महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-19

शकुनीनामिवाकाशे मत्स्यानामिव चोदके ।
पदं यथा न दृश्येत तथा ज्ञानविदां गतिः ॥१९॥

19. śakunīnāmivākāśe matsyānāmiva codake ,
padaṁ yathā na dṛśyeta tathā jñānavidāṁ gatiḥ.

19. śakunīnām iva ākāśe matsyānām iva ca udake
padam yathā na dṛśyeta tathā jñānavidām gatiḥ

19. yathā śakunīnām iva ākāśe ca matsyānām iva
udake padam na dṛśyeta tathā jñānavidām gatiḥ

19. Just as the path of birds in the sky and fish in water is not visible, so too is the course of those who possess knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• शकुनीनाम् (śakunīnām) - of birds (of birds, of winged creatures)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in ether)

• मत्स्यानाम् (matsyānām) - of fish

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उदके (udake) - in water

• पदम् (padam) - footprint, trace (footstep, track, trace, mark, word, state)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• दृश्येत (dṛśyeta) - is seen, is visible (may be seen, is seen, appears)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• ज्ञानविदाम् (jñānavidām) - of those who possess knowledge (of those who know `jñāna`, of the wise)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - course, movement (movement, course, path, state, destination)

Words meanings and morphology

शकुनीनाम् (śakunīnām) - of birds (of birds, of winged creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śakunin

śakunin - bird, winged creature

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space, in ether)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, the fifth element

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

मत्स्यानाम् (matsyānām) - of fish

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उदके (udake) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

पदम् (padam) - footprint, trace (footstep, track, trace, mark, word, state)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, trace, mark, word, position, state

Root: pad (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

दृश्येत (dṛśyeta) - is seen, is visible (may be seen, is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

Optative, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Root `dṛś` + `ya` (passive sign) + `īta` (optative ending).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञानविदाम् (jñānavidām) - of those who possess knowledge (of those who know `jñāna`, of the wise)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jñānavid

jñānavid - knowing knowledge, wise, one who knows

Compound of `jñāna` (knowledge) and `vid` (knower).

गतिः (gatiḥ) - course, movement (movement, course, path, state, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, state, condition, destination

From root `gam` (to go) + `ti` suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)