महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-233, verse-16

तेनैकेन यथादिष्टं तथा वर्ताम भारत ।
न शास्ता विद्यतेऽस्माकमन्यस्तस्मात्सुरेश्वरात् ॥१६॥

16. tenaikena yathādiṣṭaṁ tathā vartāma bhārata ,
na śāstā vidyate'smākamanyastasmātsureśvarāt.

16. tena ekena yathādiṣṭam tathā vartāma bhārata na
śāstā vidyate asmākam anyaḥ tasmāt sureśvarāt

16. O descendant of Bharata, we act exactly as instructed by that one (being). There is no other ruler for us than that lord of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that one (supreme being mentioned in previous verse) (by that, by him)

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

• यथादिष्टम् (yathādiṣṭam) - as instructed, according to command

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

• वर्ताम (vartāma) - we act, we behave, we exist

• भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

• न (na) - not, no

• शास्ता (śāstā) - ruler, instructor, teacher

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - other than him (the supreme being) (from that, from him, than that)

• सुरेश्वरात् (sureśvarāt) - than Indra (the leader of Gandharvas, or a supreme deity) (from the lord of gods, than the lord of gods)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that one (supreme being mentioned in previous verse) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: refers to the 'eka' (one) from previous verse

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

यथादिष्टम् (yathādiṣṭam) - as instructed, according to command

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+ādiṣṭa)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• ādiṣṭa – instructed, commanded, ordered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root diś with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: diś (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, accordingly

(indeclinable)

वर्ताम (vartāma) - we act, we behave, we exist

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian

taddhita derivation from Bharata

Note: refers to Arjuna

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शास्ता (śāstā) - ruler, instructor, teacher

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāstṛ

śāstṛ - ruler, instructor, teacher

agent noun from root śās

Root: śās (class 2)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: refers to another ruler

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - other than him (the supreme being) (from that, from him, than that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: governs comparison with sureśvarāt

सुरेश्वरात् (sureśvarāt) - than Indra (the leader of Gandharvas, or a supreme deity) (from the lord of gods, than the lord of gods)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sureśvara

sureśvara - lord of gods, Indra

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sura+īśvara)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: refers to their supreme deity, possibly Indra in this context