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: parā