महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-7

यतः सत्त्वं न च्यवते यच्च सत्त्वान्न हीयते ।
सत्त्वतः सात्वतस्तस्मादार्षभाद्वृषभेक्षणः ॥७॥

7. yataḥ sattvaṁ na cyavate yacca sattvānna hīyate ,
sattvataḥ sātvatastasmādārṣabhādvṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ.

7. yataḥ sattvam na cyavate yat ca sattvāt na hīyate
sattvataḥ sātvataḥ tasmāt ārṣabhāt vṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ

7. From whom the quality of goodness (sattva) does not deviate, and who is never diminished from goodness, therefore, due to this inherent goodness, he is known as Sātvata. Furthermore, because he possesses bull-like strength (ārṣabha) and his gaze (īkṣaṇa) bestows righteousness (vṛṣabha), he is called Vṛṣabhekṣaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from whom, from which, because of which

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - goodness, essence, existence, being, strength, truth

• न (na) - not

• च्यवते (cyavate) - deviates, falls, moves away

• यत् (yat) - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सत्त्वात् (sattvāt) - from goodness, from essence

• न (na) - not

• हीयते (hīyate) - is diminished, is abandoned, suffers loss

• सत्त्वतः (sattvataḥ) - from goodness, due to sattva, in terms of essence

• सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - Sātvata (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, because of that

• आर्षभात् (ārṣabhāt) - from the bull-like quality, from a bull (Rishabha)

• वृषभेक्षणः (vṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ) - bull-eyed, whose glance bestows righteousness (dharma)

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from whom, from which, because of which

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - goodness, essence, existence, being, strength, truth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, essence, existence, being, strength, truth, reality (one of the three guṇas)

From sant (being) + tva (abstract suffix).

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च्यवते (cyavate) - deviates, falls, moves away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of cyu

Root: cyu (class 1)

यत् (yat) - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the implied subject of the clause, i.e., 'he' (Vishnu/Krishna).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वात् (sattvāt) - from goodness, from essence

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, essence, existence, being, strength, truth, reality (one of the three guṇas)

From sant (being) + tva (abstract suffix).

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हीयते (hīyate) - is diminished, is abandoned, suffers loss

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Used in passive sense 'is diminished'.

सत्त्वतः (sattvataḥ) - from goodness, due to sattva, in terms of essence

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the ablative suffix -tas to sattva.

सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - Sātvata (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sātvata

sātvata - belonging to the Satvatas (a Yadava clan), an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

Taddhita derivation from Satvat.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, because of that

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

आर्षभात् (ārṣabhāt) - from the bull-like quality, from a bull (Rishabha)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ārṣabha

ārṣabha - relating to a bull, bull-like, strong, powerful, born from a bull (from ṛṣabha/vṛṣabha)

Taddhita derivation from ṛṣabha/vṛṣabha (bull).

वृषभेक्षणः (vṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ) - bull-eyed, whose glance bestows righteousness (dharma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣabhekṣaṇa

vṛṣabhekṣaṇa - bull-eyed; one whose glance bestows dharma (righteousness); an epithet of Vishnu

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛṣabha+īkṣaṇa)

• vṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, righteousness (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, looking, eye, glance
  noun (neuter)
  From root īkṣ (to see) + ana (suffix).
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)