महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-153, verse-20

तमन्वियाम भवतां प्रभावाद्रजनीचराः ।
पुरा स नापराध्नोति सिद्धानां ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥२०॥

20. tamanviyāma bhavatāṁ prabhāvādrajanīcarāḥ ,
purā sa nāparādhnoti siddhānāṁ brahmavādinām.

20. tam anviyāma bhavatām prabhāvāt rajanīcarāḥ purā
saḥ na aparādhnoti siddhānām brahma-vādinām

20. Let us follow him, O night-wanderers (rajanīcara), by your power, lest he offends the perfected beings (siddha) and the speakers of brahman (brahmavādin).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him

• अन्वियाम (anviyāma) - let us follow, may we follow

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (polite plural)

• प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - by the power, by the influence

• रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - O rākṣasas (demons or night-wanderers) (O night-wanderers, O rākṣasas)

• पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, lest, so that not

• सः (saḥ) - he

• न (na) - not

• अपराध्नोति (aparādhnoti) - he offends, he wrongs, he harms

• सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddha), a class of semi-divine beings or accomplished sages (of the perfected ones, of the Siddhas)

• ब्रह्म-वादिनाम् (brahma-vādinām) - of the speakers of brahman (brahman), those who discourse on or know the ultimate reality (of the speakers of brahman, of the knowers of brahman)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'anviyāma'.

अन्वियाम (anviyāma) - let us follow, may we follow

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anv-i

Optative Mood

1st person plural, active voice (from 'anu' + root 'i')

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (polite plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'rajanīcarāḥ'.

प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - by the power, by the influence

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, influence, might

From 'pra' + root 'bhū' (to be powerful)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - O rākṣasas (demons or night-wanderers) (O night-wanderers, O rākṣasas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound meaning "one who moves (cara) in the night (rajanī)"

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: raj (class 1)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'car'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: The addressees.

पुरा (purā) - before, formerly, lest, so that not

(indeclinable)

Adverb/conjunction

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'aparādhnoti'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

negation particle

Note: Negates 'aparādhnoti'.

अपराध्नोति (aparādhnoti) - he offends, he wrongs, he harms

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of aparādh

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: rādh (class 5)

सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddha), a class of semi-divine beings or accomplished sages (of the perfected ones, of the Siddhas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful, a perfected being

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sidh' (to accomplish)

Root: sidh (class 4)

ब्रह्म-वादिनाम् (brahma-vādinām) - of the speakers of brahman (brahman), those who discourse on or know the ultimate reality (of the speakers of brahman, of the knowers of brahman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahma-vādin

brahma-vādin - one who speaks of brahman, a theologian, a knower of ultimate reality

Compound meaning "one who speaks (vādin) of brahman"

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – ultimate reality, the absolute
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• vādin – speaking, speaker, disputant
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'vad'
  Root: vad (class 1)