महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-91, verse-20

निमे संकल्पितस्तेऽयं पितृयज्ञस्तपोधनः ।
मा ते भूद्भीः पूर्वदृष्टो धर्मोऽयं ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् ॥२०॥

20. nime saṁkalpitaste'yaṁ pitṛyajñastapodhanaḥ ,
mā te bhūdbhīḥ pūrvadṛṣṭo dharmo'yaṁ brahmaṇā svayam.

20. Nime saṃkalpitaḥ te ayam pitṛyajñaḥ tapodhanaḥ mā te
bhūt bhīḥ pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ dharmaḥ ayam brahmaṇā svayam

20. Nime tapodhana,
ayam pitṛyajñaḥ te saṃkalpitaḥ.
te bhīḥ mā bhūt.
ayam pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ dharmaḥ brahmaṇā svayam.

20. O Nimi, O ascetic whose wealth is austerity, this ancestral Vedic ritual (pitṛyajña) has been resolved by you. Do not be afraid; this (dharma) sacred custom was directly established by Brahmā himself in the past.

Words meanings summery:

• निमे (nime) - O Nimi

• संकल्पितः (saṁkalpitaḥ) - resolved, intended, determined

• ते (te) - by you (implying agent of action) (by you, to you, of you)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• पितृयज्ञः (pitṛyajñaḥ) - ancestral Vedic ritual, offering to ancestors

• तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - O ascetic, O one whose wealth is penance

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

• भूत् (bhūt) - let there be (let there be, may there be, was)

• भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, dread

• पूर्वदृष्टः (pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ) - seen before, previously established

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - sacred custom or established ritual practice (sacred custom, natural law, duty, righteousness)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by oneself, personally

Words meanings and morphology

निमे (nime) - O Nimi

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Nimi

Nimi - Nimi (a king in ancient Indian mythology)

संकल्पितः (saṁkalpitaḥ) - resolved, intended, determined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpita

saṁkalpita - resolved, intended, determined; conceived, planned

Past Passive Participle

From prefix saṃ- (together, completely) + root √kḷp (to be in order, to be made, to conceive) + -ta suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Participial adjective modifying 'pitṛyajñaḥ'

ते (te) - by you (implying agent of action) (by you, to you, of you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Here used in the sense of an agent (instrumental case meaning 'by you') or dative 'for you'.

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

पितृयज्ञः (pitṛyajñaḥ) - ancestral Vedic ritual, offering to ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛyajña

pitṛyajña - ancestral Vedic ritual, offering to ancestors, a kind of śrāddha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+yajña)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• yajña – Vedic ritual, devotion, worship
  noun (masculine)
  From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice)
  Root: yaj (class 1)

तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - O ascetic, O one whose wealth is penance

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tapodhana

tapodhana - one whose wealth is austerity or penance; an ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle

ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

भूत् (bhūt) - let there be (let there be, may there be, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past (injunctive) (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Injunctive

Root aorist, injunctive mood, used for prohibition with 'mā'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibitive meaning

भीः (bhīḥ) - fear, dread

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhī

bhī - fear, dread, apprehension

पूर्वदृष्टः (pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ) - seen before, previously established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvadṛṣṭa

pūrvadṛṣṭa - seen before, previously perceived or established

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound of 'pūrva' and PPP of 'dṛś'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+dṛṣṭa)

• pūrva – former, earlier, preceding
  adjective (masculine)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Participial adjective modifying 'dharmaḥ'

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - sacred custom or established ritual practice (sacred custom, natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, sacred custom, constitution

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); the Absolute (brahman); sacred word, prayer

Note: Refers to the deity Brahmā

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)