महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-156, verse-11

पितृपैतामहं वृत्तं कच्चित्पार्थानुवर्तसे ।
कच्चिद्राजर्षियातेन पथा गच्छसि पाण्डव ॥११॥

11. pitṛpaitāmahaṁ vṛttaṁ kaccitpārthānuvartase ,
kaccidrājarṣiyātena pathā gacchasi pāṇḍava.

11. pitṛpaitāmaham vṛttam kaccit pārtha anuvartase
kaccit rājarṣiyātena pathā gacchasi pāṇḍava

11. O Pārtha, I hope you are following the conduct established by your fathers and grandfathers. O Pāṇḍava, I hope you are proceeding on the path trodden by the royal sages.

Words meanings summery:

• पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, pertaining to fathers and grandfathers

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - conduct, behavior, practice, custom

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, whether

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā, O Arjuna

• अनुवर्तसे (anuvartase) - you follow, you conform to

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, whether

• राजर्षियातेन (rājarṣiyātena) - by the path trodden by royal sages (by the one trodden by royal sages)

• पथा (pathā) - by the path, on the path

• गच्छसि (gacchasi) - you go, you proceed

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O Arjuna

Words meanings and morphology

पितृपैतामहम् (pitṛpaitāmaham) - ancestral, pertaining to fathers and grandfathers

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛpaitāmaha

pitṛpaitāmaha - ancestral, pertaining to fathers and grandfathers

Derived from pitṛ and pitāmaha.

Compound type : Dvandva (implied by meaning) or Tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+pitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pitā (father) and maha (great) or derived from pitāmaha.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - conduct, behavior, practice, custom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, behavior, action, character; past passive participle of vṛt (to be, to exist)

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt- with suffix -ta, used as a noun.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of 'anuvartase'.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, whether

(indeclinable)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā, O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet of Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā.

अनुवर्तसे (anuvartase) - you follow, you conform to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of anuvart

Present Middle

Derived from root vṛt- (to turn, to exist) with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, perhaps, whether

(indeclinable)

राजर्षियातेन (rājarṣiyātena) - by the path trodden by royal sages (by the one trodden by royal sages)

(past passive participle)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājarṣi+yāta)

• rājarṣi – royal sage, king and sage
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of rājan (king) and ṛṣi (sage), where a king is also a sage.
• yāta – gone, walked, trodden
  past passive participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yā- (to go) with suffix -ta.
  Root: yā (class 2)

पथा (pathā) - by the path, on the path

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

An 'n'-stem noun.

गच्छसि (gacchasi) - you go, you proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Present Active

Root 'gam' takes 'gacch' stem in the present tense (class 1).

Root: gam (class 1)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu, O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu (referring to Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva)

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.