महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-34, verse-13

ये चैनमनुवर्तन्ते ते न यान्ति पराभवम् ।
न ते प्रेत्य विनश्यन्ति गच्छन्ति न पराभवम् ॥१३॥

13. ye cainamanuvartante te na yānti parābhavam ,
na te pretya vinaśyanti gacchanti na parābhavam.

13. ye ca enam anuvartante te na yānti parābhavam
na te pretya vinaśyanti gacchanti na parābhavam

13. ye ca enam anuvartante te parābhavam na yānti te
pretya na vinaśyanti ca parābhavam na gacchanti

13. And those who follow him (the Brahmin) do not suffer defeat. They do not perish after death, nor do they meet with defeat.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - the Brahmin from the previous verses (him, this one)

• अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - they follow, they conform to, they act according to

• ते (te) - they

• न (na) - not, no

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

• पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat, destruction, humiliation

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - they

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, after death, having departed

• विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain

• न (na) - not, no

• पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat, destruction, humiliation

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - the Brahmin from the previous verses (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that

an enclitic demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the Brahmin described in the preceding verses.

अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - they follow, they conform to, they act according to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat, destruction, humiliation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parābhava

parābhava - defeat, destruction, decline

from `parā-bhū`

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having died, after death, having departed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

from `pra-i` (to go forth, to die)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vinaś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they attain

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negative particle

पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat, destruction, humiliation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parābhava

parābhava - defeat, destruction, decline

from `parā-bhū`

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)