महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-95, verse-9

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वृत्ते शुद्धे स्थिता नित्यमिन्द्रियैश्चाप्यवाहिताः ।
उपासते स्म तं यज्ञं भुञ्जानास्ते महर्षयः ॥९॥

9. vṛtte śuddhe sthitā nityamindriyaiścāpyavāhitāḥ ,
upāsate sma taṁ yajñaṁ bhuñjānāste maharṣayaḥ.

9. vṛtte śuddhe sthitāḥ nityam indriyaiḥ ca api avāhitāḥ
upāsate sma tam yajñam bhuñjānāḥ te maharṣayaḥ

9. Those great sages, ever established in pure conduct, and not led astray by their senses, performed that Vedic ritual (yajña) while partaking of it.

Words meanings summery:

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वृत्ते (vṛtte) - in pure conduct (in the conduct, in the vow, in the behavior)

शुद्धे (śuddhe) - in the pure (in the pure, in the clean, in the unblemished)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - established (sages) (established, situated, standing)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, by the sense organs

च (ca) - and, also

अपि (api) - also, even, too

अवाहिताः (avāhitāḥ) - not led astray (by the senses) (not led astray, not carried away)

उपासते (upāsate) - they performed (the yajña) (they worship, they attend, they perform)

स्म (sma) - a particle used to indicate past tense with a present verb

तम् (tam) - that (Vedic ritual) (that, him, it)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice

भुञ्जानाः (bhuñjānāḥ) - partaking (of the ritual offerings) (eating, partaking, enjoying)

ते (te) - those (sages) (those, they)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages, great seers

Words meanings and morphology

वृत्ते (vṛtte) - in pure conduct (in the conduct, in the vow, in the behavior)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, course of action, behavior, vow, occurrence

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, to turn) + -ta suffix

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शुद्धे (śuddhe) - in the pure (in the pure, in the clean, in the unblemished)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unblemished, faultless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śudh' (to purify) + -ta suffix

Root: śudh (class 4)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - established (sages) (established, situated, standing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) + -ta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, by the sense organs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, organ of sense

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अवाहिताः (avāhitāḥ) - not led astray (by the senses) (not led astray, not carried away)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avāhita

avāhita - not led away, not carried off, not distracted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'a-' (negation) + 'vāhita' (P.P.P. of root 'vah' with prefix 'ā')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vāhita)

a – not, non
indeclinable
vāhita – led, carried, conveyed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'vah' (to carry, lead) with prefix 'ā-'
Prefix: ā
Root: vah (class 1)

उपासते (upāsate) - they performed (the yajña) (they worship, they attend, they perform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of upā-ās

Present Tense

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ās (class 2)

स्म (sma) - a particle used to indicate past tense with a present verb

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (Vedic ritual) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it