महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-36, verse-8

यच्च भाषन्ति ते तुष्टास्तत्तद्गृह्णामि मेधया ।
समाधिमात्मनो नित्यमनुलोममचिन्तयन् ॥८॥

8. yacca bhāṣanti te tuṣṭāstattadgṛhṇāmi medhayā ,
samādhimātmano nityamanulomamacintayan.

8. yat ca bhāṣanti te tuṣṭāḥ tat tat gṛhṇāmi medhayā
samādhim ātmanaḥ nityam anulomam acintayan

8. te tuṣṭāḥ yat ca bhāṣanti tat tat medhayā gṛhṇāmi
ātmanaḥ nityam anulomam samādhim acintayan

8. And whatever they, being pleased, speak, that I grasp with my intellect, not constantly reflecting on my own self's (ātman's) harmonious (anuloma) state of deep concentration (samādhi).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

• च (ca) - and, also

• भाषन्ति (bhāṣanti) - they speak, they say

• ते (te) - (the teachers from previous verse) (they, those)

• तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - being pleased (with the speaker's receptivity) (satisfied, pleased, contented)

• तत् (tat) - that (which they speak) (that)

• तत् (tat) - each and every part of that (that (emphatic repetition))

• गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I grasp (with my understanding) (I grasp, I seize, I receive)

• मेधया (medhayā) - by intelligence, with understanding, by wisdom

• समाधिम् (samādhim) - deep concentration (samādhi) (concentration, meditation, profound contemplation)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my own self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (constantly, always, eternally)

• अनुलोमम् (anulomam) - harmonious, natural (in natural order, with the current, harmonious, proper)

• अचिन्तयन् (acintayan) - not constantly reflecting on (not thinking, not pondering, without considering)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to what is spoken

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भाषन्ति (bhāṣanti) - they speak, they say

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice

Although 'bhāṣ' is typically Atmanepada (bhāṣate), Parasmaipada forms like 'bhāṣanti' occur in some texts.

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

ते (te) - (the teachers from previous verse) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of 'bhāṣanti'

तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - being pleased (with the speaker's receptivity) (satisfied, pleased, contented)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - satisfied, pleased, contented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tuṣ (to be pleased).

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (they)

तत् (tat) - that (which they speak) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Acts as the object of 'gṛhṇāmi'

तत् (tat) - each and every part of that (that (emphatic repetition))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Emphatic repetition of the demonstrative pronoun

Note: Used for emphasis or distribution, 'each and every one of those'

गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I grasp (with my understanding) (I grasp, I seize, I receive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root from 9th class (gṛhṇāti).

Root: grah (class 9)

मेधया (medhayā) - by intelligence, with understanding, by wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of medhā

medhā - intelligence, wisdom, intellect, understanding

समाधिम् (samādhim) - deep concentration (samādhi) (concentration, meditation, profound contemplation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - concentration, deep meditation, profound contemplation, absorption

From root dhā (to place) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'acintayan'

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my own self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Possessive, 'of the self'

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (constantly, always, eternally)

(indeclinable)

Can function as an adverb (nityam).

Note: Adverb

अनुलोमम् (anulomam) - harmonious, natural (in natural order, with the current, harmonious, proper)

(indeclinable)

From loma (hair) with prefix anu (along with), implying 'with the grain' or 'natural direction'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anu+loma)

• anu – after, along, with, in accordance with
  indeclinable
  Prefix/Preposition
• loma – hair, wool, down
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverb or accusative adjective modifying 'samādhim'

अचिन्तयन् (acintayan) - not constantly reflecting on (not thinking, not pondering, without considering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acintayat

cint - to think, reflect, consider

Present Active Participle (negated)

Formed from root cint (to think) with negating prefix 'a'. The form 'acintayan' is nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cintayat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• cintayat – thinking, pondering
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root cint
  Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'I' (the speaker)