महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-97

ब्रह्मचर्यं चरत्येष शिवा यास्य तनुस्तया ।
यास्य घोरतरा मूर्तिः सर्वानत्ति तयेश्वरः ॥९७॥

97. brahmacaryaṁ caratyeṣa śivā yāsya tanustayā ,
yāsya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ sarvānatti tayeśvaraḥ.

97. brahmacaryam carati eṣaḥ śivā yā asya tanuḥ tayā
yā asya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ sarvān atti tayā īśvaraḥ

97. eṣaḥ īśvaraḥ yā asya śivā tanuḥ tayā brahmacaryam
carati yā asya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ tayā sarvān atti

97. This Lord (īśvara) practices `brahmacarya` through that auspicious (śiva) body (tanu) which is his. And through that more dreadful form (mūrti) which is his, he devours all.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy, student life, spiritual discipline (brahmacarya)

• चरति (carati) - he practices, he performs, he moves, he wanders

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• शिवा (śivā) - auspicious, benevolent (feminine)

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• तनुः (tanuḥ) - body, form, person

• तया (tayā) - by that, through that (feminine)

• या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• घोरतरा (ghoratarā) - more dreadful, very terrible

• मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form, embodiment, manifestation

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all beings

• अत्ति (atti) - he eats, he consumes, he devours

• तया (tayā) - by that, through that (feminine)

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Lord, master, ruler (īśvara)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy, student life, spiritual discipline (brahmacarya)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - religious student life, celibacy, conduct according to sacred law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute; sacred knowledge, sacred word
  noun (neuter)
• carya – conduct, practice, observance
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root car (to move, conduct)
  Root: car (class 1)

चरति (carati) - he practices, he performs, he moves, he wanders

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

शिवा (śivā) - auspicious, benevolent (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, propitious; a name of Shiva

या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

तनुः (tanuḥ) - body, form, person

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person, self

तया (tayā) - by that, through that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

या (yā) - which, who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

घोरतरा (ghoratarā) - more dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghoratara

ghoratara - more dreadful, very terrible, more fierce

Comparative degree of ghora (dreadful)

मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form, embodiment, manifestation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mūrti

mūrti - form, embodiment, manifestation, figure, shape

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all beings

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

अत्ति (atti) - he eats, he consumes, he devours

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ad

Root: ad (class 2)

तया (tayā) - by that, through that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Lord, master, ruler (īśvara)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, controller; a name of Shiva

Root: īś