महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-36

युधिष्ठिरस्तु धर्मात्मा तद्ब्रह्म मनसा यतः ।
धारयामास मेधावी काले काले समभ्यसन् ॥३६॥

36. yudhiṣṭhirastu dharmātmā tadbrahma manasā yataḥ ,
dhārayāmāsa medhāvī kāle kāle samabhyasan.

36. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ tu dharmātmā tat brahma manasā
yataḥ dhārayāmāsa medhāvī kāle kāle samabhyasan

36. But Yudhiṣṭhira, the righteous (dharma-ātman) and sagacious one, because he diligently practiced from time to time, sustained that Brahman (brahman) in his mind.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pāṇḍava)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Yudhiṣṭhira, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is righteousness and has a righteous soul (ātman) (whose soul is righteousness (dharma), righteous, virtuous)

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality, Brahman (brahman)

• मनसा (manasā) - with the mind, by the mind

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

• धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - he held, he sustained, he maintained

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, sagacious, wise

• काले (kāle) - at time, in time

• काले (kāle) - at time, in time (part of reduplication for 'from time to time')

• समभ्यसन् (samabhyasan) - diligently practicing, striving

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (the eldest Pāṇḍava, king of righteousness)

Compound: yudhi + sthira (firm in battle).

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Yudhiṣṭhira, whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is righteousness and has a righteous soul (ātman) (whose soul is righteousness (dharma), righteous, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous, virtuous, whose (ātman) is righteousness (dharma)

Compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, religious merit
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Pronominal stem.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality, Brahman (brahman)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, the Supreme Being, the universal soul (brahman)

Root bṛh 'to grow, swell'.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Object of dhārayāmāsa.

मनसा (manasā) - with the mind, by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

Derived from root man.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Indicates the instrument of the action.

यतः (yataḥ) - because, since, from which

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverbial particle from pronominal stem yad.

Note: Connects the act of sustaining Brahman to his practice.

धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - he held, he sustained, he maintained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dhāraya

Perfect active indicative (periphrastic perfect)

Periphrastic perfect of the causative stem dhāraya from root dhṛ. Formed with āmāsa.

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

Note: The verb refers to Yudhiṣṭhira's action.

मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, sagacious, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, sagacious, wise, possessed of intelligence (medhā)

Possessive adjective from medhā.

Note: Agrees with yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

काले (kāle) - at time, in time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

Note: Part of the idiom kāle kāle.

काले (kāle) - at time, in time (part of reduplication for 'from time to time')

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

Note: Part of the idiom kāle kāle (from time to time, repeatedly).

समभ्यसन् (samabhyasan) - diligently practicing, striving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samabhyas

abhyas - to practice, to study, to repeat

Present active participle

Present participle of abhyas with prefix sam. Formed from abhi + as with sam.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Describes Yudhiṣṭhira's continuous action.