महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-41

मत्प्रियं पार्थिवाः सर्वे ये चिकीर्षन्ति भारत ।
ते तानावारयिष्यन्ति ऐणेयानिव तन्तुना ॥४१॥

41. matpriyaṁ pārthivāḥ sarve ye cikīrṣanti bhārata ,
te tānāvārayiṣyanti aiṇeyāniva tantunā.

41. matpriyam pārthivāḥ sarve ye cikīrṣanti bhārata
te tān āvārayiṣyanti aiṇeyān iva tantunā

41. O Bhārata, all those kings who desire to fulfill my wish will restrain them, just as fawns are restrained by a string.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्प्रियम् (matpriyam) - Duryodhana's wish or objective (my wish, my beloved, dear to me)

• पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - allies of Duryodhana (kings, rulers, princes)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• ये (ye) - those kings who (who, which)

• चिकीर्षन्ति (cikīrṣanti) - they desire to fulfill Duryodhana's wish (they wish to do, they desire to accomplish)

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• ते (te) - The kings (pārthivāḥ sarve ye) (they)

• तान् (tān) - Refers to the Pandavas (from previous verse context, or implied enemies) (them)

• आवारयिष्यन्ति (āvārayiṣyanti) - they will restrain, they will stop

• ऐणेयान् (aiṇeyān) - The enemies (Pandavas) being compared to fawns. (fawns, young deer)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तन्तुना (tantunā) - by a string, with a thread

Words meanings and morphology

मत्प्रियम् (matpriyam) - Duryodhana's wish or objective (my wish, my beloved, dear to me)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of matpriya

matpriya - my dear, beloved to me, what is pleasing to me

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+priya)

• mad – my, mine (from asmad)
  pronoun
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Acts as a noun here meaning 'my wish/desire'.

पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - allies of Duryodhana (kings, rulers, princes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, prince, ruler, pertaining to earth

From pṛthivī (earth)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'pārthivāḥ'.

ये (ye) - those kings who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

चिकीर्षन्ति (cikīrṣanti) - they desire to fulfill Duryodhana's wish (they wish to do, they desire to accomplish)

(verb)

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

desiderative

Desiderative of 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian, belonging to India

Patronymic from Bharata

ते (te) - The kings (pārthivāḥ sarve ye) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye'.

तान् (tān) - Refers to the Pandavas (from previous verse context, or implied enemies) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

आवारयिष्यन्ति (āvārayiṣyanti) - they will restrain, they will stop

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of āvāray

causative

Future tense (sya) of causative of 'vṛ' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

ऐणेयान् (aiṇeyān) - The enemies (Pandavas) being compared to fawns. (fawns, young deer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aiṇeya

aiṇeya - fawn, young deer, antelope-like

From eṇī (doe)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for simile.

तन्तुना (tantunā) - by a string, with a thread

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - string, thread, cord, offspring