महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-28, verse-8

तमध्वर्युः प्रत्युवाच नायं छागो विनश्यति ।
श्रेयसा योक्ष्यते जन्तुर्यदि श्रुतिरियं तथा ॥८॥

8. tamadhvaryuḥ pratyuvāca nāyaṁ chāgo vinaśyati ,
śreyasā yokṣyate janturyadi śrutiriyaṁ tathā.

8. tam adhvaryuḥ pratyuvāca na ayam chāgaḥ vinaśyati
śreyasā yokṣyate jantuḥ yadi śrutiḥ iyam tathā

8. adhvaryuḥ tam pratyuvāca ayam chāgaḥ na vinaśyati yadi
iyam śrutiḥ tathā (asti) (tarhi) jantuḥ śreyasā yokṣyate

8. The priest (adhvaryu) replied, "This goat will not perish. If this Vedic declaration (śruti) is indeed so, then this being will be endowed with auspiciousness."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to him (the ascetic) (him, that, to him)

• अध्वर्युः (adhvaryuḥ) - the priest, officiating priest (a priest, sacrificer)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (goat) (this)

• छागः (chāgaḥ) - the goat (goat)

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - will perish (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

• श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - with auspiciousness, with welfare (by auspiciousness, by prosperity, by what is good)

• योक्ष्यते (yokṣyate) - will be endowed with (will be joined, will be endowed with)

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - this being (the goat) (creature, being, person)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic declaration (śruti) (hearing, Vedic text, revelation)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (Vedic declaration) (this)

• तथा (tathā) - so, indeed so (thus, so, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to him (the ascetic) (him, that, to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अध्वर्युः (adhvaryuḥ) - the priest, officiating priest (a priest, sacrificer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhvaryu

adhvaryu - a particular priest who officiates at a Vedic ritual, a sacrificer

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

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

root vac with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (goat) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

छागः (chāgaḥ) - the goat (goat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chāga

chāga - goat

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - will perish (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vinaś

root naś with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: can indicate future tense in certain contexts

श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - with auspiciousness, with welfare (by auspiciousness, by prosperity, by what is good)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, auspicious, better, best, welfare, prosperity

comparative/superlative of śrī/śasta

योक्ष्यते (yokṣyate) - will be endowed with (will be joined, will be endowed with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, future (lṛṭ) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - this being (the goat) (creature, being, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - a creature, living being, man, person

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

(indeclinable)

श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - Vedic declaration (śruti) (hearing, Vedic text, revelation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti

śruti - hearing, ear, Vedic text, revelation, tradition

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

इयम् (iyam) - this (Vedic declaration) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तथा (tathā) - so, indeed so (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)