महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-67, verse-5

संजय उवाच ।
मायां न सेवे भद्रं ते न वृथाधर्ममाचरे ।
शुद्धभावं गतो भक्त्या शास्त्राद्वेद्मि जनार्दनम् ॥५॥

5. saṁjaya uvāca ,
māyāṁ na seve bhadraṁ te na vṛthādharmamācare ,
śuddhabhāvaṁ gato bhaktyā śāstrādvedmi janārdanam.

5. saṃjayaḥ uvāca māyām na seve bhadram te na vṛthādharmaṃ
ācare śuddhabhāvam gataḥ bhaktyā śāstrāt vedmi janārdanam

5. Sanjaya said: I do not resort to illusion (māyā). May good fortune be with you. I do not practice useless natural law (dharma). Having attained a pure state through devotion (bhakti), I know Janārdana through the scriptures.

Words meanings summery:

• संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मायाम् (māyām) - illusion, deception, magic, creative power

• न (na) - not, no

• सेवे (seve) - I resort to, I engage in (I serve, I attend to, I resort to, I practice)

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (good, auspicious, well-being, good fortune)

• ते (te) - for you (to you, your, for you)

• न (na) - not, no

• वृथाधर्मं (vṛthādharmaṁ) - useless natural law (dharma) (useless natural law, vain duty, pointless action)

• आचरे (ācare) - I perform, I practice, I act

• शुद्धभावम् (śuddhabhāvam) - pure state, pure nature, pure disposition

• गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained, reached)

• भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - by devotion, with reverence, through love

• शास्त्रात् (śāstrāt) - from the scriptures (from scripture, from doctrine, from treatise)

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

Words meanings and morphology

संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

मायाम् (māyām) - illusion, deception, magic, creative power

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, deception, magic, creative power, unreality

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सेवे (seve) - I resort to, I engage in (I serve, I attend to, I resort to, I practice)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sev

Present Tense

Root 'sev' (to serve) in Atmanepada

Root: sev (class 1)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (good, auspicious, well-being, good fortune)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - good, auspicious, excellent, well-being, good fortune

Note: Used here as an optative expression, 'may good fortune be'

ते (te) - for you (to you, your, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वृथाधर्मं (vṛthādharmaṁ) - useless natural law (dharma) (useless natural law, vain duty, pointless action)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛthādharma

vṛthādharma - useless natural law, vain duty, pointless action

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛthā+dharma)

• vṛthā – in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

आचरे (ācare) - I perform, I practice, I act

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of ācar

Present Tense

Root 'car' (to move) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

शुद्धभावम् (śuddhabhāvam) - pure state, pure nature, pure disposition

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śuddhabhāva

śuddhabhāva - pure state, pure nature, pure disposition

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+bhāva)

• śuddha – pure, clean, clear
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śudh' (to purify)
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, disposition, being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as a participle, agreeing with the implied subject 'I'

भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - by devotion, with reverence, through love

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhakti

bhakti - devotion, love, homage, faithfulness, attachment

From root 'bhaj' (to divide, to participate, to worship)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

शास्त्रात् (śāstrāt) - from the scriptures (from scripture, from doctrine, from treatise)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, rule, instruction, science

Root: śās (class 2)

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Present Tense

Root 'vid' (to know) in the 'adādi' class (2nd class)

Root: vid (class 2)

जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Janārdana (stirring up or exciting men, an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna)