महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-20

सावित्र्युवाच ।
यत्र मे नीयते भर्ता स्वयं वा यत्र गच्छति ।
मयापि तत्र गन्तव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥२०॥

20. sāvitryuvāca ,
yatra me nīyate bhartā svayaṁ vā yatra gacchati ,
mayāpi tatra gantavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

20. sāvitrī uvāca yatra me nīyate bhartā svayam vā yatra
gacchati mayā api tatra gantavyam eṣaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

20. Sāvitrī said: "Wherever my husband is led, or wherever he goes by himself, I must also go there. This is the eternal natural law (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - she said, spoke

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• मे (me) - my (genitive) (to me, my (genitive or dative of asmad))

• नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is carried

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself, personally, spontaneously

• वा (vā) - or

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

• मया (mayā) - by me (instrumental singular)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

• गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - I must go (must be gone by, should go)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), duty, righteousness

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Sāvitrī (name of a goddess, daughter of Savitr, wife of Satyavān)

उवाच (uvāca) - she said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

root

Root: vac (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (genitive) (to me, my (genitive or dative of asmad))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of asmad

नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is carried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nī

root

Root: nī (class 1)

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord, supporter

स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself, personally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

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

root

Root: gam (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me (instrumental singular)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, to that place

(indeclinable)

गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - I must go (must be gone by, should go)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gantavya

gantavya - to be gone, that which should be gone to

Gerundive (passive future participle)

From root √gam + tavya

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally in passive construction: 'it is to be gone by me'

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma), duty, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature (dharma); duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting