महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-197, verse-12

तेषु चेदहितं किंचिन्मन्त्रयेयुरबुद्धितः ।
मन्त्रिणस्ते न ते श्रेयः प्रपश्यन्ति विशेषतः ॥१२॥

12. teṣu cedahitaṁ kiṁcinmantrayeyurabuddhitaḥ ,
mantriṇaste na te śreyaḥ prapaśyanti viśeṣataḥ.

12. teṣu cet ahitam kiñcit mantrayeyuḥ abuddhitaḥ
mantriṇaḥ te na te śreyaḥ prapaśyanti viśeṣataḥ

12. If your advisors unwisely suggest anything harmful regarding them (the Pāṇḍavas), then those advisors do not foresee what is especially beneficial for you.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them, concerning them

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अहितम् (ahitam) - harm, evil, unfriendly thing

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

• मन्त्रयेयुः (mantrayeyuḥ) - they might advise/counsel/propose

• अबुद्धितः (abuddhitaḥ) - unwisely, ignorantly, from folly

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - advisors, ministers

• ते (te) - those (advisors)

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - for you, your

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, ultimate good

• प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they see, they foresee

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly, distinctively

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them, concerning them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Conditional particle.

अहितम् (ahitam) - harm, evil, unfriendly thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ahita

ahita - unfriendly, harmful, not beneficial

Past Passive Participle (from dhā)

formed from a (negation) + hita (beneficial, placed)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation particle
• hita – beneficial, good, placed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root dhā + kta
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of mantrayeyuḥ.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything

Note: Used as an indefinite pronoun.

मन्त्रयेयुः (mantrayeyuḥ) - they might advise/counsel/propose

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of mantr

mantr is a denominative verb from mantra (counsel)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The form mantrayeyuḥ is 3rd plural optative active (parasmaipada).

अबुद्धितः (abuddhitaḥ) - unwisely, ignorantly, from folly

(indeclinable)

formed from a (negation) + buddhi (intellect)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+buddhi)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation particle
• buddhi – intellect, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial use of ablative taḥ suffix.

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - advisors, ministers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - advisor, minister, counsellor

from mantra (counsel) + in (possessing)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's advisors.

ते (te) - those (advisors)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that

Note: Subject of prapaśyanti.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb prapaśyanti.

ते (te) - for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, ultimate good

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, prosperity, ultimate good

comparative degree of praśasya

Note: Object of prapaśyanti.

प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they see, they foresee

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paś

from root dṛś, present stem paśya

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The pra prefix indicates intensity or forward action.

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly, distinctively

(indeclinable)

formed from viśeṣa (distinction, specific) + tas (adverbial suffix)

Note: Adverb.