महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-9

विग्रहं केन वा कुर्यात्संधिं वा केन योजयेत् ।
कथं वा शत्रुमध्यस्थो वर्तेताबलवानिति ॥९॥

9. vigrahaṁ kena vā kuryātsaṁdhiṁ vā kena yojayet ,
kathaṁ vā śatrumadhyastho vartetābalavāniti.

9. vigraham kena vā kuryāt sandhim vā kena yojayet
katham vā śatrumadhyasthaḥ varteta abalavān iti

9. kena vā vigraham kuryāt vā kena sandhim yojayet
vā abalavān śatrumadhyasthaḥ katham varteta iti

9. With whom should one engage in conflict, or with whom should one make peace? And how should a weak person behave when situated amidst enemies?

Words meanings summery:

• विग्रहम् (vigraham) - conflict, war, hostility, separation

• केन (kena) - by whom, with whom

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should do, he should make, perform

• सन्धिम् (sandhim) - peace, treaty, alliance, union

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• केन (kena) - by whom, with whom

• योजयेत् (yojayet) - one should join, he should arrange, unite

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• शत्रुमध्यस्थः (śatrumadhyasthaḥ) - one standing amidst enemies, situated among foes

• वर्तेत (varteta) - he should behave, he should exist, live

• अबलवान् (abalavān) - a weak person, one who is not strong

• इति (iti) - thus, so (often marks the end of a quote or thought)

Words meanings and morphology

विग्रहम् (vigraham) - conflict, war, hostility, separation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vigraha

vigraha - conflict, war, dispute, separation, individual, body

from vi-grah (to seize, take apart)

Prefix: vi

Root: grah (class 9)

केन (kena) - by whom, with whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should do, he should make, perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सन्धिम् (sandhim) - peace, treaty, alliance, union

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, junction, peace, treaty, euphonic combination

from sam-dhā (to put together)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

केन (kena) - by whom, with whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

योजयेत् (yojayet) - one should join, he should arrange, unite

(verb)

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

causative optative

causative stem `yojaya` from root `yuj`

Root: yuj (class 7)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

शत्रुमध्यस्थः (śatrumadhyasthaḥ) - one standing amidst enemies, situated among foes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatrumadhyastha

śatrumadhyastha - standing in the midst of enemies, situated among foes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+madhya+stha)

• śatru – enemy, foe, rival
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, midst, central, intermediate
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, being in, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -a from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

वर्तेत (varteta) - he should behave, he should exist, live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अबलवान् (abalavān) - a weak person, one who is not strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abalavat

abalavat - weak, powerless, feeble, not strong

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+balavat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• balavat – strong, powerful, mighty
  adjective (masculine)

इति (iti) - thus, so (often marks the end of a quote or thought)

(indeclinable)