महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-208, verse-13

प्रकीर्णमेषभारो हि यद्वद्धार्येत दस्युभिः ।
प्रतिलोमां दिशं बुद्ध्वा संसारमबुधास्तथा ॥१३॥

13. prakīrṇameṣabhāro hi yadvaddhāryeta dasyubhiḥ ,
pratilomāṁ diśaṁ buddhvā saṁsāramabudhāstathā.

13. prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāraḥ hi yadvat dhāryeta dasyubhiḥ
pratilomām diśam buddhvā saṃsāram abudhāḥ tathā

13. hi yadvat prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāraḥ dasyubhiḥ dhāryeta,
tathā abudhāḥ pratilomām diśam buddhvā saṃsāram (prāpnuvanti)

13. Indeed, just as a scattered load of sheep would be carried away by robbers, similarly, the unwise, having perceived an adverse course, are drawn into the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रकीर्ण-मेष-भारः (prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāraḥ) - a burden of scattered sheep

• हि (hi) - indeed

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in what manner

• धार्येत (dhāryeta) - would be carried, would be borne

• दस्युभिः (dasyubhiḥ) - by robbers, by brigands

• प्रतिलोमाम् (pratilomām) - adverse, contrary, opposing

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

• बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having understood, having perceived

• संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

• अबुधाः (abudhāḥ) - the unwise, the ignorant ones

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकीर्ण-मेष-भारः (prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāraḥ) - a burden of scattered sheep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāra

prakīrṇa-meṣa-bhāra - a load/burden of scattered sheep

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prakīrṇa+meṣa+bhāra)

• prakīrṇa – scattered, spread, dispersed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kīr (class 6)
• meṣa – sheep, ram
  noun (masculine)
• bhāra – load, burden, weight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed

(indeclinable)

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

धार्येत (dhāryeta) - would be carried, would be borne

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

दस्युभिः (dasyubhiḥ) - by robbers, by brigands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dasyu

dasyu - robber, brigand, enemy

प्रतिलोमाम् (pratilomām) - adverse, contrary, opposing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratiloma

pratiloma - adverse, contrary, reversed, against the grain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prati+loman)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
  prefix
• loman – hair, fur, opposite direction (when compounded)
  noun (neuter)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, point of the compass

Root: diś (class 6)

बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root budh with suffix -tvā

Root: budh (class 1)

संसारम् (saṁsāram) - the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अबुधाः (abudhāḥ) - the unwise, the ignorant ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abudha

abudha - unwise, ignorant, foolish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+budha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• budha – wise, learned, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)