महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-11

देवयान्युवाच ।
सर्व एव नरव्याघ्र विधानमनुवर्तते ।
विधानविहितं मत्वा मा विचित्राः कथाः कृथाः ॥११॥

11. devayānyuvāca ,
sarva eva naravyāghra vidhānamanuvartate ,
vidhānavihitaṁ matvā mā vicitrāḥ kathāḥ kṛthāḥ.

11. devayānī uvāca sarvaḥ eva naravyāghra vidhānam anuvartate
vidhānavihitam matvā mā vicitrāḥ kathāḥ kṛthāḥ

11. Devayānī said: "O tiger among men, everyone indeed conforms to destiny. Considering this to be ordained by destiny, do not make any strange narratives."

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, everyone

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (a king, a great man)

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - ordinance, destiny, arrangement, rule

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, conforms to, complies with

• विधानविहितम् (vidhānavihitam) - ordained by destiny, arranged by fate

• मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, considering, knowing

• मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive)

• विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - strange, various, wonderful

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, narratives, tales

• कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - do not make (you) (do (you))

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayānī

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (a king, a great man)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, an excellent man (used metaphorically)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

विधानम् (vidhānam) - ordinance, destiny, arrangement, rule

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, disposition, ordinance, rule, fate, destiny

Root: dhā (class 3)

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, conforms to, complies with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anu-vṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विधानविहितम् (vidhānavihitam) - ordained by destiny, arranged by fate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhānavihita

vidhānavihita - ordained by fate, arranged by destiny

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidhāna+vihita)

• vidhāna – arrangement, ordinance, destiny
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vihita – arranged, ordered, prescribed, made
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'dhā' (to place, hold) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, considering, knowing

(indeclinable)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund)

मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - strange, various, wonderful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, strange, wonderful, beautiful

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, narratives, tales

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - do not make (you) (do (you))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.