महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-64

यदा त्वमेव पृष्ठतस्त्वमग्रतो गमिष्यसि ।
तथा गतिं गमिष्यतः किमात्मना परेण वा ॥६४॥

64. yadā tvameva pṛṣṭhatastvamagrato gamiṣyasi ,
tathā gatiṁ gamiṣyataḥ kimātmanā pareṇa vā.

64. yadā tvam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ tvam agrataḥ gamiṣyasi
tathā gatim gamiṣyataḥ kim ātmanā pareṇa vā

64. yadā tvam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ tvam agrataḥ gamiṣyasi
tathā kim gatim gamiṣyataḥ ātmanā vā pareṇa

64. When you yourself proceed both from behind and from in front, then what goal will there be for a traveler, whether by (their own) self (ātman) or by another?

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• एव (eva) - yourself (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, behind, at the back

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - from in front, in front, ahead

• गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will proceed

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

• गतिम् (gatim) - goal, destination (goal, destination, path, state, motion)

• गमिष्यतः (gamiṣyataḥ) - for a traveler (of one who will go, of a traveler)

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative) (what, why, how)

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by (their own) self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, by the soul)

• परेण (pareṇa) - by another (by another, by a stranger, by a superior)

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of relative pronoun 'ya'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

एव (eva) - yourself (emphatic) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, behind, at the back

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'pṛṣṭha' (back) with suffix 'tas'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - from in front, in front, ahead

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'agra' (front) with suffix 'tas'.

गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future active 2nd person singular, class 1 verb.

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

गतिम् (gatim) - goal, destination (goal, destination, path, state, motion)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, path, destination, state, means of success

Derived from root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

गमिष्यतः (gamiṣyataḥ) - for a traveler (of one who will go, of a traveler)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gamiṣyat

gamiṣyat - one who will go, a future traveler

Future Active Participle

Future active participle of root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative) (what, why, how)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun/particle.

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by (their own) self (ātman) (by the self, by oneself, by the soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

Root: an (class 2)

परेण (pareṇa) - by another (by another, by a stranger, by a superior)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, different, superior, highest, distant

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)