महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-44, verse-52

तत्पाणिग्रहणात्पूर्वमुत्तरं यत्र वर्तते ।
सर्वमङ्गलमन्त्रं वै मृषावादस्तु पातकः ॥५२॥

52. tatpāṇigrahaṇātpūrvamuttaraṁ yatra vartate ,
sarvamaṅgalamantraṁ vai mṛṣāvādastu pātakaḥ.

52. tat pāṇigrahaṇāt pūrvam uttaram yatra vartate
sarvamaṅgalamantram vai mṛṣāvādaḥ tu pātakaḥ

52. yatra tat pāṇigrahaṇāt pūrvam uttaram vartate
vai sarvamaṅgalamantram tu mṛṣāvādaḥ pātakaḥ

52. Where a declaration or agreement is made before that wedding ceremony, that is indeed a mantra for all auspiciousness. However, false speech is a sin.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (implied marriage event) (that, therefore, so)

• पाणिग्रहणात् (pāṇigrahaṇāt) - before the wedding ceremony (from the taking of the hand, from marriage)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (before, formerly, previously; eastern)

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a declaration, an agreement, a response (answer, reply, subsequent, superior; north)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which)

• वर्तते (vartate) - occurs, is made (exists, occurs, turns)

• सर्वमङ्गलमन्त्रम् (sarvamaṅgalamantram) - a mantra for all auspiciousness (a mantra for all auspiciousness, a prayer for all blessings)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (indeed, truly, certainly)

• मृषावादः (mṛṣāvādaḥ) - false speech (false speech, lie)

• तु (tu) - but, however (but, indeed, however)

• पातकः (pātakaḥ) - a sin (sin, transgression, fall)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (implied marriage event) (that, therefore, so)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the act of marriage mentioned in the previous context.

पाणिग्रहणात् (pāṇigrahaṇāt) - before the wedding ceremony (from the taking of the hand, from marriage)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāṇigrahaṇa

pāṇigrahaṇa - taking of the hand (in marriage), wedding, marriage

Compound: pāṇi (hand) + grahaṇa (taking)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇi+grahaṇa)

• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
• grahaṇa – taking, seizing, receiving
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √grah (to seize, take)
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates 'from' or 'before' in conjunction with 'pūrvam'.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before (before, formerly, previously; eastern)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time, often used with ablative.

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - a declaration, an agreement, a response (answer, reply, subsequent, superior; north)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - upper, subsequent, later, answer, reply, northern

Note: Subject of 'vartate'.

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/circumstance.

वर्तते (vartate) - occurs, is made (exists, occurs, turns)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, ātmanepada, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Indicative (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Verb meaning 'to be present' or 'to occur'.

सर्वमङ्गलमन्त्रम् (sarvamaṅgalamantram) - a mantra for all auspiciousness (a mantra for all auspiciousness, a prayer for all blessings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvamaṅgalamantra

sarvamaṅgalamantra - a mantra for all auspiciousness or blessings

Compound: sarva (all) + maṅgala (auspiciousness) + mantra (sacred utterance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+maṅgala+mantra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• maṅgala – auspiciousness, good fortune, blessing
  noun (neuter)
• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, spell, counsel
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative, refers to 'uttaram'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मृषावादः (mṛṣāvādaḥ) - false speech (false speech, lie)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛṣāvāda

mṛṣāvāda - false speech, lying, untruthful statement

Compound: mṛṣā (falsely) + vāda (speech)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛṣā+vāda)

• mṛṣā – falsely, wrongly, in vain
  indeclinable
• vāda – speech, saying, statement, doctrine
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √vad (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied 'asti'.

तु (tu) - but, however (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle, indicating contrast.

पातकः (pātakaḥ) - a sin (sin, transgression, fall)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātaka

pātaka - sin, transgression, crime, cause of falling

Derived from root √pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative with implied 'asti'.