महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-13

प्रावृषीवासितग्रीवो मज्जेत निशि निर्जने ।
मायूरेण गुणेनैव स्त्रीभिश्चालक्षितश्चरेत् ।
न जह्याच्च तनुत्राणं रक्षेदात्मानमात्मना ॥१३॥

13. prāvṛṣīvāsitagrīvo majjeta niśi nirjane ,
māyūreṇa guṇenaiva strībhiścālakṣitaścaret ,
na jahyācca tanutrāṇaṁ rakṣedātmānamātmanā.

13. prāvṛṣi iva asitagrīvaḥ majjeta niśi
nirjane | māyūreṇa guṇena eva
strībhiḥ ca alakṣitaḥ caret | na jahyāt
ca tanutrāṇam rakṣet ātmānam ātmanā

13. prāvṛṣi asitagrīvaḥ iva niśi nirjane
majjeta māyūreṇa guṇena eva
strībhiḥ ca alakṣitaḥ caret ca tanutrāṇam
na jahyāt ātmanā ātmānam rakṣet

13. One should disappear at night in a desolate place, like a black-necked (asita-grīva) peacock in the rainy season. Indeed, with the quality of a peacock (māyūra), one should move about unobserved, even by women. One should not abandon one's body armor, and one should protect one's self (ātman) by one's own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season (in the rainy season, during the monsoon)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• असितग्रीवः (asitagrīvaḥ) - black-necked (referring to a peacock) (black-necked)

• मज्जेत (majjeta) - one should disappear, hide (one should immerse, one should sink, one should disappear, one should hide)

• निशि (niśi) - at night (at night, in the night)

• निर्जने (nirjane) - in a deserted place (in a deserted place, in a solitary place, where there are no people)

• मायूरेण (māyūreṇa) - with the quality of a peacock (peacock-like, relating to a peacock, of a peacock)

• गुणेन (guṇena) - with the quality (by quality, by virtue, by characteristic)

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

• स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - by women

• च (ca) - and, even (and, also, moreover)

• अलक्षितः (alakṣitaḥ) - unobserved (unobserved, unnoticed, unseen)

• चरेत् (caret) - one should move about, wander (one should move, one should wander, one should behave)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• जह्यात् (jahyāt) - one should abandon (one should abandon, one should leave, one should give up)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तनुत्राणम् (tanutrāṇam) - body armor (armor, body protection, shield)

• रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect (one should protect, one should guard)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by one's own self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, by one's own means)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season (in the rainy season, during the monsoon)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

असितग्रीवः (asitagrīvaḥ) - black-necked (referring to a peacock) (black-necked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asitagrīva

asitagrīva - black-necked (epithet for Śiva and peacock)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+grīvā)

• asita – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root as (to be, exist)
  Root: as (class 2)
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the implied subject.

मज्जेत (majjeta) - one should disappear, hide (one should immerse, one should sink, one should disappear, one should hide)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of majj

Root: majj (class 6)

निशि (niśi) - at night (at night, in the night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

निर्जने (nirjane) - in a deserted place (in a deserted place, in a solitary place, where there are no people)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirjana

nirjana - deserted, solitary, empty of people

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+jana)

• nir – without, out, away from
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people, creature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Implied 'sthāne' (place).

मायूरेण (māyūreṇa) - with the quality of a peacock (peacock-like, relating to a peacock, of a peacock)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of māyūra

māyūra - relating to a peacock, peacock-like, of a peacock

Derived from mayūra (peacock) with aṇ suffix

Note: Describes 'guṇena'.

गुणेन (guṇena) - with the quality (by quality, by virtue, by characteristic)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, characteristic, virtue, strand, rope

Note: Instrumental of means, 'by the quality'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - by women

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Instrumental of agency, 'by women'.

च (ca) - and, even (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अलक्षितः (alakṣitaḥ) - unobserved (unobserved, unnoticed, unseen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alakṣita

alakṣita - unobserved, unnoticed, unseen, not marked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from a (neg.) + lakṣ (to perceive, observe)

Prefix: a

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Refers to the implied subject.

चरेत् (caret) - one should move about, wander (one should move, one should wander, one should behave)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'jahyāt'.

जह्यात् (jahyāt) - one should abandon (one should abandon, one should leave, one should give up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तनुत्राणम् (tanutrāṇam) - body armor (armor, body protection, shield)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tanutrāṇa

tanutrāṇa - body-guard, armor, shield, coat of mail

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanu+trāṇa)

• tanu – body, limb, form
  noun (feminine)
• trāṇa – protection, defence, guarding
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root trā (to protect)
  Root: trā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'jahyāt'.

रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect (one should protect, one should guard)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, vital breath

Note: Object of 'rakṣet'.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by one's own self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, by one's own means)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, vital breath

Note: Instrumental of agency, 'by one's self'.