महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-280, verse-25

गुर्वग्निहोत्रार्थकृते प्रस्थितश्च सुतस्तव ।
न निवार्यो निवार्यः स्यादन्यथा प्रस्थितो वनम् ॥२५॥

25. gurvagnihotrārthakṛte prasthitaśca sutastava ,
na nivāryo nivāryaḥ syādanyathā prasthito vanam.

25. guru agnihotra artha kṛte prasthitaḥ ca sutaḥ tava
na nivāryaḥ nivāryaḥ syāt anyathā prasthitaḥ vanam

25. Your son has set out to gather materials for the important (guru's) Agnihotra ritual. He should not be prevented. He would only be prevented if he were going to the forest for some other reason.

Words meanings summery:

• गुरु (guru) - important (in the context of Agnihotra) (important, heavy, teacher, preceptor)

• अग्निहोत्र (agnihotra) - Agnihotra (fire ritual)

• अर्थ (artha) - purpose, meaning, for the sake of

• कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• तव (tava) - your, of yours

• न (na) - not, no

• निवार्यः (nivāryaḥ) - to be prevented, should be prevented

• निवार्यः (nivāryaḥ) - to be prevented, should be prevented

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, might be

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in a different way

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

Words meanings and morphology

गुरु (guru) - important (in the context of Agnihotra) (important, heavy, teacher, preceptor)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - heavy, important, venerable; teacher, preceptor

Note: Used here as part of a compound/phrase 'for the sake of the important Agnihotra'.

अग्निहोत्र (agnihotra) - Agnihotra (fire ritual)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of agnihotra

agnihotra - Agnihotra (a Vedic fire ritual)

Note: Used here as part of a compound/phrase 'for the sake of the Agnihotra'.

अर्थ (artha) - purpose, meaning, for the sake of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, wealth, object

Note: Used here as part of a compound/phrase 'for the sake of'.

कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

(indeclinable)

Locative of Past Passive Participle (kṛta)

Derived from the past passive participle of root kṛ, used adverbially

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - set out, departed, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'sthā' with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Root: sū (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निवार्यः (nivāryaḥ) - to be prevented, should be prevented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivārya

nivārya - to be prevented, to be stopped, to be restrained

Gerundive

formed from root 'vṛ' with upasarga 'ni' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

निवार्यः (nivāryaḥ) - to be prevented, should be prevented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivārya

nivārya - to be prevented, to be stopped, to be restrained

Gerundive

formed from root 'vṛ' with upasarga 'ni' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Active

Optative 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in a different way

(indeclinable)

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - set out, departed, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'sthā' with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove