महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-33, verse-13

नानाकर्मसु युक्तानां बहुकर्मोपजीविनाम् ।
धर्मज्ञानां सतां तेषां नित्यमेवानुकीर्तयेत् ॥१३॥

13. nānākarmasu yuktānāṁ bahukarmopajīvinām ,
dharmajñānāṁ satāṁ teṣāṁ nityamevānukīrtayet.

13. nānākarmasu yuktānām bahukarmopajīvinām
dharmajñānām satām teṣām nityam eva anukīrtayet

13. One should always indeed praise those virtuous individuals (sat) who are engaged in various activities, who subsist through many professions, and who are knowers of (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• नानाकर्मसु (nānākarmasu) - in various activities/deeds

• युक्तानाम् (yuktānām) - of those engaged, connected, devoted

• बहुकर्मोपजीविनाम् (bahukarmopajīvinām) - of those living by many professions/occupations

• धर्मज्ञानाम् (dharmajñānām) - of those who know (dharma), of the righteous

• सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अनुकीर्तयेत् (anukīrtayet) - one should praise/recount

Words meanings and morphology

नानाकर्मसु (nānākarmasu) - in various activities/deeds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nānākarman

nānākarman - various actions, manifold deeds

A karmadhāraya compound of nānā (various) and karman (action).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+karman)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
  Adverbial form used adjectivally within compound.
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

युक्तानाम् (yuktānām) - of those engaged, connected, devoted

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, engaged, devoted, proper, fit

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yuj (to join, to yoke, to connect).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used substantively, referring to 'those who are engaged'.

बहुकर्मोपजीविनाम् (bahukarmopajīvinām) - of those living by many professions/occupations

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bahukarmopajīvin

bahukarmopajīvin - one who subsists on many professions, earning livelihood from various works

A compound of bahu (many), karman (work, profession), and upajīvin (subsisting by).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / upapada (bahu+karman+upajīvin)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – work, profession, action
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• upajīvin – living by, subsisting on, dependent on
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root √jīv (to live) with prefix upa (near, under, by means of).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used substantively, referring to 'those who live by many professions'.

धर्मज्ञानाम् (dharmajñānām) - of those who know (dharma), of the righteous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - knowing (dharma), righteous, dutiful

A tatpuruṣa compound of dharma (natural law, duty) and jña (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, moral order
  noun (masculine)
  From root √dhṛ (to uphold, to sustain).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  From root √jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used substantively, referring to 'those who are knowers of dharma'.

सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - existing, real, good, virtuous, noble

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √as (to be, to exist).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used substantively, referring to 'the good/virtuous ones'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter form).

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

अनुकीर्तयेत् (anukīrtayet) - one should praise/recount

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anukīrt

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

Derived from root √kīrt (to mention, to praise) with prefix anu (after, along).

Prefix: anu

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Implies a general injunction or recommendation ('one should').