महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-9, verse-39

वयमेव त्रयो राजन्गच्छन्तं परमां गतिम् ।
यद्वै त्वां नानुगच्छामस्तेन तप्स्यामहे वयम् ॥३९॥

39. vayameva trayo rājangacchantaṁ paramāṁ gatim ,
yadvai tvāṁ nānugacchāmastena tapsyāmahe vayam.

39. vayam eva trayaḥ rājan gacchantam paramām gatim
yat vai tvām na anugacchāmaḥ tena tapsyāmahe vayam

39. rājan vayam eva trayaḥ paramām gatim gacchantam
tvām yat vai na anugacchāmaḥ tena vayam tapsyāmahe

39. O King, because we three alone cannot follow you, who are proceeding to the supreme destination (gati), we shall certainly grieve on account of that.

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, certainly

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, proceeding, departing

• परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, ultimate

• गतिम् (gatim) - destination, state, course, going

• यत् (yat) - since, because, that which

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - we follow

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on account of that

• तप्स्यामहे (tapsyāmahe) - we shall grieve (we shall suffer, we shall grieve, we shall perform penance (tapas))

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, proceeding, departing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

गतिम् (gatim) - destination, state, course, going

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, way, destination, state, condition

यत् (yat) - since, because, that which

(indeclinable)

Used here as a conjunction.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - we follow

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anu-gam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, on account of that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

तप्स्यामहे (tapsyāmahe) - we shall grieve (we shall suffer, we shall grieve, we shall perform penance (tapas))

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of tap

Root: tap (class 4)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we