महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-63

नन्विमे शरणं प्राप्तान्न त्यजन्ति कदाचन ।
ते मां शरणमापन्नां नान्वपद्यन्त पाण्डवाः ॥६३॥

63. nanvime śaraṇaṁ prāptānna tyajanti kadācana ,
te māṁ śaraṇamāpannāṁ nānvapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ.

63. nanu ime śaraṇam prāptān na tyajanti kadācana
te mām śaraṇam āpannām na anvapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ

63. Indeed, (people) never abandon those who have sought refuge. Yet, those Pāṇḍavas did not come to my aid, even though I had sought refuge (in them).

Words meanings summery:

• ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely (expressing rhetorical question or emphasis) (indeed, surely, is it not?)

• इमे (ime) - (general) people, those (referring to people who uphold natural law (dharma)) (these, they)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

• प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who have sought (refuge) (those who have reached, obtained)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• त्यजन्ति (tyajanti) - they abandon (they abandon, forsake)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (with `na`))

• ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

• माम् (mām) - me (Draupadi) (me)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

• आपन्नाम् (āpannām) - having sought (refuge) (having approached, having obtained, having fallen into)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्वपद्यन्त (anvapadyanta) - they did not come to my aid/did not protect (they followed, they resorted to, they took recourse, they came to aid)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas)

Words meanings and morphology

ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely (expressing rhetorical question or emphasis) (indeed, surely, is it not?)

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - (general) people, those (referring to people who uphold natural law (dharma)) (these, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers implicitly to virtuous people in general or the Pandavas in particular (with irony).

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, protector

Root: śṛ (class 5)

प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who have sought (refuge) (those who have reached, obtained)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, attained, arrived

Past Passive Participle

from pra-√āp (to obtain, reach)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies an implicit noun like 'people'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

त्यजन्ति (tyajanti) - they abandon (they abandon, forsake)

(verb)

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

1st class Parasmaipada, present indicative

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (ever, at any time, never (with `na`))

(indeclinable)

indefinite adverb from kadā + cana

Note: Used with `na` to form "never".

ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to `pāṇḍavāḥ`.

माम् (mām) - me (Draupadi) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, protector

Root: śṛ (class 5)

आपन्नाम् (āpannām) - having sought (refuge) (having approached, having obtained, having fallen into)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpanna

āpanna - one who has reached/obtained, distressed, fallen upon

Past Passive Participle

from ā-√pad (to go, approach, obtain)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `mām`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्वपद्यन्त (anvapadyanta) - they did not come to my aid/did not protect (they followed, they resorted to, they took recourse, they came to aid)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of anu-pad

4th class Atmanepada, imperfect

Prefix: anu

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Atmanepada form.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

Note: Subject of the second clause.