महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-253, verse-16

तिष्ठन्ति वर्त्मानि नवान्यमूनि वृक्षाश्च न म्लान्ति तथैव भग्नाः ।
आवर्तयध्वं ह्यनुयात शीघ्रं न दूरयातैव हि राजपुत्री ॥१६॥

16. tiṣṭhanti vartmāni navānyamūni; vṛkṣāśca na mlānti tathaiva bhagnāḥ ,
āvartayadhvaṁ hyanuyāta śīghraṁ; na dūrayātaiva hi rājaputrī.

16. tiṣṭhanti vartmāni navāni amūni
vṛkṣāḥ ca na mlānti tathā eva
bhagnāḥ āvartayadhvam hi anuyāta
śīghram na dūrayātā eva hi rājaputrī

16. These new tracks remain, and the broken trees do not wither. Turn back quickly and follow! Indeed, the princess (rāja-putrī) has not gone far.

Words meanings summery:

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand, remain

• वर्त्मानि (vartmāni) - paths, tracks, roads

• नवानि (navāni) - new, fresh

• अमूनि (amūni) - these (neuter plural)

• वृक्षाः (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• म्लान्ति (mlānti) - wither, fade

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken

• आवर्तयध्वम् (āvartayadhvam) - turn back (yourselves), revolve

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अनुयात (anuyāta) - follow

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• न (na) - not

• दूरयाता (dūrayātā) - one who has gone far

• एव (eva) - indeed, just

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - Draupadī (princess, daughter of a king)

Words meanings and morphology

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - stand, remain

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural

From root STHĀ (class 1, 'to stand').

Root: sthā (class 1)

वर्त्मानि (vartmāni) - paths, tracks, roads

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vartman

vartman - path, road, track

Note: Subject of tiṣṭhanti.

नवानि (navāni) - new, fresh

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nava

nava - new, fresh, young

Note: Agrees with vartmāni.

अमूनि (amūni) - these (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of adas

adas - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with vartmāni.

वृक्षाः (vṛkṣāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

Note: Subject of mlānti.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb mlānti.

म्लान्ति (mlānti) - wither, fade

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural

From root MLĀ (class 1, 'to wither').

Root: mlā (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with eva.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes tathā.

भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root BHAÑJ (to break).

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with vṛkṣāḥ.

आवर्तयध्वम् (āvartayadhvam) - turn back (yourselves), revolve

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of āvartay

Imperative, 2nd Person Plural, Middle Voice

Causative of root VṚT (to turn) with upasarga Ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Directed to multiple people.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an emphasizing particle.

अनुयात (anuyāta) - follow

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of anuyā

Imperative, 2nd Person Plural

From root YĀ (to go) with upasarga ANU.

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Directed to multiple people.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies āvartayadhvam and anuyāta.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the sense of dūrayātā.

दूरयाता (dūrayātā) - one who has gone far

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dūrayāta

dūrayāta - gone far, far-traveled

Past Passive Participle as adjective

Compound of DŪRA (far) and YĀTA (gone, from root YĀ).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dūra+yāta)

• dūra – far, distant
  adjective (neuter)
• yāta – gone, departed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root YĀ (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with rājaputrī.

एव (eva) - indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes na dūrayātā.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an emphasizing particle.

राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - Draupadī (princess, daughter of a king)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājaputrī

rājaputrī - daughter of a king, princess

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+putrī)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to Draupadī.