महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-199, verse-9

न तद्ध्यायति कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
यदेषां पुरुषव्याघ्रः श्रेयो ध्यायति केशवः ॥९॥

9. na taddhyāyati kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
yadeṣāṁ puruṣavyāghraḥ śreyo dhyāyati keśavaḥ.

9. na tat dhyāyati kaunteyaḥ dharma-putraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
| yat eṣām puruṣa-vyāghraḥ śreyaḥ dhyāyati keśavaḥ

9. Yudhishthira, the son of (natural) law (dharma-putra) and Kuntī (Kaunteya), does not deliberate on that which Keśava, the tiger among men (puruṣa-vyāghra), contemplates as beneficial for them.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not. (not, no)

• तत् (tat) - that (which Keśava contemplates). (that, it)

• ध्यायति (dhyāyati) - deliberates. (contemplates, meditates, thinks)

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Yudhishthira, son of Kunti. (son of Kunti, Pandava)

• धर्म-पुत्रः (dharma-putraḥ) - Yudhishthira, who is the son of Dharma (the deity of righteousness), thus embodying natural law. (son of (natural) law (dharma), son of Dharma (the deity))

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest of the Pandavas, who is the subject. (Yudhishthira)

• यत् (yat) - that which. (that which, which)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the Pandavas). (of these, for them)

• पुरुष-व्याघ्रः (puruṣa-vyāghraḥ) - Keśava, who is like a tiger among men (puruṣa-vyāghra), i.e., an eminent man. (tiger among men, foremost among men (puruṣa-vyāghra))

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial. (good, auspicious, beneficial, superior)

• ध्यायति (dhyāyati) - contemplates (as beneficial). (contemplates, meditates, thinks)

• केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Krishna. (Keśava, Krishna)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not. (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb dhyāyati.

तत् (tat) - that (which Keśava contemplates). (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the idea or plan that Keśava thinks about.

ध्यायति (dhyāyati) - deliberates. (contemplates, meditates, thinks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhyā

Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Occurs twice in the verse.

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Yudhishthira, son of Kunti. (son of Kunti, Pandava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (e.g., Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna)

patronymic from Kuntī

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

धर्म-पुत्रः (dharma-putraḥ) - Yudhishthira, who is the son of Dharma (the deity of righteousness), thus embodying natural law. (son of (natural) law (dharma), son of Dharma (the deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmaputra

dharmaputra - son of Dharma (Yudhishthira), son of righteousness/natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+putra)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest of the Pandavas, who is the subject. (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle, Yudhishthira (proper name)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle) used as an indeclinable element in compound.
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

यत् (yat) - that which. (that which, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

Note: Correlates with 'tat'.

एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the Pandavas). (of these, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the Pandavas.

पुरुष-व्याघ्रः (puruṣa-vyāghraḥ) - Keśava, who is like a tiger among men (puruṣa-vyāghra), i.e., an eminent man. (tiger among men, foremost among men (puruṣa-vyāghra))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, chief of men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, supreme spirit (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Keśava.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial. (good, auspicious, beneficial, superior)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, best, excellent, welfare, good, prosperity

Note: Object of dhyāyati.

ध्यायति (dhyāyati) - contemplates (as beneficial). (contemplates, meditates, thinks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhyā

Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Occurs twice in the verse.

केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Krishna. (Keśava, Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (proper name), an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

Note: Subject of the second clause.