महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-35

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
प्राणो वै यज्ञियं साम मनो वै यज्ञियं यजुः ।
वागेका वृश्चते यज्ञं तां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥३५॥

35. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
prāṇo vai yajñiyaṁ sāma mano vai yajñiyaṁ yajuḥ ,
vāgekā vṛścate yajñaṁ tāṁ yajño nātivartate.

35. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca prāṇaḥ vai yajñiyam sāma manaḥ vai yajñiyam
yajuḥ vāk ekā vṛścate yajñam tām yajñaḥ na ativartate

35. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca prāṇaḥ vai yajñiyam sāma manaḥ vai yajñiyam
yajuḥ ekā vāk yajñam vṛścate yajñaḥ tām na ativartate

35. Yudhiṣṭhira said: Indeed, the vital life-force is the Sāman chant pertaining to a Vedic ritual (yajña), and indeed, the mind is the Yajus prose formula pertaining to a Vedic ritual (yajña). It is speech alone that impairs or destroys a Vedic ritual (yajña), and the Vedic ritual (yajña) never abandons or surpasses it.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath, vital air, vital force

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

• साम (sāma) - a Sāman chant

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

• यजुः (yajuḥ) - a Yajus prose formula

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

• एका (ekā) - one, single (feminine)

• वृश्चते (vṛścate) - cuts off, impairs, destroys

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends, surpasses, abandons, deviates from

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name, 'steady in battle')

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle (locative of yudh)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath, vital air, vital force

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life-force, vital air, respiration

root an (to breathe) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñiya

yajñiya - relating to a Vedic ritual (yajña), suitable for a Vedic ritual, sacrificial

derived from yajña + ya (suffix for 'relating to')

साम (sāma) - a Sāman chant

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāman

sāman - a Vedic chant (especially from the Sāmaveda), song, melody

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, spirit

Root: man (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - pertaining to a Vedic ritual, suitable for a Vedic ritual

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñiya

yajñiya - relating to a Vedic ritual (yajña), suitable for a Vedic ritual, sacrificial

derived from yajña + ya (suffix for 'relating to')

यजुः (yajuḥ) - a Yajus prose formula

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajus

yajus - a Vedic prose formula (especially from the Yajurveda), sacred utterance

वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word, language

Root: vac (class 2)

एका (ekā) - one, single (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

वृश्चते (vṛścate) - cuts off, impairs, destroys

(verb)

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

present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛśc (class 6)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, offering

derived from root yaj (to worship, offer)

Root: yaj (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) (the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, offering

derived from root yaj (to worship, offer)

Root: yaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - transcends, surpasses, abandons, deviates from

(verb)

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

root vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix ati, present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)