महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-197, verse-35

योऽध्यापयेदधीयीत यजेद्वा याजयीत वा ।
दद्याद्वापि यथाशक्ति तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥३५॥

35. yo'dhyāpayedadhīyīta yajedvā yājayīta vā ,
dadyādvāpi yathāśakti taṁ devā brāhmaṇaṁ viduḥ.

35. yaḥ adhyāpayet adhīyīta yajet vā yājayīta vā
dadyāt vā api yathāśakti tam devāḥ brāhmaṇam viduḥ

35. devāḥ yaḥ adhyāpayet adhīyīta vā yajet vā yājayīta
vā api yathāśakti dadyāt tam brāhmaṇam viduḥ

35. He who teaches or studies, or performs a Vedic ritual (yajña) or causes others to perform Vedic rituals, or even gives gifts according to his ability—him the gods recognize as a Brahmin.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

• अध्यापयेत् (adhyāpayet) - should teach (should teach, may teach, causes to study)

• अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - should study (should study, may study)

• यजेत् (yajet) - should perform a Vedic ritual (should perform a Vedic ritual, should worship)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• याजयीत (yājayīta) - should cause others to perform a Vedic ritual (should cause to perform a Vedic ritual, should officiate a Vedic ritual)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - should give (gifts) (should give, may give)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to his ability (according to one's ability, to the best of one's power)

• तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin (a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they understand)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, inasmuch as

Note: Relative pronoun.

अध्यापयेत् (adhyāpayet) - should teach (should teach, may teach, causes to study)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of adhyāp

causative optative

From root 'iñ' (to go, study) with upasarga 'adhi' (upon, over) and 'ā' (to, towards), forming 'adhī' (to study) and its causative 'adhyāpaya'.

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: iñ (class 2)

Note: Causative form.

अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - should study (should study, may study)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of adhī

optative

From root 'iñ' (to go, study) with upasarga 'adhi' (upon, over).

Prefix: adhi

Root: iñ (class 2)

Note: Atmanepada form.

यजेत् (yajet) - should perform a Vedic ritual (should perform a Vedic ritual, should worship)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of yaj

optative

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada form.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

याजयीत (yājayīta) - should cause others to perform a Vedic ritual (should cause to perform a Vedic ritual, should officiate a Vedic ritual)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of yājay

causative optative

Causative of root 'yaj' (to perform a Vedic ritual).

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Causative and Atmanepada form.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - should give (gifts) (should give, may give)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dā

optative

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Parasmaipada form.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to his ability (according to one's ability, to the best of one's power)

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'yathā' (as, according to) and 'śakti' (power, ability). Often considered an avyayībhāva compound, hence indeclinable.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, like, according to, in which manner
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, ability, capacity, energy, strength
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Avyayībhāva compound acting as an adverb.

तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a Brahmin (a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, relating to Brahman, a priest, one who knows Brahman

From 'brahman' (sacred knowledge, ultimate reality) + suffix 'aṇa'.

Note: Complement to the verb 'viduḥ'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know (they know, they understand)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (liṭ) of vid

perfect (irregular)

Root 'vid' (2nd class, 'adādi' group) often functions as an 'aṭ' or 'lit' type verb without a fixed aorist marker. Here it is a perfect form.

Root: vid (class 2)