महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-17, verse-9

एष वः शाश्वतः पन्थाः पूर्वैः पूर्वतरैर्गतः ।
संभावयत चात्मानमव्यग्रमनसो युधि ॥९॥

9. eṣa vaḥ śāśvataḥ panthāḥ pūrvaiḥ pūrvatarairgataḥ ,
saṁbhāvayata cātmānamavyagramanaso yudhi.

9. eṣaḥ vaḥ śāśvataḥ panthāḥ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiḥ gataḥ
| saṃbhāvayata ca ātmanam avyagramanasaḥ yudhi

9. vaḥ eṣaḥ śāśvataḥ panthāḥ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiḥ
gataḥ ca yudhi avyagramanasaḥ ātmanam saṃbhāvayata

9. This is your eternal path, trodden by former generations and even earlier ones. Therefore, manifest yourselves in battle with unwavering minds.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural), your

• शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, road

• पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by former ones, by ancestors

• पूर्वतरैः (pūrvataraiḥ) - by even earlier ones, by earlier ancestors

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, trodden, followed

• संभावयत (saṁbhāvayata) - manifest yourselves, achieve, make real (manifest, make proper, establish (plural imperative))

• च (ca) - therefore, and (and, therefore)

• आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - yourselves, your inner being (self, mind, spirit (ātman))

• अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with unwavering minds, with undistracted thoughts

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural), your

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for 2nd person plural, genitive (possessive 'your').

शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, everlasting, constant, perennial

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'panthāḥ'.

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by former ones, by ancestors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, ancient, eastern

पूर्वतरैः (pūrvataraiḥ) - by even earlier ones, by earlier ancestors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pūrvatara

pūrvatara - more former, earlier, older

Comparative degree of 'pūrva'.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, trodden, followed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, traversed, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

संभावयत (saṁbhāvayata) - manifest yourselves, achieve, make real (manifest, make proper, establish (plural imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of saṃbhāv

Causative of root bhū with upasarga sam-

Derived from root bhū (to be) with upasarga sam- and causative suffix -aya. Form is 2nd person plural, imperative, active voice.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - therefore, and (and, therefore)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनम् (ātmanam) - yourselves, your inner being (self, mind, spirit (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind (ātman)

Root: an

Note: Used here generically to refer to the 'selves' of the plural addressees.

अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with unwavering minds, with undistracted thoughts

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avyagramanas

avyagramanas - having an undistracted/unwavering mind

Bahuvrihi compound: a (not) + vyagra (agitated, distracted) + manas (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+vyagra+manas)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vyagra – agitated, distracted, engrossed
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root agra (foremost, tip) with upasarga vi- (apart).
  Prefix: vi
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)