महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-282, verse-18

माण्डव्य उवाच ।
यथा वदन्ति शान्तायां दिशि वै मृगपक्षिणः ।
पार्थिवी च प्रवृत्तिस्ते तथा जीवति सत्यवान् ॥१८॥

18. māṇḍavya uvāca ,
yathā vadanti śāntāyāṁ diśi vai mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ,
pārthivī ca pravṛttiste tathā jīvati satyavān.

18. māṇḍavyaḥ uvāca yathā vadanti śāntāyām diśi vai
mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ pārthivī ca pravṛttiḥ te tathā jīvati satyavān

18. Māṇḍavya said: "Just as the animals and birds make auspicious sounds in a peaceful direction, and as your earthly disposition (pravṛtti) indicates, so too Satyavān lives."

Words meanings summery:

• माण्डव्यः (māṇḍavyaḥ) - the sage Māṇḍavya (Māṇḍavya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they speak, they say, they utter sounds

• शान्तायाम् (śāntāyām) - in the peaceful, in the calm, in the auspicious

• दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter, in the region

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

• मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - deer and birds, animals and birds

• पार्थिवी (pārthivī) - earthly, terrestrial, worldly

• च (ca) - and

• प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ) - Savitri's steadfast and devoted disposition (pravṛtti), indicating an auspicious sign (disposition, inclination, activity, course, manifestation)

• ते (te) - your (Savitri's) (your, to you)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, he lives

• सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavān, Savitri's husband (Satyavān)

Words meanings and morphology

माण्डव्यः (māṇḍavyaḥ) - the sage Māṇḍavya (Māṇḍavya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māṇḍavya

māṇḍavya - a proper name, particularly of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they speak, they say, they utter sounds

(verb)

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

Present tense (Laṭ)

Root: vad (class 1)

शान्तायाम् (śāntāyām) - in the peaceful, in the calm, in the auspicious

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, calm, quiet, auspicious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam (to be calm) with suffix -kta

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Declined as a feminine noun in the locative case, modifying 'diśi'.

दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter, in the region

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - deer and birds, animals and birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapakṣin

mṛgapakṣin - deer and birds, animals and birds

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+pakṣin)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal, game
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)

पार्थिवी (pārthivī) - earthly, terrestrial, worldly

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, belonging to the earth or the world

Derived from pṛthivī (earth)

Note: Agrees with 'pravṛttiḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ) - Savitri's steadfast and devoted disposition (pravṛtti), indicating an auspicious sign (disposition, inclination, activity, course, manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, action, course, tendency, inclination, disposition, manifestation

Derived from root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - your (Savitri's) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

Note: Can also be Dative, but Genitive makes more sense here: 'your disposition'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, he lives

(verb)

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

Present tense (Laṭ)

Root: jīv (class 1)

सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavān, Savitri's husband (Satyavān)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavat

satyavat - possessing truth, truthful; a proper name