महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-20

गन्धवर्णरसस्पर्शा निवर्तन्ते स्वभावतः ।
तथैव सुखदुःखानि विधानमनुवर्तते ॥२०॥

20. gandhavarṇarasasparśā nivartante svabhāvataḥ ,
tathaiva sukhaduḥkhāni vidhānamanuvartate.

20. gandhavarṇarasasparśāḥ nivartante svabhāvataḥ
tathā eva sukhaduḥkhāni vidhānam anuvartate

20. gandhavarṇarasasparśāḥ svabhāvataḥ nivartante
tathā eva sukhaduḥkhāni vidhānam anuvartate

20. Smells, colors, tastes, and touches disappear by their intrinsic nature (svabhāva). Likewise, happiness and sorrow also follow the divine ordinance.

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धवर्णरसस्पर्शाः (gandhavarṇarasasparśāḥ) - smells, colors, tastes, and touches (sense objects)

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - cease, disappear, turn back

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by intrinsic nature, naturally

• तथा (tathā) - thus, likewise

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - happiness and sorrow

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - destiny, ordinance, arrangement

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, conforms to, continues

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धवर्णरसस्पर्शाः (gandhavarṇarasasparśāḥ) - smells, colors, tastes, and touches (sense objects)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandhavarṇarasasparśa

gandhavarṇarasasparśa - smells, colors, tastes, and touches (the objects of the five senses)

Compound type : dvandva (gandha+varṇa+rasa+sparśa)

• gandha – smell, odor, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
• varṇa – color, hue, appearance, caste
  noun (masculine)
• rasa – taste, flavor, essence, juice, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
• sparśa – touch, contact, tactile sensation
  noun (masculine)

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - cease, disappear, turn back

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of nivṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by intrinsic nature, naturally

(indeclinable)

From svabhāva (one's own nature) with suffix -tas

तथा (tathā) - thus, likewise

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुखदुःखानि (sukhaduḥkhāni) - happiness and sorrow

(noun)

neuter, plural of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - happiness and sorrow, pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, ease, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)

विधानम् (vidhānam) - destiny, ordinance, arrangement

(noun)

neuter, singular of vidhāna

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

From root dhā with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, conforms to, continues

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of anuvṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)