महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-124, verse-17

योऽगात चतुरो वेदान्यश्च वेदेषु गीयते ।
तं प्रपद्य महात्मानं भूतिमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् ॥१७॥

17. yo'gāta caturo vedānyaśca vedeṣu gīyate ,
taṁ prapadya mahātmānaṁ bhūtimāpnotyanuttamām.

17. yaḥ agāt caturaḥ vedān yaḥ ca vedeṣu gīyate
tam prapadya mahātmānam bhūtim āpnoti anuttamām

17. yaḥ caturaḥ vedān agāt ca yaḥ vedeṣu gīyate
tam mahātmānam prapadya anuttamām bhūtim āpnoti

17. Having taken refuge in that great Self (ātman) who mastered the four Vedas and who is praised in the Vedas, one attains unsurpassed prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who

• अगात् (agāt) - mastered (the Vedas) (went, reached, mastered)

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

• यः (yaḥ) - who

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas

• गीयते (gīyate) - is sung, is praised, is glorified

• तम् (tam) - him, that (accusative singular)

• प्रपद्य (prapadya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the great Self, the great soul (ātman)

• भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, power, spiritual attainment

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed, excellent, highest

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

अगात् (agāt) - mastered (the Vedas) (went, reached, mastered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Aorist form, augmented with 'a'.

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'vedān'.

वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda (scriptures)

derived from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to the four principal Vedic texts.

यः (yaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda (scriptures)

derived from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

गीयते (gīyate) - is sung, is praised, is glorified

(verb)

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

Root: gai (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him, that (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the great Self.

प्रपद्य (prapadya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from pra-pad (to approach, fall down before)

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the great Self, the great soul (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great Self (ātman)

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the individual soul
  noun (masculine)

भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, power, spiritual attainment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - welfare, prosperity, well-being, power, supernatural power, spiritual attainment

derived from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of āp

Root: āp (class 5)

अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed, excellent, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, unequalled, best, highest, excellent

a- (negative prefix) + uttama (highest, best)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• uttama – highest, best, principal
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtim'.