महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-173

यथा पुष्करपर्णस्थं जलं तत्पर्णसंस्थितम् ।
तिष्ठत्यस्पृशती तद्वत्त्वयि वत्स्यामि मैथिल ॥१७३॥

173. yathā puṣkaraparṇasthaṁ jalaṁ tatparṇasaṁsthitam ,
tiṣṭhatyaspṛśatī tadvattvayi vatsyāmi maithila.

173. yathā puṣkaraparṇastham jalam tat parṇasaṃsthitam
tiṣṭhati aspṛśatī tadvat tvayi vatsyāmi maithila

173. maithila! yathā puṣkaraparṇastham jalam tat parṇasaṃsthitam aspṛśatī tiṣṭhati,
tadvat tvayi vatsyāmi.

173. Just as water, though resting upon a lotus leaf, does not adhere to that leaf, so too, O Maithila, I shall reside with you without being truly touched or attached.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• पुष्करपर्णस्थम् (puṣkaraparṇastham) - situated on a lotus leaf

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• तत् (tat) - that (water) (that, that one)

• पर्णसंस्थितम् (parṇasaṁsthitam) - though standing on the leaf (situated on the leaf)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (stands, remains, stays)

• अस्पृशती (aspṛśatī) - not touching (referring to 'I') (not touching (feminine))

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too, in the same way (similarly, in that manner)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in you, with you)

• वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I shall dwell (I shall dwell, I shall reside)

• मैथिल (maithila) - O Maithila (O Maithila (king/person from Mithila))

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

पुष्करपर्णस्थम् (puṣkaraparṇastham) - situated on a lotus leaf

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣkaraparṇastha

puṣkaraparṇastha - situated on a lotus leaf

Compound type : Tatpurusha (puṣkara+parṇa+stha)

• puṣkara – lotus, blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in/on
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

तत् (tat) - that (water) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'jalam'.

पर्णसंस्थितम् (parṇasaṁsthitam) - though standing on the leaf (situated on the leaf)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parṇasaṃsthita

parṇasaṁsthita - situated on a leaf

Compound type : Tatpurusha (parṇa+saṃsthita)

• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsthita – situated, placed, standing, resting
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (stands, remains, stays)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

अस्पृशती (aspṛśatī) - not touching (referring to 'I') (not touching (feminine))

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aspṛśat

aspṛśat - not touching, unaffected

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with negation 'a-'

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+spṛśat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• spṛśat – touching, feeling
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the speaker, implying a lack of attachment or involvement.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too, in the same way (similarly, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I shall dwell (I shall dwell, I shall reside)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

मैथिल (maithila) - O Maithila (O Maithila (king/person from Mithila))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maithila

maithila - a king or person from Mithila, descendant of Mithila (Janaka's lineage)