महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-46, verse-33

अपीदानीं मम सुतास्तिष्ठेरन्मन्दचेतसः ।
येषां भ्राता गुरुर्ज्येष्ठो विनये नावतिष्ठते ॥३३॥

33. apīdānīṁ mama sutāstiṣṭheranmandacetasaḥ ,
yeṣāṁ bhrātā gururjyeṣṭho vinaye nāvatiṣṭhate.

33. api idānīm mama sutāḥ tiṣṭheran manda-cetasaḥ
yeṣām bhrātā guruḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ vinaye na avatiṣṭhate

33. Will my dull-witted sons now behave properly, when their eldest brother and preceptor (guru) does not abide by appropriate conduct?

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, interrogative particle

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

• तिष्ठेरन् (tiṣṭheran) - they would stand, they would remain, they would abide

• मन्द-चेतसः (manda-cetasaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, senseless

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, preceptor, respected elder

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, chief, most excellent

• विनये (vinaye) - in discipline, in good conduct, in humility

• न (na) - not

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - he does not abide, he does not stay, he does not conform

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, interrogative particle

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring, child

तिष्ठेरन् (tiṣṭheran) - they would stand, they would remain, they would abide

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of sthā

Optative Mood

Root 'sthā' (1st class) in optative mood, 3rd person plural active.

Root: sthā (class 1)

मन्द-चेतसः (manda-cetasaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, senseless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manda-cetas

manda-cetas - dull-minded, slow of intellect, foolish

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+cetas)

• manda – dull, slow, weak, sluggish
  adjective (masculine)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, preceptor, respected elder

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, venerable, heavy, important

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, chief, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, chief, best

विनये (vinaye) - in discipline, in good conduct, in humility

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinaya

vinaya - discipline, modesty, good conduct, humility, training

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - he does not abide, he does not stay, he does not conform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sthā

Present Tense

Root 'sthā' (1st class) with prefix 'ava', in present tense, 3rd person singular middle voice.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)