महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-104, verse-27

भेदं च प्रथमं युञ्ज्यात्तूष्णींदण्डं तथैव च ।
काले प्रयोजयेद्राजा तस्मिंस्तस्मिंस्तदा तदा ॥२७॥

27. bhedaṁ ca prathamaṁ yuñjyāttūṣṇīṁdaṇḍaṁ tathaiva ca ,
kāle prayojayedrājā tasmiṁstasmiṁstadā tadā.

27. bhedam ca prathamam yuñjyāt tūṣṇīm daṇḍam tathā
eva ca kāle prayojayet rājā tasmin tasmin tadā tadā

27. The king (rājā) should first apply strategies of dissension (bhedam) and covert punishment (tūṣṇīṃ daṇḍam). He should employ them at the appropriate time (kāle), precisely when each specific situation demands it.

Words meanings summery:

• भेदम् (bhedam) - dissension, division, discord, breaking

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primarily, in the first place

• युञ्ज्यात् (yuñjyāt) - one should employ, one should apply, one should join

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, secretly, quietly

• दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, penalty, force

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, also

• च (ca) - and, also

• काले (kāle) - at the time, at the proper time

• प्रयोजयेत् (prayojayet) - one should employ, one should use, one should apply

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

भेदम् (bhedam) - dissension, division, discord, breaking

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - division, separation, dissension, difference, breaking, splitting

Root: bhid (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primarily, in the first place

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, primary, initial, foremost

Note: Used adverbially

युञ्ज्यात् (yuñjyāt) - one should employ, one should apply, one should join

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, secretly, quietly

(indeclinable)

दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, penalty, force

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, punishment, scepter, authority, force

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, also

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - at the time, at the proper time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, proper time, season, opportunity

प्रयोजयेत् (prayojayet) - one should employ, one should use, one should apply

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pra-yuj

Causative

Causative of root `yuj` (to join, apply)

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign, monarch

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, such

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, such

Note: Repetition for emphasis (each specific occasion).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis (at each moment).