महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-20, verse-16

स्वर्गयोनिर्जयो राजन्स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्यशः ।
स्वर्गयोनिस्तपो युद्धे मार्गः सोऽव्यभिचारवान् ॥१६॥

16. svargayonirjayo rājansvargayonirmahadyaśaḥ ,
svargayonistapo yuddhe mārgaḥ so'vyabhicāravān.

16. svargayoniḥ jayaḥ rājan svargayoniḥ mahat yaśaḥ
svargayoniḥ tapaḥ yuddhe mārgaḥ saḥ avyabhicāravān

16. O King, victory leads to heaven, great fame leads to heaven, and the discipline (tapas) in battle also leads to heaven. That is the unfailing path.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

• स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - discipline and effort (in battle) (austerity, penance, spiritual discipline)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

• सः (saḥ) - that (path) (that, he)

• अव्यभिचारवान् (avyabhicāravān) - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain

Words meanings and morphology

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Present active participle stem, used as an adjective.

Root: mah (class 1)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, renown, splendor

स्वर्गयोनिः (svargayoniḥ) - leading to heaven (whose source is heaven, leading to heaven, heaven-born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargayoni

svargayoni - source of heaven, leading to heaven, having heaven as its origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svarga+yoni)

• svarga – heaven, celestial abode
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

तपः (tapaḥ) - discipline and effort (in battle) (austerity, penance, spiritual discipline)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual discipline, fervent exertion

Root: tap (class 1)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Past Passive Participle of root `yudh` used as a noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - path, way, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

Root: mṛg (class 10)

सः (saḥ) - that (path) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

masculine nominative singular

अव्यभिचारवान् (avyabhicāravān) - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyabhicāravat

avyabhicāravat - unfailing, unerring, constant, certain, steadfast

Possessive suffix `mat/vat`

`a-vyabhicāra-vat` (not deviating/failing + having).

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (a+vyabhicāra+vat)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vyabhicāra – deviation, failure, transgression, inconstancy
  noun (masculine)
  From `vi-abhi-car` (to deviate)
  Prefixes: vi+abhi
  Root: car (class 1)
• vat – possessing, endowed with
  suffix
  Possessive suffix
  Used to form possessive adjectives (mat/vat)