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.

11. הו פָּארְטְהַא, האם אתה ממשיך במנהג אבותיך וסביך, והאם אתה הולך, הו פָּאנְדַוַה, בדרך שהלכו בה מלכים חוזים?

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.

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