महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-106, verse-1

मुनिरुवाच ।
अथ चेत्पौरुषं किंचित्क्षत्रियात्मनि पश्यसि ।
ब्रवीमि हन्त ते नीतिं राज्यस्य प्रतिपत्तये ॥१॥

1. muniruvāca ,
atha cetpauruṣaṁ kiṁcitkṣatriyātmani paśyasi ,
bravīmi hanta te nītiṁ rājyasya pratipattaye.

1. muniḥ uvāca atha cet pauruṣam kiñcit kṣatriyātmani
paśyasi bravīmi hanta te nītim rājyasya pratipattaye

1. muniḥ uvāca atha cet kṣatriyātmani kiñcit pauruṣam
paśyasi hanta te rājyasya pratipattaye nītim bravīmi

1. The sage said: 'Now, if you perceive some valor (pauruṣa) within your warrior nature (ātman), then I shall indeed tell you the proper guidance for obtaining the kingdom.'

Words meanings summery:

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• चेत् (cet) - if

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valor (pauruṣa) (manliness, valor, human effort)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, some, a little

• क्षत्रियात्मनि (kṣatriyātmani) - in your warrior nature (ātman) (in your warrior nature, in the self of a kṣatriya)

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you behold

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed, alas, well then (exclamatory particle)

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• नीतिम् (nītim) - policy, guidance, counsel, conduct

• राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of the kingdom, for the rule

• प्रतिपत्तये (pratipattaye) - for the attainment, for the obtaining

Words meanings and morphology

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, saint

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valor (pauruṣa) (manliness, valor, human effort)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, valor, human effort, strength

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, some, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, a little, any

क्षत्रियात्मनि (kṣatriyātmani) - in your warrior nature (ātman) (in your warrior nature, in the self of a kṣatriya)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣatriyātman

kṣatriyātman - the self/soul of a kṣatriya, warrior nature

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+ātman)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya caste
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see, you behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed, alas, well then (exclamatory particle)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नीतिम् (nītim) - policy, guidance, counsel, conduct

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - policy, guidance, conduct, moral, prudence

राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of the kingdom, for the rule

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

प्रतिपत्तये (pratipattaye) - for the attainment, for the obtaining

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of pratipatti

pratipatti - attainment, acquisition, understanding, undertaking