महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-37

तथैव नृपते योगी धारणासु समाहितः ।
प्राप्नोत्याशु परं स्थानं लक्षं मुक्त इवाशुगः ॥३७॥

37. tathaiva nṛpate yogī dhāraṇāsu samāhitaḥ ,
prāpnotyāśu paraṁ sthānaṁ lakṣaṁ mukta ivāśugaḥ.

37. tathā eva nṛpate yogī dhāraṇāsu samāhitaḥ prāpnoti
āśu param sthānam lakṣam muktaḥ iva āśugaḥ

37. nṛpate tathā eva samāhitaḥ yogī dhāraṇāsu āśu
param sthānam prāpnoti muktaḥ āśugaḥ iva lakṣam

37. Even so, O king, a practitioner of yoga (yogī), focused in the spiritual practice of concentration (dhāraṇā), quickly attains the supreme state, just as a swiftly moving arrow, once released, reaches its target.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely

• नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

• योगी (yogī) - a yogi, practitioner of yoga

• धारणासु (dhāraṇāsu) - in the spiritual practice of concentration (in concentrations, in meditations, in retentions (of breath))

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - concentrated, focused, composed, absorbed

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - state, place, abode

• लक्षम् (lakṣam) - target, mark, aim

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released, liberated, freed

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आशुगः (āśugaḥ) - swiftly moving, arrow

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, monarch, lord of men

Compound 'nṛ' (man) + 'pati' (master)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

योगी (yogī) - a yogi, practitioner of yoga

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - yogi, ascetic, one practicing yoga

From 'yoga' with suffix '-in'

धारणासु (dhāraṇāsu) - in the spiritual practice of concentration (in concentrations, in meditations, in retentions (of breath))

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of dhāraṇā

dhāraṇā - concentration, retention, memory, spiritual practice of focusing the mind

From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, to support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - concentrated, focused, composed, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, focused, composed, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

From 'sam' + 'ā' + root 'dhā' (to place, hold)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'yogī'.

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

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

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'prāpnoti'.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with 'sthānam'.

स्थानम् (sthānam) - state, place, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, state, condition, abode

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'prāpnoti'.

लक्षम् (lakṣam) - target, mark, aim

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣa

lakṣa - target, mark, aim, sign, hundred thousand

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released, liberated, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated, disengaged

Past Passive Participle

From root 'muc' (to release, free)

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'āśugaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आशुगः (āśugaḥ) - swiftly moving, arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśuga

āśuga - swift-moving, arrow, wind

Compound 'āśu' (swift) + 'ga' (going)

Compound type : tatpurusha (āśu+ga)

• āśu – swift, quick
  adjective
• ga – going, moving, traversing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)