महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-1, verse-8

कुन्तिभोजसुता चैव गान्धारीमन्ववर्तत ।
द्रौपदी च सुभद्रा च याश्चान्याः पाण्डवस्त्रियः ।
समां वृत्तिमवर्तन्त तयोः श्वश्र्वोर्यथाविधि ॥८॥

8. kuntibhojasutā caiva gāndhārīmanvavartata ,
draupadī ca subhadrā ca yāścānyāḥ pāṇḍavastriyaḥ ,
samāṁ vṛttimavartanta tayoḥ śvaśrvoryathāvidhi.

8. kuntibhojasutā ca eva gāndhārīm
anvavartata draupadī ca subhadrā ca yāḥ
ca anyāḥ pāṇḍavastriyaḥ samām vṛttim
avartanta tayoḥ śvaśrvoḥ yathāvidhi

8. kuntibhojasutā ca eva gāndhārīm
anvavartata draupadī ca subhadrā ca yāḥ ca
anyāḥ pāṇḍavastriyaḥ (tāḥ) tayoḥ
śvaśrvoḥ samām vṛttim yathāvidhi avartanta

8. Kuntī, the daughter of Kuntibhoja, indeed followed Gāndhārī. And Draupadī, Subhadrā, and the other wives of the Pāṇḍavas, maintained a similar demeanor towards those two mothers-in-law, in accordance with the prescribed rules.

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्तिभोजसुता (kuntibhojasutā) - Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas (daughter of Kuntibhoja)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even

• गान्धारीम् (gāndhārīm) - Wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Gāndhārī)

• अन्ववर्तत (anvavartata) - she followed, she conformed to, she behaved according to

• द्रौपदी (draupadī) - The common wife of the Pāṇḍavas (Draupadī)

• च (ca) - and

• सुभद्रा (subhadrā) - Wife of Arjuna (Subhadrā)

• च (ca) - and

• याः (yāḥ) - who, which (feminine plural)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

• पाण्डवस्त्रियः (pāṇḍavastriyaḥ) - wives of the Pāṇḍavas

• समाम् (samām) - equal, similar, same

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - conduct, behavior, demeanor

• अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they conducted themselves, they behaved

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Kuntī and Gāndhārī (of those two (feminine))

• श्वश्र्वोः (śvaśrvoḥ) - of Kuntī and Gāndhārī (who were mothers-in-law to Draupadī, Subhadrā, etc.) (of the two mothers-in-law)

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, properly, duly, as prescribed

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्तिभोजसुता (kuntibhojasutā) - Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas (daughter of Kuntibhoja)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntibhojasutā

kuntibhojasutā - daughter of Kuntibhoja

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuntibhoja+sutā)

• kuntibhoja – name of a king, foster-father of Kuntī
  proper noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of suta

Note: Refers to Kuntī.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

गान्धारीम् (gāndhārīm) - Wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Gāndhārī)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gāndhārī

gāndhārī - Gāndhārī (name of the wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Note: Object of 'anvavartata'.

अन्ववर्तत (anvavartata) - she followed, she conformed to, she behaved according to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of anuvṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

द्रौपदी (draupadī) - The common wife of the Pāṇḍavas (Draupadī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadī (name of the wife of the Pāṇḍavas)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सुभद्रा (subhadrā) - Wife of Arjuna (Subhadrā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of subhadrā

subhadrā - Subhadrā (name of the wife of Arjuna)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

याः (yāḥ) - who, which (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'pāṇḍavastriyaḥ'.

पाण्डवस्त्रियः (pāṇḍavastriyaḥ) - wives of the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pāṇḍavastrī

pāṇḍavastrī - wife of a Pāṇḍava

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍava+strī)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu
  proper noun (masculine)
• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)

समाम् (samām) - equal, similar, same

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sama

sama - equal, similar, same

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - conduct, behavior, demeanor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - conduct, behavior, course of action, manner

From root vṛt (to turn, to exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of 'avartanta'.

अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they conducted themselves, they behaved

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Kuntī and Gāndhārī (of those two (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Kuntī and Gāndhārī.

श्वश्र्वोः (śvaśrvoḥ) - of Kuntī and Gāndhārī (who were mothers-in-law to Draupadī, Subhadrā, etc.) (of the two mothers-in-law)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of śvaśrū

śvaśrū - mother-in-law

Note: In apposition with 'tayoḥ'.

यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, properly, duly, as prescribed

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vidhi)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• vidhi – rule, injunction, method
  noun (masculine)