महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-134, verse-19

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
इह यत्तैर्निराकारैर्वस्तव्यमिति रोचये ।
नष्टैरिव विचिन्वद्भिर्गतिमिष्टां ध्रुवामितः ॥१९॥

19. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
iha yattairnirākārairvastavyamiti rocaye ,
naṣṭairiva vicinvadbhirgatimiṣṭāṁ dhruvāmitaḥ.

19. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca iha yat taiḥ nirākāraiḥ vastavyam iti
rocaye naṣṭaiḥ iva vicinvadbhiḥ gatim iṣṭām dhruvām itaḥ

19. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "I prefer that we remain here unidentifiable, as if we are lost, searching for a secure and desired path from this place."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• यत् (yat) - that, which

• तैः (taiḥ) - by us (the Pāṇḍavas) (by them)

• निराकारैः (nirākāraiḥ) - by us, being unidentifiable (by those without form, by the unidentifiable ones)

• वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - to be dwelt, one should dwell

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer

• नष्टैः (naṣṭaiḥ) - by the lost ones, by those who are destroyed

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• विचिन्वद्भिः (vicinvadbhiḥ) - by those searching, by those seeking

• गतिम् (gatim) - path, way, destination, movement

• इष्टाम् (iṣṭām) - desired, wished for, beloved

• ध्रुवाम् (dhruvām) - firm, steady, secure, constant

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, from this place

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect (intensive)

Perfect 3rd singular active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that, which

(indeclinable)

तैः (taiḥ) - by us (the Pāṇḍavas) (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निराकारैः (nirākāraiḥ) - by us, being unidentifiable (by those without form, by the unidentifiable ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, bodiless, unidentifiable

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+ākāra)

• nis – out, forth, away, without
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - to be dwelt, one should dwell

(gerundive)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

रोचये (rocaye) - I like, I prefer

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ruc

Present

Present 1st singular middle of √ruc

Root: ruc (class 1)

नष्टैः (naṣṭaiḥ) - by the lost ones, by those who are destroyed

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √naś (to perish, to be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

विचिन्वद्भिः (vicinvadbhiḥ) - by those searching, by those seeking

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vicinvat

vicinvat - searching, seeking, investigating

Present Active Participle

Derived from √ci with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

गतिम् (gatim) - path, way, destination, movement

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, way, destination

Derived from √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

इष्टाम् (iṣṭām) - desired, wished for, beloved

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished for, beloved, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √iṣ (to wish, to desire)

Root: iṣ (class 4)

ध्रुवाम् (dhruvām) - firm, steady, secure, constant

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhruvā

dhruva - firm, steady, constant, certain, secure

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, from this place

(indeclinable)