महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-18

यथान्धः स्वगृहे युक्तो ह्यभ्यासादेव गच्छति ।
तथा युक्तेन मनसा प्राज्ञो गच्छति तां गतिम् ॥१८॥

18. yathāndhaḥ svagṛhe yukto hyabhyāsādeva gacchati ,
tathā yuktena manasā prājño gacchati tāṁ gatim.

18. yathā andhaḥ svagṛhe yuktaḥ hi abhyāsāt eva gacchati
tathā yuktena manasā prājñaḥ gacchati tām gatim

18. yathā andhaḥ svagṛhe yuktaḥ hi abhyāsāt eva gacchati
tathā prājñaḥ yuktena manasā tām gatim gacchati

18. Just as a blind person, familiar with their own home, moves about simply by habit, so too does a wise person attain that supreme state (mokṣa) with a concentrated mind.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अन्धः (andhaḥ) - blind person, blind

• स्वगृहे (svagṛhe) - in one's own house/home

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - accustomed, familiar (joined, connected, disciplined, familiar, accustomed)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अभ्यासात् (abhyāsāt) - from practice, by habit

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, attains

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

• युक्तेन (yuktena) - by a concentrated mind (by a concentrated/disciplined mind, by what is joined/equipped)

• मनसा (manasā) - by mind, with the mind

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, discerning person

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, attains

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

• गतिम् (gatim) - supreme state, liberation (mokṣa) (state, destination, path, movement)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अन्धः (andhaḥ) - blind person, blind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andha

andha - blind, blind person

Root: andh (class 1)

स्वगृहे (svagṛhe) - in one's own house/home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of svagṛha

svagṛha - one's own house

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+gṛha)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (neuter)
• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gṛh (class 9)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - accustomed, familiar (joined, connected, disciplined, familiar, accustomed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, disciplined, concentrated, familiar

Past Passive Participle

derived from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अभ्यासात् (abhyāsāt) - from practice, by habit

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhyāsa

abhyāsa - practice, habit, repetition

Root: as (class 4)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, attains

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

युक्तेन (yuktena) - by a concentrated mind (by a concentrated/disciplined mind, by what is joined/equipped)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, endowed with, disciplined, concentrated

Past Passive Participle

derived from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agreement with manasā (neuter instrumental singular).

मनसा (manasā) - by mind, with the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

Root: man (class 4)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, discerning person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, learned, wise person

derived from prajñā (wisdom)

Root: jñā (class 9)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves, attains

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

feminine accusative singular of tad

Note: Refers to gatim.

गतिम् (gatim) - supreme state, liberation (mokṣa) (state, destination, path, movement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, state, destination, liberation

derived from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)