महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-11

दोषान्विवृणुयाच्छत्रोः परपक्षान्विधूनयेत् ।
काननेष्विव पुष्पाणि बर्हीवार्थान्समाचरेत् ॥११॥

11. doṣānvivṛṇuyācchatroḥ parapakṣānvidhūnayet ,
kānaneṣviva puṣpāṇi barhīvārthānsamācaret.

11. doṣān vivṛṇuyāt śatroḥ parapakṣān vidhūnayet
kānaneṣu iva puṣpāṇi barhī iva arthān samācaret

11. śatroḥ doṣān vivṛṇuyāt ca parapakṣān vidhūnayet ca
kānaneṣu iva puṣpāṇi barhī iva arthān samācaret

11. One should expose the enemy's faults and disrupt opposing factions. One should gather resources (artha) like one collects flowers in a forest, and manage one's interests (artha) with the keenness of a peacock.

Words meanings summery:

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults (faults, defects, weaknesses, vices)

• विवृणुयात् (vivṛṇuyāt) - should expose (should uncover, should expose, should reveal)

• शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy

• परपक्षान् (parapakṣān) - opposing factions (opposing factions, enemy parties, other sides)

• विधूनयेत् (vidhūnayet) - should disrupt (should shake off, should scatter, should disrupt, should destroy)

• काननेषु (kānaneṣu) - in a forest (in forests, in groves)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

• बर्ही (barhī) - peacock

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अर्थान् (arthān) - resources, interests (artha) (purposes, interests, resources, wealth, objects)

• समाचरेत् (samācaret) - should manage (should acquire, should collect, should manage, should act concerning)

Words meanings and morphology

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults (faults, defects, weaknesses, vices)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, blemish

From root duṣ (to be bad).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Object of vivṛṇuyāt.

विवृणुयात् (vivṛṇuyāt) - should expose (should uncover, should expose, should reveal)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vivṛṇu

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

From root vṛ (to cover) with prefix vi (5th class).

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

Root: śat

Note: Possessive for doṣān.

परपक्षान् (parapakṣān) - opposing factions (opposing factions, enemy parties, other sides)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parapakṣa

parapakṣa - opposing party, hostile side, rival faction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+pakṣa)

• para – other, alien, hostile, supreme
  adjective/pronoun (masculine/neuter)
• pakṣa – side, party, faction, wing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pakṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of vidhūnayet.

विधूनयेत् (vidhūnayet) - should disrupt (should shake off, should scatter, should disrupt, should destroy)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vidhūn

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular (causative of dhū)

From root dhū (to shake) with prefix vi, in causative form.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhū (class 5)

काननेषु (kānaneṣu) - in a forest (in forests, in groves)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood

Root: kan (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

(noun)

neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

From root puṣ (to nourish, thrive).

Root: puṣ (class 4)

Note: Here acts as a comparison for object arthān.

बर्ही (barhī) - peacock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of barhin

barhin - peacock (literally 'having a tail/crest')

From barha (tail, crest feather).

Note: Used as a term for comparison, agent of iva.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अर्थान् (arthān) - resources, interests (artha) (purposes, interests, resources, wealth, objects)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material gain, object

Note: Object of samācaret.

समाचरेत् (samācaret) - should manage (should acquire, should collect, should manage, should act concerning)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of samācar

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

From root car (to move, go) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)