महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-22

अप्यदृष्ट्वा नियुक्तानि अनुरूपेषु कर्मसु ।
सर्वांस्ताननुवर्तेत स्वरांस्तन्त्रीरिवायता ॥२२॥

22. apyadṛṣṭvā niyuktāni anurūpeṣu karmasu ,
sarvāṁstānanuvarteta svarāṁstantrīrivāyatā.

22. api adṛṣṭvā niyuktāni anurūpeṣu karmasu sarvān
tān anuvarteta svarān tantrīḥ iva āyatā

22. saḥ api anurūpeṣu karmasu niyuktāni tān sarvān
adṛṣṭvā (api) svarān tantrīḥ iva āyatā anuvarteta

22. Even if he has not personally overseen their appointment to appropriate tasks, the king should respect the work of all his officials, just as strings are stretched and tuned to produce musical notes.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even if (even, also, although)

• अदृष्ट्वा (adṛṣṭvā) - without having personally overseen (without seeing, without having seen)

• नियुक्तानि (niyuktāni) - (those) appointed (appointed, engaged, employed)

• अनुरूपेषु (anurūpeṣu) - to appropriate (in appropriate, in suitable)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks (in duties, in actions, in tasks)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

• तान् (tān) - his officials (masculine plural accusative) (them)

• अनुवर्तेत (anuvarteta) - should respect the work of (should follow, should obey, should conform to, should respect)

• स्वरान् (svarān) - musical notes (notes, sounds, tones)

• तन्त्रीः (tantrīḥ) - strings (strings (of a musical instrument))

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• आयता (āyatā) - stretched and tuned (stretched, extended, long, controlled, dependent)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even if (even, also, although)

(indeclinable)

अदृष्ट्वा (adṛṣṭvā) - without having personally overseen (without seeing, without having seen)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Negated absolutive of root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नियुक्तानि (niyuktāni) - (those) appointed (appointed, engaged, employed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of niyukta

niyukta - appointed, engaged, employed, directed

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to appoint) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to tasks or implicitly people (understood as neuter plural when referring to 'things' of appointment).

अनुरूपेषु (anurūpeṣu) - to appropriate (in appropriate, in suitable)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of anurūpa

anurūpa - conforming to, appropriate, suitable, corresponding

Prefix anu + rūpa (form, shape).

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks (in duties, in actions, in tasks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, destiny

From root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The bracketed Sanskrit term (karma) is used in the translation.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Refers to the officials.

तान् (tān) - his officials (masculine plural accusative) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the officials.

अनुवर्तेत (anuvarteta) - should respect the work of (should follow, should obey, should conform to, should respect)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of anuvart

Optative Mood, Third Person, Singular, Middle Voice

Root vṛt (to turn, to be) with prefix anu. Optative ātmanepada.

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्वरान् (svarān) - musical notes (notes, sounds, tones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svara

svara - sound, tone, note, accent, voice

Root: svṛ (class 1)

तन्त्रीः (tantrīḥ) - strings (strings (of a musical instrument))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tantrī

tantrī - string, cord, string of a musical instrument, lute

Root: tan (class 8)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आयता (āyatā) - stretched and tuned (stretched, extended, long, controlled, dependent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyata

āyata - stretched, extended, long, controlled, dependent, managed

Past Passive Participle

From root yam (to restrain, stretch) with prefix ā. A three-gender adjective.

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)