महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-8

सुशीघ्रमपि धावन्तं विधानमनुधावति ।
शेते सह शयानेन येन येन यथा कृतम् ॥८॥

8. suśīghramapi dhāvantaṁ vidhānamanudhāvati ,
śete saha śayānena yena yena yathā kṛtam.

8. suśīghram api dhāvantam vidhānam anudhāvati
śete saha śayānena yena yena yathā kṛtam

8. vidhānam suśīghram api dhāvantam anudhāvati.
yena yena yathā kṛtam,
(tat) śayānena saha śete

8. Destiny (vidhāna) pursues even those who run very swiftly. Whatever has been done by each person, in whatever manner, that remains with them even as they sleep.

Words meanings summery:

• सुशीघ्रम् (suśīghram) - very swiftly (very swiftly, very quickly)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, indeed)

• धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - one running (one who is running)

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - destiny (vidhāna) (arrangement, ordinance, destiny, fate, creation)

• अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - pursues (pursues, runs after, follows)

• शेते (śete) - lies (with them), remains (lies down, sleeps, rests)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• शयानेन (śayānena) - with the sleeping one, with them (even as they sleep) (by the sleeping one, with the one lying down)

• येन (yena) - by whichever (person) (by whom, by which)

• येन (yena) - by each one (by whom, by which)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, in whatever manner)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

Words meanings and morphology

सुशीघ्रम् (suśīghram) - very swiftly (very swiftly, very quickly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of suśīghra

suśīghra - very quick, very swift

Compound of 'su-' (prefix for good, well, very) and 'śīghra' (quick, swift).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+śīghra)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating intensity or excellence.
• śīghra – quick, swift, rapid
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying 'dhāvantam'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - one running (one who is running)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, moving swiftly

Present Active Participle

From root dhāv (to run), present participle, masculine accusative singular.

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun in this context.

विधानम् (vidhānam) - destiny (vidhāna) (arrangement, ordinance, destiny, fate, creation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, ordinance, rule, method, destiny, fate, creation

From `vi-dhā` (to arrange, ordain, create).

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: The subject of `anudhāvati`.

अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - pursues (pursues, runs after, follows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anudhāv

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

शेते (śete) - lies (with them), remains (lies down, sleeps, rests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: śī (class 2)

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

शयानेन (śayānena) - with the sleeping one, with them (even as they sleep) (by the sleeping one, with the one lying down)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śayāna

śayāna - lying down, sleeping, resting

Present Middle Participle

From root śī (to lie down, sleep), present participle, masculine instrumental singular.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun in this context.

येन (yena) - by whichever (person) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

Note: Used iteratively with another 'yena'.

येन (yena) - by each one (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

Note: Repetition of 'yena' denotes distributivity or 'each and every'.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, just as, in whatever manner)

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make), past passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to `karma` (action), implied.