महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-57

तन्तवोऽप्यायता नित्यं तन्तवो बहुलाः समाः ।
बहून्बहुत्वादायासान्सहन्तीत्युपमा सताम् ॥५७॥

57. tantavo'pyāyatā nityaṁ tantavo bahulāḥ samāḥ ,
bahūnbahutvādāyāsānsahantītyupamā satām.

57. tantavaḥ api āyatāḥ nityaṃ tantavaḥ bahulāḥ samāḥ
| bahūn bahutvāt āyāsān sahanti iti upamā satām

57. Individual threads are always long and numerous. Many threads, when united, can endure many strains due to their collective strength. This is a simile for virtuous people (satām).

Words meanings summery:

• तन्तवः (tantavaḥ) - threads, fibers

• अपि (api) - also, even

• आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long, stretched

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• तन्तवः (tantavaḥ) - threads, fibers

• बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - many, numerous, abundant

• समाः (samāḥ) - similar, equal, united, combined

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to multitude, by being many, on account of quantity

• आयासान् (āyāsān) - exertions, troubles, difficulties

• सहन्ति (sahanti) - they endure, they bear, they tolerate

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• उपमा (upamā) - simile, comparison

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of good people

Words meanings and morphology

तन्तवः (tantavaḥ) - threads, fibers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tantu

tantu - thread, fiber, string, lineage

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long, stretched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āyata

āyata - extended, long, stretched, drawn out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

तन्तवः (tantavaḥ) - threads, fibers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tantu

tantu - thread, fiber, string, lineage

बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - many, numerous, abundant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahula

bahula - much, many, abundant, copious

समाः (samāḥ) - similar, equal, united, combined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, united, even, common

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to multitude, by being many, on account of quantity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, abundance, state of being many

Derived from 'bahu' (many) with suffix 'tva'

आयासान् (āyāsān) - exertions, troubles, difficulties

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āyāsa

āyāsa - exertion, trouble, difficulty, fatigue

Derived from root yam with prefix ā and suffix ghañ

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

सहन्ति (sahanti) - they endure, they bear, they tolerate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sah

Root: sah (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

उपमा (upamā) - simile, comparison

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upamā

upamā - comparison, simile, likeness, resemblance

Derived from root mā with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: mā (class 2)

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of good people

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existent, real, being

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)