महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-128, verse-16

अधर्मो जायते यस्मिन्निति वै कवयो विदुः ।
अनन्तरः क्षत्रियस्य इति वै विचिकित्ससे ॥१६॥

16. adharmo jāyate yasminniti vai kavayo viduḥ ,
anantaraḥ kṣatriyasya iti vai vicikitsase.

16. adharmaḥ jāyate yasmin iti vai kavayaḥ viduḥ
anantaraḥ kṣatriyasya iti vai vicikitsase

16. kavayaḥ vai yasmin adharmaḥ jāyate iti viduḥ
vai kṣatriyasya anantaraḥ iti vicikitsase

16. The wise indeed know in which circumstances `adharma` (unrighteousness) arises. But you, indeed, doubt what is the immediate [duty] for a warrior (kṣatriya).

Words meanings summery:

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, non-dharma

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, originates, comes into being

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which (circumstances or place) (in which, where)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks reported speech or thought)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

• कवयः (kavayaḥ) - the wise ones, sages, poets

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

• अनन्तरः (anantaraḥ) - what is the immediate [duty/course of action] (immediately following, next, having no interval, contiguous)

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of the warrior, of the kṣatriya

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks reported speech or thought)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

• विचिकित्ससे (vicikitsase) - you doubt, you hesitate, you are uncertain

Words meanings and morphology

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, non-dharma

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, non-dharma, sin

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)

जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, originates, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which (circumstances or place) (in which, where)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks reported speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

कवयः (kavayaḥ) - the wise ones, sages, poets

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kavi

kavi - wise man, sage, poet, seer

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

अनन्तरः (anantaraḥ) - what is the immediate [duty/course of action] (immediately following, next, having no interval, contiguous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anantara

anantara - contiguous, immediate, without interval, next

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+antara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, difference, within, other
  noun (neuter)

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of the warrior, of the kṣatriya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks reported speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

विचिकित्ससे (vicikitsase) - you doubt, you hesitate, you are uncertain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vicikitsā

Desiderative verb

Desiderative stem from `cit` (to observe, to perceive) or `kit` with `vi-` prefix, conjugated in middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: kit