महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-34, verse-2

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।
श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥२॥

2. śrībhagavānuvāca ,
mayyāveśya mano ye māṁ nityayuktā upāsate ,
śraddhayā parayopetāste me yuktatamā matāḥ.

2. śrībhagavān uvāca | mayi āveśya manaḥ ye mām nityayuktāḥ
upāsate | śraddhayā parayā upetāḥ te me yuktatamāḥ matāḥ

2. śrībhagavān uvāca ye nityayuktāḥ parayā śraddhayā upetāḥ mayi manaḥ āveśya mām upāsate,
te me yuktatamāḥ matāḥ

2. The Blessed Lord said: Those who, fixing their minds on Me and ever steadfastly engaged, worship Me, endowed with supreme faith (śraddhā), are considered by Me to be the most perfectly devoted (yoga).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - The Blessed Lord

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मयि (mayi) - in Me, upon Me

• आवेश्य (āveśya) - having fixed, having placed, having absorbed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• ये (ye) - those who

• माम् (mām) - Me

• नित्ययुक्ताः (nityayuktāḥ) - constantly engaged, perpetually devoted

• उपासते (upāsate) - they worship, they serve, they meditate

• श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - with faith (śraddhā)

• परया (parayā) - with supreme, with excellent

• उपेताः (upetāḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

• ते (te) - they

• मे (me) - by Me, to Me

• युक्ततमाः (yuktatamāḥ) - most perfectly devoted (yoga), most excellent among yogis

• मताः (matāḥ) - considered, thought, esteemed

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - The Blessed Lord

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībhagavat

śrībhagavat - the glorious, the divine, the blessed; a king, a deity, a god; an epithet of Krishna or Vishnu

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śrī+bhagavat)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, wealth, divine grace, goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• bhagavat – possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, blessed; the Lord
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to Krishna as the speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

मयि (mayi) - in Me, upon Me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

आवेश्य (āveśya) - having fixed, having placed, having absorbed

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root viś with prefix ā, ending in -ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

माम् (mām) - Me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

नित्ययुक्ताः (nityayuktāḥ) - constantly engaged, perpetually devoted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nityayukta

nityayukta - constantly devoted, perpetually engaged, always steadfast

Compound type : tatpurusha (nitya+yukta)

• nitya – constant, eternal, perpetual, always
  adjective (masculine)
• yukta – joined, united, yoked, engaged, devoted, steadfast
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yuj.
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

उपासते (upāsate) - they worship, they serve, they meditate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of upa-ās

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - with faith (śraddhā)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, devotion

परया (parayā) - with supreme, with excellent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other, next

Note: Qualifies 'śraddhayā'.

उपेताः (upetāḥ) - endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upeta

upeta - approached, gone to, endowed with, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

मे (me) - by Me, to Me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'by me' (agent of 'matāḥ').

युक्ततमाः (yuktatamāḥ) - most perfectly devoted (yoga), most excellent among yogis

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuktatama

yuktatama - most excellent in yoga, most perfectly united, most devoted

Superlative degree of yukta.

Note: Superlative of yukta, referring to the state of being united or devoted (yoga).

मताः (matāḥ) - considered, thought, esteemed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mata

mata - thought, considered, esteemed, agreed upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man.

Root: man (class 4)