महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-23

तस्मात्कल्याणवृत्तः स्यादत्यन्ताय नरो भुवि ।
विहाय वृत्तं पापिष्ठं धर्ममेवाभिसंश्रयेत् ॥२३॥

23. tasmātkalyāṇavṛttaḥ syādatyantāya naro bhuvi ,
vihāya vṛttaṁ pāpiṣṭhaṁ dharmamevābhisaṁśrayet.

23. tasmāt kalyāṇavṛttaḥ syāt atyantāya naraḥ bhuvi
vihāya vṛttaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ dharmam eva abhisaṃśrayet

23. Therefore, a person on Earth should always be of virtuous conduct for permanent benefit. Abandoning the most sinful behavior, he should indeed take refuge in (dharma) righteous action.

23. לכן על האדם בעולם לנהוג במעשים טובים תמיד, להניח את דרך החיים החוטאת, ולהישען רק על דרך היושר.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• कल्याणवृत्तः (kalyāṇavṛttaḥ) - of virtuous conduct, having good behavior, of auspicious disposition

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

• अत्यन्ताय (atyantāya) - for permanent benefit, for ultimate good, for all time

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world, on the ground

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, leaving, forsaking

• वृत्तं (vṛttaṁ) - conduct, behavior, occurrence

• पापिष्ठं (pāpiṣṭhaṁ) - most sinful, worst, most wicked

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - (dharma) righteous action, constitution, natural law, duty, virtue

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अभिसंश्रयेत् (abhisaṁśrayet) - should take refuge in, should resort to, should depend on

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as an indeclinable adverbial 'therefore'.

कल्याणवृत्तः (kalyāṇavṛttaḥ) - of virtuous conduct, having good behavior, of auspicious disposition

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalyāṇavṛtta

kalyāṇavṛtta - of virtuous conduct, having good behavior

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kalyāṇa+vṛtta)

• kalyāṇa – virtuous, good, auspicious, welfare
  adjective (neuter)
• vṛtta – conduct, behavior, occurred, happened
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛt (to be, to exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अत्यन्ताय (atyantāya) - for permanent benefit, for ultimate good, for all time

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of atyanta

atyanta - permanent, ultimate, excessive, very much

Prefix: ati

Root: ant

Note: Used adverbially.

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, place

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, leaving, forsaking

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root hā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

वृत्तं (vṛttaṁ) - conduct, behavior, occurrence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, behavior, event, occurred

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (to be, to exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पापिष्ठं (pāpiṣṭhaṁ) - most sinful, worst, most wicked

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpiṣṭha

pāpiṣṭha - most sinful, worst, most wicked

Superlative degree of pāpin (sinful)

Note: Agrees with vṛttaṃ.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - (dharma) righteous action, constitution, natural law, duty, virtue

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteous action, duty, virtue, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature

From root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अभिसंश्रयेत् (abhisaṁśrayet) - should take refuge in, should resort to, should depend on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhisaṃśrī

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: śrī (class 1)

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