महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-56, verse-4

यश्चित्तमन्वेति परस्य राजन्वीरः कविः स्वामतिपत्य दृष्टिम् ।
नावं समुद्र इव बालनेत्रामारुह्य घोरे व्यसने निमज्जेत् ॥४॥

4. yaścittamanveti parasya rāja;nvīraḥ kaviḥ svāmatipatya dṛṣṭim ,
nāvaṁ samudra iva bālanetrā;māruhya ghore vyasane nimajjet.

4. yaḥ cittam anveti parasya rājan
vīraḥ kaviḥ svām atipatya dṛṣṭim
nāvam samudraḥ iva bālanetrām
āruhya ghore vyasane nimajjet

4. O King, a brave and wise person (kavi) who follows another's thoughts, disregarding his own judgment, will sink into dreadful misfortune, just like someone who boards a boat steered by an inexperienced child and launches it into the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever, he who)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - thoughts (mind, thought, consciousness, heart)

• अन्वेति (anveti) - follows (follows, pursues, goes after, conforms to)

• परस्य (parasya) - of another (of another, of a different person, of an enemy)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - brave person (hero, brave man, warrior)

• कविः (kaviḥ) - wise person (kavi) (wise man, poet, seer, intelligent)

• स्वाम् (svām) - his own (his own, her own, one's own)

• अतिपत्य (atipatya) - having disregarded (having surpassed, having transgressed, having disregarded, having overcome)

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - judgment (sight, view, opinion, understanding, wisdom)

• नावम् (nāvam) - a boat (boat, ship)

• समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - ocean (ocean, sea)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

• बालनेत्राम् (bālanetrām) - steered by an inexperienced child (with childish eyes, steered by a child, having a child's guidance)

• आरुह्य (āruhya) - having boarded (having boarded, having mounted, having ascended)

• घोरे (ghore) - in dreadful (in terrible, in dreadful, in frightful)

• व्यसने (vyasane) - into misfortune (in misfortune, in calamity, in distress, in addiction)

• निमज्जेत् (nimajjet) - will sink (should sink, would be immersed, might drown)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

चित्तम् (cittam) - thoughts (mind, thought, consciousness, heart)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

अन्वेति (anveti) - follows (follows, pursues, goes after, conforms to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anu-i

Present tense

3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

परस्य (parasya) - of another (of another, of a different person, of an enemy)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, different, supreme, hostile (as a noun, an enemy)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj

वीरः (vīraḥ) - brave person (hero, brave man, warrior)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant, chief, powerful

Root: vīr (class 10)

कविः (kaviḥ) - wise person (kavi) (wise man, poet, seer, intelligent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavi

kavi - wise man, poet, seer, intelligent, sage

Root: kū

स्वाम् (svām) - his own (his own, her own, one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, kin, property

अतिपत्य (atipatya) - having disregarded (having surpassed, having transgressed, having disregarded, having overcome)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix `ati` + root `pat` + suffix `ya` (for compounds)

Prefix: ati

Root: pat (class 1)

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - judgment (sight, view, opinion, understanding, wisdom)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, view, opinion, eye, perception, vision

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नावम् (nāvam) - a boat (boat, ship)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship, vessel

समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea, large body of water

Prefix: sam

Root: und (class 1)

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

बालनेत्राम् (bālanetrām) - steered by an inexperienced child (with childish eyes, steered by a child, having a child's guidance)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālanetrā

bālanetrā - one whose guide is a child, having child's eyes, led by a child

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+netra)

• bāla – child, young, foolish, inexperienced
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
• netra – eye, leader, guide
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

आरुह्य (āruhya) - having boarded (having boarded, having mounted, having ascended)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix `ā` + root `ruh` + suffix `ya` (for compounds)

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

घोरे (ghore) - in dreadful (in terrible, in dreadful, in frightful)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable

Root: ghūr (class 1)

व्यसने (vyasane) - into misfortune (in misfortune, in calamity, in distress, in addiction)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, vice, addiction

Prefixes: vi+as

Root: as (class 4)

निमज्जेत् (nimajjet) - will sink (should sink, would be immersed, might drown)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nimajj

Optative mode

3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Expresses potential or recommendation.