महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-39, verse-24

तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।
प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥२४॥

24. tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ ,
pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahmavādinām.

24. tasmāt om iti udāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ
pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satatam brahmavādinām

24. tasmāt brahmavādinām satatam om iti udāhṛtya
vidhānoktāḥ yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ pravartante

24. Therefore, having uttered 'Om', the actions of Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas), as prescribed by scriptural injunctions, are constantly performed by those who expound on Brahman.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

• ओम् (om) - Om (the sacred syllable Om, a primordial sound)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding 'Om' as an utterance) (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• उदाहृत्य (udāhṛtya) - having uttered (having uttered, having pronounced, having mentioned)

• यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः (yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ) - actions of Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) (actions of Vedic ritual, charity, and austerity)

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they are carried out (they begin, they proceed, they are carried out)

• विधानोक्ताः (vidhānoktāḥ) - as prescribed by scriptural injunctions (declared by injunction, prescribed by rules)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

• ब्रह्मवादिनाम् (brahmavādinām) - of those who expound on Brahman (of those who expound on Brahman, of Vedic scholars)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular neuter/masculine.

ओम् (om) - Om (the sacred syllable Om, a primordial sound)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the preceding 'Om' as an utterance) (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

उदाहृत्य (udāhṛtya) - having uttered (having uttered, having pronounced, having mentioned)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from 'ud-ā-hṛ' + '-tvā' (changed to 'ya' due to prefixes).

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः (yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ) - actions of Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) (actions of Vedic ritual, charity, and austerity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yajñadānatapaḥkriyā

yajñadānatapaḥkriyā - actions of Vedic ritual, charity, and austerity

Compound of 'yajña', 'dāna', 'tapas', and 'kriyā'. Nominative plural feminine.

Compound type : Dvandva and Tatpuruṣa (yajña+dāna+tapas+kriyā)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• dāna – charity, gift
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā (class 1)
• tapas – austerity, penance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kriyā – action, deed, rite, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they are carried out (they begin, they proceed, they are carried out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Present middle

Root 'vṛt' (class 1) with prefix 'pra', middle voice, 3rd person plural, Present indicative.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विधानोक्ताः (vidhānoktāḥ) - as prescribed by scriptural injunctions (declared by injunction, prescribed by rules)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vidhānokta

vidhānokta - declared by injunction, prescribed by rules

Compound of 'vidhāna' (rule, injunction) and 'ukta' (spoken, declared, past passive participle of 'vac'). Nominative plural feminine, agreeing with 'kriyāḥ'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vidhāna+ukta)

• vidhāna – rule, injunction, arrangement
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• ukta – spoken, declared, said
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'vac' (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'satata' (continuous).

ब्रह्मवादिनाम् (brahmavādinām) - of those who expound on Brahman (of those who expound on Brahman, of Vedic scholars)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmavādin

brahmavādin - expounder of Brahman, one who speaks about Brahman

Compound of 'brahman' and 'vādin' (speaker). Genitive plural masculine.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – the Absolute Reality, the Supreme Being, the Veda
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• vādin – speaker, advocate, propounder
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  Agent noun from root 'vad' (to speak).
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Refers to those who study and teach the Vedas, specifically the Upanishads concerning Brahman.