महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-4, verse-43

यानं वस्त्रमलंकारं यच्चान्यत्संप्रयच्छति ।
तदेव धारयेन्नित्यमेवं प्रियतरो भवेत् ॥४३॥

43. yānaṁ vastramalaṁkāraṁ yaccānyatsaṁprayacchati ,
tadeva dhārayennityamevaṁ priyataro bhavet.

43. yānam vastram alaṅkāram yat ca anyat samprayacchati
tat eva dhārayet nityam evam priyataraḥ bhavet

43. Whatever conveyance, clothing, ornament, and anything else the king bestows, one should always wear/use only that. By doing so, one will become more dear (priyatara) to him.

Words meanings summery:

• यानम् (yānam) - vehicle, conveyance, chariot

• वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

• अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - ornament, decoration, adornment

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• च (ca) - and

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

• सम्प्रयच्छति (samprayacchati) - bestows, offers, gives completely

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• धारयेत् (dhārayet) - should wear, should bear, should hold

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

• प्रियतरः (priyataraḥ) - more dear, dearer, more beloved

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, should become

Words meanings and morphology

यानम् (yānam) - vehicle, conveyance, chariot

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yāna

yāna - going, moving, journey, vehicle, conveyance

Root: yā (class 2)

वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment, cloth, clothing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - garment, clothing, cloth

Root: vas (class 2)

अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - ornament, decoration, adornment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṅkāra

alaṅkāra - ornament, decoration, adornment

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Acts as a relative pronoun, referring to `yānam`, `vastram`, `alaṅkāram`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

सम्प्रयच्छति (samprayacchati) - bestows, offers, gives completely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sam-pra-yam

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers back to `yānam`, `vastram`, `alaṅkāram`, `anyat`.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

धारयेत् (dhārayet) - should wear, should bear, should hold

(verb)

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

Causative formation

Derived from root dhṛ (to hold) with causative suffix -aya

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

प्रियतरः (priyataraḥ) - more dear, dearer, more beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priyatara

priyatara - more dear, dearer, more beloved

Comparative degree

Comparative suffix -tara added to priya

Note: Comparative form of 'priya'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, should become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)