महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-120, verse-3

येषां तथा राम समारभन्ते कार्याणि नाथाः स्वमतेन लोके ।
ते नाथवन्तः पुरुषप्रवीरा नानाथवत्कृच्छ्रमवाप्नुवन्ति ॥३॥

3. yeṣāṁ tathā rāma samārabhante; kāryāṇi nāthāḥ svamatena loke ,
te nāthavantaḥ puruṣapravīrā; nānāthavatkṛcchramavāpnuvanti.

3. yeṣāṃ tathā rāma samārabhante
kāryāṇi nāthāḥ svamatena loke
te nāthavantaḥ puruṣapravīrāḥ
na anāthavat kṛcchraṃ avāpnuvanti

3. O Rāma, in this world, those foremost among men who have protectors, and for whom these protectors undertake affairs according to their own judgment, do not experience hardship like those who are without protectors.

Words meanings summery:

• येषां (yeṣāṁ) - for whom (whose, for whom)

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

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• समारभन्ते (samārabhante) - undertake (they undertake, they begin)

• कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - affairs (actions, affairs, duties)

• नाथाः (nāthāḥ) - protectors (protectors, lords, masters)

• स्वमतेन (svamatena) - according to their own judgment (by one's own opinion, according to one's own will)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• ते (te) - those (those, they)

• नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - who have protectors (having protectors, protected)

• पुरुषप्रवीराः (puruṣapravīrāḥ) - foremost among men (foremost among men, excellent men, heroes among men)

• न (na) - not

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like those who are without protectors (like one without a protector, unprotectedly)

• कृच्छ्रं (kṛcchraṁ) - hardship (difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship)

• अवाप्नुवन्ति (avāpnuvanti) - do not experience (they obtain, they attain, they incur, they reach)

Words meanings and morphology

येषां (yeṣāṁ) - for whom (whose, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, whoever

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

(indeclinable)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, often referring to Balarāma or Pāraśurāma in epic contexts; here to Balarāma, the speaker being Sātyaki)

समारभन्ते (samārabhante) - undertake (they undertake, they begin)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

From sam-ā-√rabh (to begin)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - affairs (actions, affairs, duties)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, business, action, affair

Gerundive

Derived from root √kṛ (to do) with suffix ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नाथाः (nāthāḥ) - protectors (protectors, lords, masters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nātha

nātha - protector, lord, master, refuge, help

Root: nāth (class 1)

Note: Subject of samārabhante.

स्वमतेन (svamatena) - according to their own judgment (by one's own opinion, according to one's own will)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svamata

svamata - one's own opinion, one's own view

Compound of sva (own) + mata (opinion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+mata)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• mata – opinion, view, doctrine, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, common folk

ते (te) - those (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - who have protectors (having protectors, protected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāthavant

nāthavant - having a protector/master, protected

From nātha (protector) + -vant (possessive suffix)

पुरुषप्रवीराः (puruṣapravīrāḥ) - foremost among men (foremost among men, excellent men, heroes among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣapravīra

puruṣapravīra - foremost among men, hero among men

Compound of puruṣa (man) + pravīra (hero, chief)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+pravīra)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit, supreme being
  noun (masculine)
• pravīra – hero, chief, excellent, valiant
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-√vīr (to be brave)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vīr (class 10)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like those who are without protectors (like one without a protector, unprotectedly)

(indeclinable)

From anātha (without a protector) + -vat (comparative suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+nātha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nātha – protector, lord, master, refuge, help
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

कृच्छ्रं (kṛcchraṁ) - hardship (difficulty, distress, trouble, hardship)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficult, painful, distress, suffering, hardship

अवाप्नुवन्ति (avāpnuvanti) - do not experience (they obtain, they attain, they incur, they reach)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

From ava-√āp (to obtain)

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)