महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-6

वर्तमाना यथाशास्त्रं प्राप्य चापि महीमिमाम् ।
सत्कुर्वन्ति महाभागा गुरून्सुविगुणानपि ॥६॥

6. vartamānā yathāśāstraṁ prāpya cāpi mahīmimām ,
satkurvanti mahābhāgā gurūnsuviguṇānapi.

6. vartamānā yathāśāstram prāpya ca api mahīm imām
satkurvanti mahābhāgāḥ gurūn suviguṇān api

6. Even after obtaining this earth, noble persons who act according to the scriptures honor highly virtuous teachers.

Words meanings summery:

• वर्तमाना (vartamānā) - acting (referring to noble persons) (existing, being, acting, present)

• यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to the scriptures, according to the rules/science

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having acquired, having reached

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• महीम् (mahīm) - earth, land, soil

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• सत्कुर्वन्ति (satkurvanti) - they honor, they respect, they treat with reverence

• महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - great-souled ones, noble persons, fortunate ones

• गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, preceptors

• सुविगुणान् (suviguṇān) - highly virtuous, very qualified, having excellent qualities

• अपि (api) - even, also

Words meanings and morphology

वर्तमाना (vartamānā) - acting (referring to noble persons) (existing, being, acting, present)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, current, acting

Present Active Participle

derived from the root vṛt (to be, to exist, to proceed)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mahābhāgāḥ'

यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to the scriptures, according to the rules/science

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śāstra)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner as
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having acquired, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from the root āp with the prefix pra and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

महीम् (mahīm) - earth, land, soil

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, soil, ground

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with 'mahīm'

सत्कुर्वन्ति (satkurvanti) - they honor, they respect, they treat with reverence

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of satkṛ

compound verb formed from 'sat' (good, true) and root 'kṛ' (to do, to make)

Prefix: sat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - great-souled ones, noble persons, fortunate ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - great-souled, noble, fortunate, highly endowed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  indeclinable
• bhāga – share, portion, fortune, lot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'satkurvanti'

गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, preceptors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, elder, weighty, venerable

सुविगुणान् (suviguṇān) - highly virtuous, very qualified, having excellent qualities

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suviguṇa

suviguṇa - highly virtuous, very qualified, having excellent qualities

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+viguṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating excellence or good quality
• viguṇa – distinguished by qualities, qualified, virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from the prefix `vi` and the noun `guṇa` (quality)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Agrees with 'gurūn'

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)