महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-16

यथा चाहं समानीता सुदेवेनाशु बान्धवान् ।
तेनैव मङ्गलेनाशु सुदेवो यातु माचिरम् ।
समानेतुं नलं मातरयोध्यां नगरीमितः ॥१६॥

16. yathā cāhaṁ samānītā sudevenāśu bāndhavān ,
tenaiva maṅgalenāśu sudevo yātu māciram ,
samānetuṁ nalaṁ mātarayodhyāṁ nagarīmitaḥ.

16. yathā ca aham samānītā sudevena āśu
bāndhavān tena eva maṅgalena āśu
sudevaḥ yātu mā ciram samānetum
nalam mātaram ayodhyām nagarīm itaḥ

16. “And just as I was quickly brought to my relatives by Sudeva, so let Sudeva, by that very auspicious means, go quickly and without delay, to bring Nala from this city of Ayodhya to my mother.”

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• च (ca) - and

• अहम् (aham) - I

• समानीता (samānītā) - brought back, led

• सुदेवेन (sudevena) - by Sudeva

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - relatives, kinsmen

• तेन (tena) - by that

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• मङ्गलेन (maṅgalena) - by auspiciousness, by auspicious means

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

• यातु (yātu) - let him go

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• चिरम् (ciram) - without delay (for long, with delay)

• समानेतुम् (samānetum) - to bring back

• नलम् (nalam) - Nala

• मातरम् (mātaram) - Damayanti's mother (mother)

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya

• नगरीम् (nagarīm) - the city of Ayodhya (city)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from this place (Ayodhya) (from here, hence)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

समानीता (samānītā) - brought back, led

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samānīta

samānīta - brought back, led back, reunited

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root nī (to lead, to bring) with upasargas sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

सुदेवेन (sudevena) - by Sudeva

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (a proper name)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

मङ्गलेन (maṅgalena) - by auspiciousness, by auspicious means

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of maṅgala

maṅgala - auspiciousness, welfare, good fortune; auspicious, blessed

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (a proper name)

यातु (yātu) - let him go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - without delay (for long, with delay)

(indeclinable)

समानेतुम् (samānetum) - to bring back

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root nī (to lead, to bring) with upasargas sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

नलम् (nalam) - Nala

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (a proper name)

मातरम् (mātaram) - Damayanti's mother (mother)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (a city name)

नगरीम् (nagarīm) - the city of Ayodhya (city)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

इतः (itaḥ) - from this place (Ayodhya) (from here, hence)

(indeclinable)