महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
उक्तो मन्त्रो महाबाहो न विश्वासोऽस्ति शत्रुषु ।
कथं हि राजा वर्तेत यदि सर्वत्र नाश्वसेत् ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ukto mantro mahābāho na viśvāso'sti śatruṣu ,
kathaṁ hi rājā varteta yadi sarvatra nāśvaset.

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca uktaḥ mantraḥ mahābāho na viśvāsaḥ asti
śatruṣu katham hi rājā varteta yadi sarvatra na āśvaset

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca mahābāho mantraḥ uktaḥ [asti].
kintu śatruṣu viśvāsaḥ na asti.
rājā hi katham varteta yadi sarvatra na āśvaset?

1. Yudhishthira said: 'O mighty-armed one, the counsel (mantra) has been given. However, there is no trust in enemies. Indeed, how could a king conduct himself if he places no trust anywhere?'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, told

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, advice, sacred utterance

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• न (na) - not, no

• विश्वासः (viśvāsaḥ) - trust, confidence, faith

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• शत्रुषु (śatruṣu) - in enemies, among enemies

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• राजा (rājā) - king

• वर्तेत (varteta) - should act, should proceed, should exist

• यदि (yadi) - if

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all cases

• न (na) - not

• आश्वसेत् (āśvaset) - he should trust

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (name of a king)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, told

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - counsel, advice, sacred utterance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - sacred utterance, hymn, counsel, advice

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - one with mighty arms, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विश्वासः (viśvāsaḥ) - trust, confidence, faith

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāsa

viśvāsa - trust, confidence, faith, reliance

Root: śvas (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शत्रुषु (śatruṣu) - in enemies, among enemies

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

वर्तेत (varteta) - should act, should proceed, should exist

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all cases

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आश्वसेत् (āśvaset) - he should trust

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)