महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-20

इममुत्पथि वर्तन्तं पापं पापानुबन्धिनम् ।
वाक्यानि सुहृदां हित्वा त्वमप्यस्यानुवर्तसे ॥२०॥

20. imamutpathi vartantaṁ pāpaṁ pāpānubandhinam ,
vākyāni suhṛdāṁ hitvā tvamapyasyānuvartase.

20. imam utpathi vartantam pāpam pāpānubandhinam
vākyāni suhṛdām hitvā tvam api asya anuvartase

20. Having disregarded the advice of your well-wishers, you (Dhritarashtra) also follow this one (Duryodhana), who treads a wrong path and is bound by sin (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this (Duryodhana) (this, this one)

• उत्पथि (utpathi) - on a wrong path, deviating from the path

• वर्तन्तम् (vartantam) - treading (a path) (being, existing, moving, treading)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sinful, wicked, evil

• पापानुबन्धिनम् (pāpānubandhinam) - bound by sin (pāpa) (followed by sin (pāpa), tied to sin (pāpa), having sinful consequences)

• वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - advice (words, sentences, advice)

• सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends, of well-wishers

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• त्वम् (tvam) - (Dhritarashtra) (you)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अस्य (asya) - of this one (Duryodhana) (of this, of this one)

• अनुवर्तसे (anuvartase) - you follow, you conform to

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this (Duryodhana) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'vartantam pāpam pāpānubandhinam'.

उत्पथि (utpathi) - on a wrong path, deviating from the path

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of utpatha

utpatha - wrong path, deviating path

Compound of ut + patha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ut+patha)

• ut – up, out, away, bad
  indeclinable
• patha – path, way, road
  noun (masculine)
  Root: path (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage, indicating the state of 'vartantam'.

वर्तन्तम् (vartantam) - treading (a path) (being, existing, moving, treading)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - being, existing, moving, present

Present Active Participle

from √vṛt (to turn, to be, to exist) + śatṛ suffix

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Duryodhana (implied by 'imam').

पापम् (pāpam) - sinful, wicked, evil

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sin (pāpa)

Note: Qualifies Duryodhana.

पापानुबन्धिनम् (pāpānubandhinam) - bound by sin (pāpa) (followed by sin (pāpa), tied to sin (pāpa), having sinful consequences)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpānubandhin

pāpānubandhin - connected with sin (pāpa), followed by sin (pāpa), having sinful consequences

Compound of pāpa + anubandhin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+anubandhin)

• pāpa – evil, sin (pāpa)
  noun (neuter)
• anubandhin – following, connected with, consequence
  adjective (masculine)
  From anu- + √bandh (to bind), word ending in -in
  Prefix: anu
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies Duryodhana.

वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - advice (words, sentences, advice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, advice

from vac (to speak)

Root: vac

Note: Object of 'hitvā'.

सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends, of well-wishers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher

literally 'good-hearted'

Note: Possessive of 'vākyāni'.

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √hā (to abandon) + ktvā suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Precedes the main verb 'anuvartase'.

त्वम् (tvam) - (Dhritarashtra) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'anuvartase'.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that 'you' (Dhritarashtra) also do this.

अस्य (asya) - of this one (Duryodhana) (of this, of this one)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to Duryodhana, object of 'anuvartase' in sense of following someone.

अनुवर्तसे (anuvartase) - you follow, you conform to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvṛt

Present Middle

from anu- + √vṛt (to turn, to be, to exist), 1st class verb (ātmanepada)

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.