महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-4, verse-40

उत्तमास्त्रविदः शूरा यथोक्तक्रतुयाजिनः ।
त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्यथान्यायमिन्द्रसद्मसु धिष्ठिताः ॥४०॥

40. uttamāstravidaḥ śūrā yathoktakratuyājinaḥ ,
tyaktvā prāṇānyathānyāyamindrasadmasu dhiṣṭhitāḥ.

40. uttama astra vidaḥ śūrāḥ yathā ukta kratu yājinaḥ |
tyaktvā prāṇān yathā nyāyam indra sadmasu dhiṣṭitāḥ

40. uttama astra vidaḥ,
yathā ukta kratu yājinaḥ,
śūrāḥ,
yathā nyāyam prāṇān tyaktvā,
indra sadmasu dhiṣṭitāḥ (santi)

40. The heroic ones, expert in the highest weapons and performing Vedic rituals (kratu) as prescribed, having righteously given up their lives, are established in the abodes of Indra.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तम (uttama) - highest (weapons) (highest, best, excellent, supreme)

• अस्त्र (astra) - weapons (divine or powerful weapons) (weapon, missile)

• विदः (vidaḥ) - knowers (of highest weapons) (knowers, experts)

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - the heroic ones (heroes, brave men, warriors)

• यथा (yathā) - as, according to (what is said) (as, just as, according to)

• उक्त (ukta) - prescribed (in sacred texts or traditions) (said, spoken, prescribed)

• क्रतु (kratu) - Vedic ritual (kratu) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, wisdom, power)

• याजिनः (yājinaḥ) - performers of Vedic rituals (performers of Vedic rituals, sacrificers)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having given up (their lives) (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - their lives (lives, breaths, vital airs)

• यथा (yathā) - according to (justice) (as, just as, according to)

• न्यायम् (nyāyam) - justice (meaning 'righteously') (justice, rule, method, logical argument)

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (the king of gods) (Indra (name of a deity))

• सद्मसु (sadmasu) - in the abodes (of Indra) (in the abodes, in the houses)

• धिष्टिताः (dhiṣṭitāḥ) - are established (in Indra's abodes) (established, placed, fixed, residing)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तम (uttama) - highest (weapons) (highest, best, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme, chief

Note: Part of a compound 'uttama-astra-vidaḥ'.

अस्त्र (astra) - weapons (divine or powerful weapons) (weapon, missile)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile, dart, projectile

विदः (vidaḥ) - knowers (of highest weapons) (knowers, experts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vid

vid - knowing, wise, learned person, knower

Agent noun from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - the heroic ones (heroes, brave men, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, valiant, warrior

Note: Main subject of the sentence, along with the other noun phrases.

यथा (yathā) - as, according to (what is said) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of a compound 'yathā-ukta'.

उक्त (ukta) - prescribed (in sacred texts or traditions) (said, spoken, prescribed)

(verbal derivative)

क्रतु (kratu) - Vedic ritual (kratu) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, wisdom, power)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kratu

kratu - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, resolve, power, wisdom, insight

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of a compound 'yathā-ukta-kratu-yājinaḥ'.

याजिनः (yājinaḥ) - performers of Vedic rituals (performers of Vedic rituals, sacrificers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yājin

yājin - one who performs Vedic rituals, sacrificer, worshipper

Agent noun from root yaj (to worship, sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having given up (their lives) (having abandoned, having given up, having left)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon, forsake)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - their lives (lives, breaths, vital airs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Note: Object of 'tyaktvā'.

यथा (yathā) - according to (justice) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

न्यायम् (nyāyam) - justice (meaning 'righteously') (justice, rule, method, logical argument)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nyāya

nyāya - rule, method, justice, right, logic, axiom

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (the king of gods) (Indra (name of a deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, chief, best

Note: Part of a compound 'indra-sadmasu'.

सद्मसु (sadmasu) - in the abodes (of Indra) (in the abodes, in the houses)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sadman

sadman - abode, house, seat, dwelling

धिष्टिताः (dhiṣṭitāḥ) - are established (in Indra's abodes) (established, placed, fixed, residing)

(verbal derivative)