महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-17

गिरिपृष्ठमुपारुह्य प्रासादं वा रहोगतः ।
अरण्ये निःशलाके वा तत्र मन्त्रो विधीयते ॥१७॥

17. giripṛṣṭhamupāruhya prāsādaṁ vā rahogataḥ ,
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantro vidhīyate.

17. giripṛṣṭham upāruhya prāsādam vā rahogataḥ
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantraḥ vidhīyate

17. Counsel (mantra) should be deliberated either after ascending a mountain peak, or in a secluded palace, or in a forest that is free from obstructions.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरिपृष्ठम् (giripṛṣṭham) - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

• उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

• प्रासादम् (prāsādam) - palace, mansion, temple

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• रहोगतः (rahogataḥ) - having gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in a forest, in a wilderness

• निःशलाके (niḥśalāke) - free from obstructions, secure, uninhabited

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, secret deliberation or plan (counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance (mantra))

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is made, should be deliberated, is laid down

Words meanings and morphology

गिरिपृष्ठम् (giripṛṣṭham) - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of giripṛṣṭha

giripṛṣṭha - mountain top, peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+pṛṣṭha)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top, summit
  noun (neuter)

उपारुह्य (upāruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) formed from the root 'ruh' (to climb) with prefixes 'upa-' and 'ā-'.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

प्रासादम् (prāsādam) - palace, mansion, temple

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāsāda

prāsāda - palace, mansion, temple

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

रहोगतः (rahogataḥ) - having gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rahogata

rahogata - gone to a solitary place, secluded, being in solitude

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rahas+gata)

• rahas – solitude, privacy, secrecy
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in a forest, in a wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, uninhabited place

निःशलाके (niḥśalāke) - free from obstructions, secure, uninhabited

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of niḥśalāka

niḥśalāka - free from stakes/arrows/obstacles, secure, uninhabited

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+śalāka)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• śalāka – stake, dart, arrow, splinter, obstacle
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees in case, gender, and number with 'araṇye'.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, secret deliberation or plan (counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance (mantra))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, deliberation, secret plan, sacred utterance, spell (mantra)

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is made, should be deliberated, is laid down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vidhīyate

Passive present indicative form of the root 'dhā' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)