महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-74, verse-8

भीष्म उवाच ।
यो व्रतं वै यथोद्दिष्टं तथा संप्रतिपद्यते ।
अखण्डं सम्यगारब्धं तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः ॥८॥

8. bhīṣma uvāca ,
yo vrataṁ vai yathoddiṣṭaṁ tathā saṁpratipadyate ,
akhaṇḍaṁ samyagārabdhaṁ tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ.

8. bhīṣma uvāca yaḥ vratam vai yathā uddiṣṭam tathā
sampratipadyate akhaṇḍam samyak ārabhdham tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ

8. bhīṣma uvāca yaḥ uddiṣṭam yathā vratam vai tathā akhaṇḍam samyak ārabhdham sampratipadyate,
tasya sanātanāḥ lokāḥ

8. Bhishma said: He who indeed undertakes a vow (vrata) as instructed, and performs it completely and properly, for him are the eternal realms.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (name of a character)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, religious observance, sacred practice

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely (emphatic particle)

• यथा (yathā) - as, according to, just as

• उद्दिष्टम् (uddiṣṭam) - instructed, enjoined, prescribed

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

• सम्प्रतिपद्यते (sampratipadyate) - he undertakes, he performs, he achieves

• अखण्डम् (akhaṇḍam) - unbroken, complete, whole

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, thoroughly, correctly

• आरभ्धम् (ārabhdham) - begun, undertaken, commenced

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

• सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (name of a character)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Irregular past formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, religious observance, sacred practice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, religious observance, sacred practice, rule

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, according to, just as

(indeclinable)

उद्दिष्टम् (uddiṣṭam) - instructed, enjoined, prescribed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uddiṣṭa

uddiṣṭa - instructed, enjoined, prescribed, pointed out

Past Passive Participle

From root 'diś' (to point, direct) with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vratam'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

(indeclinable)

सम्प्रतिपद्यते (sampratipadyate) - he undertakes, he performs, he achieves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratipad

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). From root 'pad' with prefixes 'sam' and 'prati'.

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: pad (class 4)

अखण्डम् (akhaṇḍam) - unbroken, complete, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akhaṇḍa

akhaṇḍa - unbroken, complete, whole, indivisible

Derived from 'khaṇḍa' (broken, piece) with negative prefix 'a-'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khaṇḍa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• khaṇḍa – broken, piece, part
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'khaṇḍ' (to break).
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vratam'.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, thoroughly, correctly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'samyak' (correct).

आरभ्धम् (ārabhdham) - begun, undertaken, commenced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ārabhdha

ārabhdha - begun, undertaken, commenced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'rabh' (to begin) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vratam'.

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, region, people

सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, perpetual, ancient

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.