महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-34

यथा च नावं कौन्तेय कर्णधारः समाहितः ।
महार्णवगतां शीघ्रं नयेत्पार्थिव पत्तनम् ॥३४॥

34. yathā ca nāvaṁ kaunteya karṇadhāraḥ samāhitaḥ ,
mahārṇavagatāṁ śīghraṁ nayetpārthiva pattanam.

34. yathā ca nāvam kaunteya karṇadhāraḥ samāhitaḥ
mahārṇavagatām śīghram nayet pārthiva pattanam

34. kaunteya,
pārthiva! yathā ca samāhitaḥ karṇadhāraḥ mahārṇavagatām nāvam śīghram pattanam nayet

34. And, O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), O Pārthiva (king)! Just as a concentrated helmsman quickly guides a boat traversing the great ocean to its port.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• नावम् (nāvam) - a boat, ship

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Vocative, refers to Yudhiṣṭhira or Arjuna (O son of Kuntī)

• कर्णधारः (karṇadhāraḥ) - helmsman, pilot, one who holds the oar/rudder

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - concentrated, composed, collected

• महार्णवगताम् (mahārṇavagatām) - gone into the great ocean, traversing the great ocean

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• नयेत् (nayet) - should lead, should guide, should conduct

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O son of earth, O king)

• पत्तनम् (pattanam) - to its destination port (to the port, city, town)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

नावम् (nāvam) - a boat, ship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship

feminine noun, u-stem, irregular declension

Note: Object of nayet.

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Vocative, refers to Yudhiṣṭhira or Arjuna (O son of Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī (Pṛthā), referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna

From Kuntī + ḍhak (patronymic suffix)

कर्णधारः (karṇadhāraḥ) - helmsman, pilot, one who holds the oar/rudder

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇadhāra

karṇadhāra - helmsman, pilot, one who holds the oar

Compound of karṇa (oar/rudder) and dhāra (holder)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karṇa+dhāra)

• karṇa – ear, oar, rudder
  noun (masculine)
• dhāra – holding, bearing, supporter
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  from dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of nayet.

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - concentrated, composed, collected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - collected, concentrated, composed, absorbed in meditation

Past Passive Participle

from sam-ā-dhā (to put together, compose) + kta

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with karṇadhāraḥ.

महार्णवगताम् (mahārṇavagatām) - gone into the great ocean, traversing the great ocean

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahārṇavagatā

mahārṇavagatā - that which has gone into the great ocean, situated in the great ocean

Compound: mahārṇava (great ocean) + gatā (gone, reached). Tatpurusha: 'gone to the great ocean.'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahārṇava+gatā)

• mahārṇava – great ocean
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) and arṇava (ocean)
• gatā – gone, reached
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from gam (to go) + kta
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with nāvam.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies nayet.

नयेत् (nayet) - should lead, should guide, should conduct

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nī

Optative Active

Root nī (class 1)

Root: nī (class 1)

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (O son of earth, O king)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, relating to the earth, a king, a prince, son of Pṛthā

From pṛthivī (earth) + aṇ (patronymic/relation suffix)

पत्तनम् (pattanam) - to its destination port (to the port, city, town)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pattana

pattana - city, town, port

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Implies 'to the port' as the object of direction for nayet.