महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-104, verse-35

न बहूनभियुञ्जीत यौगपद्येन शात्रवान् ।
साम्ना दानेन भेदेन दण्डेन च पुरंदर ॥३५॥

35. na bahūnabhiyuñjīta yaugapadyena śātravān ,
sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍena ca puraṁdara.

35. na bahūn abhiyuñjīta yaugapadyena śātravān
| sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍena ca purandara

35. purandara,
bahūn śātravān yaugapadyena na abhiyuñjīta sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍena ca [prayojayet]

35. O Purandara (King), one should not simultaneously engage many enemies. [Instead, deal with them] by conciliation, by gifts, by sowing dissension, and by force [applied strategically].

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

• अभियुञ्जीत (abhiyuñjīta) - one should engage (one should attack, one should engage)

• यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously (by simultaneity, simultaneously)

• शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies (enemies, foes)

• साम्ना (sāmnā) - by conciliation (by conciliation, by mildness)

• दानेन (dānena) - by gifts (by giving, by gifts, by donation)

• भेदेन (bhedena) - by sowing dissension (by division, by splitting, by dissension)

• दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by force (by punishment, by force, by a staff)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पुरन्दर (purandara) - O King (as an address) (O destroyer of cities, O Purandara)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

Note: Qualifies 'śātravān'.

अभियुञ्जीत (abhiyuñjīta) - one should engage (one should attack, one should engage)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of abhiyuñj

Optative

3rd person singular optative ātmanepada of √yuj (7th class) with prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: √yuj (class 7)

यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously (by simultaneity, simultaneously)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yaugapadya

yaugapadya - simultaneity, contemporaneousness

Derived from yugapad (simultaneously) + ṣyaÑ suffix.

शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies (enemies, foes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śātru

śātru - enemy, foe, rival

Note: Object of 'abhiyuñjīta'.

साम्ना (sāmnā) - by conciliation (by conciliation, by mildness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sāman

sāman - conciliation, gentle means, peace, song

दानेन (dānena) - by gifts (by giving, by gifts, by donation)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, gift, donation, liberality

From √dā (to give) + ana suffix.

Root: √dā (class 1)

भेदेन (bhedena) - by sowing dissension (by division, by splitting, by dissension)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - breaking, splitting, division, dissension, discord

From √bhid (to break, split).

Root: √bhid (class 7)

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by force (by punishment, by force, by a staff)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, staff, punishment, force, fine, royal authority

From √daṇḍ (to punish).

Root: √daṇḍ (class 10)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पुरन्दर (purandara) - O King (as an address) (O destroyer of cities, O Purandara)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of purandara

purandara - destroyer of cities/fortresses (epithet of Indra); a king

Compound: pura (city/fortress) + √dṛ (to tear/burst/destroy).

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (pura+dṛ)

• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• √dṛ – to tear, burst, cleave, destroy
  verb
  Agent noun suffix -a
  From √dṛ (6th class).
  Root: √dṛ (class 6)