महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-41, verse-18

अथ वैषा न ते भक्तिः प्रकृतिं याति भारत ।
मयैव कथितं पूर्वं भूलिङ्गशकुनिर्यथा ॥१८॥

18. atha vaiṣā na te bhaktiḥ prakṛtiṁ yāti bhārata ,
mayaiva kathitaṁ pūrvaṁ bhūliṅgaśakuniryathā.

18. atha vā eṣā na te bhaktiḥ prakṛtim yāti bhārata
mayā eva kathitam pūrvam bhūliṅgaśakuniḥ yathā

18. Or else, O Bhārata, this devotion (bhakti) of yours does not attain its true intrinsic nature (prakṛti). Indeed, I have said this before, just like the bhūliṅga bird.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, here, or else

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• एषा (eṣā) - this, this one (feminine)

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your, of you

• भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion (bhakti) (devotion, attachment, loyalty)

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - to its true intrinsic nature (prakṛti) (to the nature, to the intrinsic nature, to the origin)

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, reaches, attains

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhīṣma or Arjuna, in context likely Bhīṣma) (O Bhārata (a descendant of Bharata))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• कथितम् (kathitam) - said, spoken, narrated

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

• भूलिङ्गशकुनिः (bhūliṅgaśakuniḥ) - the bhūliṅga bird (a type of bird known in fables)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, here, or else

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this, this one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion (bhakti) (devotion, attachment, loyalty)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhakti

bhakti - devotion, attachment, loyalty, worship

Root: √bhaj (class 1)

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - to its true intrinsic nature (prakṛti) (to the nature, to the intrinsic nature, to the origin)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, intrinsic nature, primary matter, origin, fundamental principle

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds, reaches, attains

(verb)

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

Root: √yā (class 2)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhīṣma or Arjuna, in context likely Bhīṣma) (O Bhārata (a descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; an Indian

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

कथितम् (kathitam) - said, spoken, narrated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - said, told, narrated, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kath 'to tell, speak'

Root: √kath (class 10)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

भूलिङ्गशकुनिः (bhūliṅgaśakuniḥ) - the bhūliṅga bird (a type of bird known in fables)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūliṅgaśakuni

bhūliṅgaśakuni - the bhūliṅga bird

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhūliṅga+śakuni)

• bhūliṅga – a kind of bird (often mentioned in fables for its habit of criticizing others)
  noun (masculine)
• śakuni – bird, fowl
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)