महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-25, verse-8

विदुषां बुध्यमानानां स्वं स्वं स्थानं यथाविधि ।
गुणास्ते देवताभूताः सततं भुञ्जते हविः ॥८॥

8. viduṣāṁ budhyamānānāṁ svaṁ svaṁ sthānaṁ yathāvidhi ,
guṇāste devatābhūtāḥ satataṁ bhuñjate haviḥ.

8. viduṣām budhyamānānām svam svam sthānam yathāvidhi
guṇāḥ te devatābhūtāḥ satatam bhuñjate haviḥ

8. viduṣām budhyamānānām yathāvidhi svam svam sthānam
te guṇāḥ devatābhūtāḥ satatam haviḥ bhuñjate

8. For the discerning individuals who understand their own respective positions according to the proper rules, those very qualities (guṇāḥ), having assumed the forms of deities, constantly partake of the ritual offerings.

Words meanings summery:

• विदुषाम् (viduṣām) - of the wise, of the learned

• बुध्यमानानाम् (budhyamānānām) - of those understanding, of those comprehending

• स्वम् (svam) - their own respective (position) (own, one's own, respective)

• स्वम् (svam) - their own respective (position) (own, one's own, respective)

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - position, place, station, role

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, according to proper procedure

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the three qualities (guṇāḥ): sattva, rajas, and tamas (qualities, constituents of nature)

• ते (te) - those qualities (guṇāḥ) (those, they)

• देवताभूताः (devatābhūtāḥ) - having become deities, having taken the form of deities

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, continually

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they partake, they enjoy, they consume

• हविः (haviḥ) - Vedic ritual offerings (offering, ritual offering)

Words meanings and morphology

विदुषाम् (viduṣām) - of the wise, of the learned

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vidus

vidus - wise, learned, knowing

Root: vid (class 2)

बुध्यमानानाम् (budhyamānānām) - of those understanding, of those comprehending

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - understanding, perceiving, waking, knowing

present middle participle

From root budh (4th class), present middle participle (śānac), declined in genitive plural.

Root: budh (class 4)

स्वम् (svam) - their own respective (position) (own, one's own, respective)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, property

स्वम् (svam) - their own respective (position) (own, one's own, respective)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, property

स्थानम् (sthānam) - position, place, station, role

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, stand, site, office, status

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, according to proper procedure

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vidhi)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• vidhi – rule, precept, injunction, procedure, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix vi- and root dhā 'to place, put'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the three qualities (guṇāḥ): sattva, rajas, and tamas (qualities, constituents of nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas), thread, rope

ते (te) - those qualities (guṇāḥ) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to guṇāḥ.

देवताभूताः (devatābhūtāḥ) - having become deities, having taken the form of deities

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devatābhūta

devatābhūta - become a deity, having divine form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (devatā+bhūta)

• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)
• bhūta – become, been, existing, a being
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root bhū 'to be, to become' with kta suffix.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, continually

(indeclinable)

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they partake, they enjoy, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

present tense

From root bhuj (7th class), present tense, middle voice, 3rd person plural.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

हविः (haviḥ) - Vedic ritual offerings (offering, ritual offering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, clarified butter