महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-252, verse-13

गन्धर्वनगराकारः प्रथमं संप्रदृश्यते ।
अन्वीक्ष्यमाणः कविभिः पुनर्गच्छत्यदर्शनम् ॥१३॥

13. gandharvanagarākāraḥ prathamaṁ saṁpradṛśyate ,
anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ kavibhiḥ punargacchatyadarśanam.

13. gandharvanagarākāraḥ prathamam saṃpradṛśyate
anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ kavibhiḥ punar gacchati adarśanam

13. gandharvanagarākāraḥ prathamam saṃpradṛśyate
kavibhiḥ anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ punar adarśanam gacchati

13. Like a phantom city (gandharvanagara), it first appears distinctly. But when investigated by seers, it again vanishes from sight.

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वनगराकारः (gandharvanagarākāraḥ) - having the form of a Gandharva city (mirage)

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, initially

• संप्रदृश्यते (saṁpradṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

• अन्वीक्ष्यमाणः (anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ) - being observed, being investigated, being examined

• कविभिः (kavibhiḥ) - by spiritual seers/philosophers (by poets, by wise ones, by seers)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, back

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches

• अदर्शनम् (adarśanam) - out of sight (to invisibility, to disappearance)

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वनगराकारः (gandharvanagarākāraḥ) - having the form of a Gandharva city (mirage)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharvanagarākāra

gandharvanagarākāra - having the form of a Gandharva city; a mirage, phantom city

Compound of Gandharva (celestial musician), nagara (city), and ākāra (form, appearance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gandharva+nagara+ākāra)

• gandharva – a class of celestial beings, heavenly musician
  noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: It qualifies the implied subject of the sentence (e.g., 'it' or 'the world of illusion').

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, initially

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

संप्रदृश्यते (saṁpradṛśyate) - is seen, appears, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present passive indicative

From root dṛś (class 1) with prefixes sam and pra; passive voice

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Often means "appears" when used passively with these prefixes.

अन्वीक्ष्यमाणः (anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ) - being observed, being investigated, being examined

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anvīkṣyamāṇa

anvīkṣyamāṇa - being observed, being examined, being investigated

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root īkṣ (to see) with prefix anu; passive sense, present tense

Prefix: anu

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (e.g., the world of illusion).

कविभिः (kavibhiḥ) - by spiritual seers/philosophers (by poets, by wise ones, by seers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kavi

kavi - poet, sage, wise man, seer

Note: Agent of the passive participle `anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ`.

पुनर् (punar) - again, back

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches

(verb)

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

Present indicative

From root gam (class 1) 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

अदर्शनम् (adarśanam) - out of sight (to invisibility, to disappearance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adarśana

adarśana - invisibility, disappearance, non-perception

Compound of a- (not) and darśana (seeing, perception)

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+darśana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• darśana – seeing, perception, vision
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Governed by `gacchati`.