महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-153, verse-15

प्रयातु नो भवानग्रे देवानामिव पावकिः ।
वयं त्वामनुयास्यामः सौरभेया इवर्षभम् ॥१५॥

15. prayātu no bhavānagre devānāmiva pāvakiḥ ,
vayaṁ tvāmanuyāsyāmaḥ saurabheyā ivarṣabham.

15. prayātu naḥ bhavān agre devānām iva pāvakiḥ |
vayam tvām anuyāsyāmaḥ saurabheyāḥ iva ṛṣabham

15. bhavān naḥ agre prayātu devānām pāvakiḥ iva
vayam saurabheyāḥ ṛṣabham iva tvām anuyāsyāmaḥ

15. May your esteemed self proceed ahead of us, just as Kartikeya leads the gods. We shall follow you, like cows follow a bull.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रयातु (prayātu) - may your esteemed self go forth (may he go forth, may he proceed)

• नः (naḥ) - us (us, our, to us)

• भवान् (bhavān) - your esteemed self (you (respectful), your honor)

• अग्रे (agre) - ahead (in front, ahead, first)

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• पावकिः (pāvakiḥ) - Kartikeya (the general of the gods) (son of fire, Kartikeya, Skanda)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• अनुयास्यामः (anuyāsyāmaḥ) - we will follow

• सौरभेयाः (saurabheyāḥ) - cows (descendants of Surabhi, cows)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - a bull (as a leader) (a bull, chief, best)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रयातु (prayātu) - may your esteemed self go forth (may he go forth, may he proceed)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - us (us, our, to us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Variant of 'asmad' in dative/genitive plural.

भवान् (bhavān) - your esteemed self (you (respectful), your honor)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you, esteemed

Present Active Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be). Used as a respectful second person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अग्रे (agre) - ahead (in front, ahead, first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverb in the locative case, meaning 'in front'.

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पावकिः (pāvakiḥ) - Kartikeya (the general of the gods) (son of fire, Kartikeya, Skanda)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaki

pāvaki - son of fire, Kartikeya, Skanda

Derived from 'pāvaka' (fire).

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनुयास्यामः (anuyāsyāmaḥ) - we will follow

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of anuyā

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

सौरभेयाः (saurabheyāḥ) - cows (descendants of Surabhi, cows)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saurabheya

saurabheya - descendant of Surabhi, cow, bull

Derived from 'surabhi' (a mythical cow of plenty).

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - a bull (as a leader) (a bull, chief, best)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, chief, best, male