महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-22

इन्द्र उवाच ।
अमार्ग एष विप्रर्षे येन त्वं यातुमिच्छसि ।
किं विघातेन ते विप्र गच्छाधीहि गुरोर्मुखात् ॥२२॥

22. indra uvāca ,
amārga eṣa viprarṣe yena tvaṁ yātumicchasi ,
kiṁ vighātena te vipra gacchādhīhi gurormukhāt.

22. indraḥ uvāca amārgaḥ eṣaḥ viprarṣe yena tvam yātum
icchasi kim vighātena te vipra gaccha adhīhi guroḥ mukhāt

22. Indra spoke: "O sage among brāhmaṇas, this is not the correct path by which you wish to proceed. O brāhmaṇa, why cause an obstruction for yourself? Go and study from a teacher's mouth."

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (king of the gods)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अमार्गः (amārgaḥ) - not a path, wrong path, improper way

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O sage among brāhmaṇas, O Brahmin sage

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• यातुम् (yātum) - to go, to proceed

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• किम् (kim) - what, why, for what purpose

• विघातेन (vighātena) - by obstruction, by hindrance

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go!

• अधीहि (adhīhi) - study!, learn!

• गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the guru, from the guru

• मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the mouth

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra (king of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, king of the gods, chief, excellent

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

अमार्गः (amārgaḥ) - not a path, wrong path, improper way

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amārga

amārga - wrong path, improper way, evil course

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mārga)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mārga – path, road, way, course
  noun (masculine)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O sage among brāhmaṇas, O Brahmin sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - Brahmin sage, a sage among the twice-born

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise, learned
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

यातुम् (yātum) - to go, to proceed

(verb)

active, infinitive of yā

Infinitive

Formed from root 'yā' with the infinitive suffix '-tum'.

Root: yā (class 2)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what, why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

विघातेन (vighātena) - by obstruction, by hindrance

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vighāta

vighāta - obstruction, hindrance, destruction, injury

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise, learned

गच्छ (gaccha) - go!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of gam

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

अधीहि (adhīhi) - study!, learn!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of adhī

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice (from root 'iṇ' with prefix 'adhi').

Prefix: adhi

Root: iṇ (class 2)

गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the guru, from the guru

(noun)

masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor (guru), heavy, venerable

Note: Used here in an ablative sense: 'from the guru'.

मुखात् (mukhāt) - from the mouth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - mouth, face, principal part, front