महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-18

एवं गते नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवे सत्यवादिनि ।
अस्माकं गमनं व्यक्तं वनं प्रति भवेत्पुनः ॥१८॥

18. evaṁ gate naraśreṣṭha pāṇḍave satyavādini ,
asmākaṁ gamanaṁ vyaktaṁ vanaṁ prati bhavetpunaḥ.

18. evam gate naraśreṣṭha pāṇḍave satyavādini
asmākam gamanam vyaktam vanam prati bhavet punaḥ

18. naraśreṣṭha,
evam gate satyavādini pāṇḍave,
asmākam vyaktam vanam prati gamanam punaḥ bhavet

18. O best of men, if it happens thus—the truthful Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) being in such a state (captured)—then our clear return to the forest would certainly occur again.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• गते (gate) - when (it) has come to such a state, if such a thing occurs (gone, having gone, happened, being in a state)

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - referring to Krishna (addressing him in vocative) (O best of men)

• पाण्डवे (pāṇḍave) - referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, in the context of the locative absolute construction (in the Pāṇḍava, regarding the Pāṇḍava)

• सत्यवादिनि (satyavādini) - describing Yudhiṣṭhira, in the locative absolute construction (in the truthful one, regarding the speaker of truth)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure

• व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - certainly, clearly (manifest, clear, evident, certain)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, to, against, in return)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be, should be

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

गते (gate) - when (it) has come to such a state, if such a thing occurs (gone, having gone, happened, being in a state)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, happened, reached, being in a state

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - referring to Krishna (addressing him in vocative) (O best of men)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best among men, supreme man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used as an address to Krishna.

पाण्डवे (pāṇḍave) - referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, in the context of the locative absolute construction (in the Pāṇḍava, regarding the Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu; a Pāṇḍava

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

सत्यवादिनि (satyavādini) - describing Yudhiṣṭhira, in the locative absolute construction (in the truthful one, regarding the speaker of truth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of satyavādin

satyavādin - speaking the truth, truthful

agent noun/adjective

Derived from 'satya' (truth) and root 'vad' (to speak) with suffix '-in'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (satya+vādin)

• satya – truth, true
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaking, speaker
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root √vad (to speak) with suffix -in.
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, qualifying Pāṇḍave.

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, movement, departure

action noun

Derived from root √gam (to go) with suffix -ana.

Root: gam (class 1)

व्यक्तम् (vyaktam) - certainly, clearly (manifest, clear, evident, certain)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyakta

vyakta - manifest, clear, evident, distinct, expressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √añj (to anoint, manifest) with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'gamanam', or used adverbially.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Governed by 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, to, against, in return)

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)