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.

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)