महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-4

यथा च वेदान्सावित्री याज्ञसेनी तथा सती ।
न जहौ धर्मतः पार्थान्मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा ॥४॥

4. yathā ca vedānsāvitrī yājñasenī tathā satī ,
na jahau dharmataḥ pārthānmerumarkaprabhā yathā.

4. yathā ca vedān sāvitrī yājñasenī tathā satī na
jahau dharmataḥ pārthān merum arka prabhā yathā

4. And just as the Sāvitrī mantra (remains with) the Vedas, so too the virtuous Draupadī (Yājñasenī) did not abandon the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā) from a sense of duty (dharma), just as the sun's radiance does not abandon Mount Meru.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - the Sāvitrī mantra (Sāvitrī mantra)

• याज्ञसेनी (yājñasenī) - Draupadī (daughter of Drupada, born from a yajña)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• सती (satī) - virtuous, chaste, devoted

• न (na) - not, no

• जहौ (jahau) - abandoned, forsook, left

• धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - from a sense of duty (dharma) (from duty, according to natural law, righteously)

• पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas) (the sons of Pṛthā)

• मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru

• अर्क (arka) - sun

• प्रभा (prabhā) - radiance, light, splendor

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, scripture

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - the Sāvitrī mantra (Sāvitrī mantra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - the Sāvitrī mantra, a sacred verse from the Rig Veda; name of a goddess

Feminine derivative of savitṛ (sun)

याज्ञसेनी (yājñasenī) - Draupadī (daughter of Drupada, born from a yajña)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yājñasenī

yājñasenī - Draupadī (daughter of Drupada, born from a sacrifice/yajña)

Feminine patronymic from yajñasena (Drupada), whose birth was associated with a yajña (sacrifice).

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

सती (satī) - virtuous, chaste, devoted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - being, existent, good, virtuous, chaste, true

Present Active Participle

Present participle from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जहौ (jahau) - abandoned, forsook, left

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

From root hā (to abandon), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: hā (class 3)

धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - from a sense of duty (dharma) (from duty, according to natural law, righteously)

(indeclinable)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Indeclinable formed with the suffix -tas from dharma

पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas) (the sons of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for the Pāṇḍavas, especially Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā

मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (the mythical golden mountain, central to the universe)

अर्क (arka) - sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, ray, sun-god

प्रभा (prabhā) - radiance, light, splendor

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prabhā

prabhā - radiance, light, splendor, luster

From root bhā (to shine) with prefix pra

Compound type : tatpurusha (arka+prabhā)

• arka – sun, ray, sun-god
  noun (masculine)
• prabhā – radiance, light, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhā (to shine) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated to emphasize the simile: 'just as X, so too Y, just as Z'.