महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-110, verse-29

पाण्डुरुवाच ।
यदि व्यवसितं ह्येतद्युवयोर्धर्मसंहितम् ।
स्ववृत्तिमनुवर्तिष्ये तामहं पितुरव्ययाम् ॥२९॥

29. pāṇḍuruvāca ,
yadi vyavasitaṁ hyetadyuvayordharmasaṁhitam ,
svavṛttimanuvartiṣye tāmahaṁ pituravyayām.

29. pāṇḍuḥ uvāca yadi vyavasitam hi etat yuvayoḥ dharmasaṃhitam
svavṛttim anuvartiṣye tām aham pituḥ avyayām

29. Pandu said: 'If this resolve of you two is indeed in accordance with natural law (dharma), then I shall follow that imperishable conduct of my father.'

Words meanings summery:

• पाण्डुः (pāṇḍuḥ) - Pandu (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - resolved, decided, determined

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• एतत् (etat) - this (resolve) (this)

• युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two

• धर्मसंहितम् (dharmasaṁhitam) - in accordance with natural law (dharma) (conforming to natural law, connected with dharma, lawful)

• स्ववृत्तिम् (svavṛttim) - one's own conduct, one's own way of life, one's own duty

• अनुवर्तिष्ये (anuvartiṣye) - I shall follow, I shall conform to

• ताम् (tām) - that (conduct) (that, her)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

• अव्ययाम् (avyayām) - imperishable, eternal, undecaying

Words meanings and morphology

पाण्डुः (pāṇḍuḥ) - Pandu (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pandu (father of the Pandavas); yellowish-white

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of uvāca

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root √vac (to speak), perfect (Lit) form

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - resolved, decided, determined

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyavasita

vyavasita - resolved, decided, determined, undertaken

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √so (to sharpen, to finish) with prefixes vi- and ava-

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (resolve) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

धर्मसंहितम् (dharmasaṁhitam) - in accordance with natural law (dharma) (conforming to natural law, connected with dharma, lawful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmasaṃhita

dharmasaṁhita - conforming to natural law, connected with dharma, lawful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃhita)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃhita – joined, connected, composed, endowed with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root √dhā with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

स्ववृत्तिम् (svavṛttim) - one's own conduct, one's own way of life, one's own duty

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svavṛtti

svavṛtti - one's own conduct, one's own way of life, one's own duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+vṛtti)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• vṛtti – conduct, course of action, way of life, profession
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

अनुवर्तिष्ये (anuvartiṣye) - I shall follow, I shall conform to

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (Luṭ) of anuvartiṣye

Future tense, 1st person singular, Atmanepada

Root √vṛt (to turn, to follow) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (conduct) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

अव्ययाम् (avyayām) - imperishable, eternal, undecaying

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, eternal, undecaying

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyaya – expenditure, decay, loss, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ī (class 2)