महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-33

भीतवत्संविधातव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् ।
आगतं तु भयं दृष्ट्वा प्रहर्तव्यमभीतवत् ॥३३॥

33. bhītavatsaṁvidhātavyaṁ yāvadbhayamanāgatam ,
āgataṁ tu bhayaṁ dṛṣṭvā prahartavyamabhītavat.

33. bhītavat saṃvidhātavyam yāvat bhayam anāgatam
āgatam tu bhayam dṛṣṭvā prahartavyam abhītavat

33. yāvat bhayam anāgatam bhītavat saṃvidhātavyam
tu bhayam āgatam dṛṣṭvā abhītavat prahartavyam

33. One should make preparations as if afraid, as long as danger has not yet arrived. However, once danger is perceived as having arrived, one should strike fearlessly.

Words meanings summery:

• भीतवत् (bhītavat) - like one who is afraid, timidly, fearfully

• संविधातव्यम् (saṁvidhātavyam) - should be managed, should be arranged, should be handled

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• अनागतम् (anāgatam) - not arrived, impending, future

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, present

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• प्रहर्तव्यम् (prahartavyam) - should be attacked, should be dealt with, should be struck

• अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - like one who is not afraid, fearlessly

Words meanings and morphology

भीतवत् (bhītavat) - like one who is afraid, timidly, fearfully

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, as if) added to bhīta (past passive participle of √bhī)

Root: √bhī (class 3)

संविधातव्यम् (saṁvidhātavyam) - should be managed, should be arranged, should be handled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃvidhātavya

saṁvidhātavya - to be managed, to be arranged, to be dealt with

Gerundive

from √dhā with upasargas sam- and vi-, suffix -tavya

Prefixes: sam+vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicative use, implies 'it is to be managed'

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

(indeclinable)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger, dread

from √bhī

Root: √bhī (class 3)

अनागतम् (anāgatam) - not arrived, impending, future

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anāgata

anāgata - not arrived, not come, future, impending

Past Passive Participle (negative)

na + āgata (ā + √gam + kta)

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āgata)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• āgata – arrived, come
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ā + √gam + kta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √gam (class 1)

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come, present

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, appeared

Past Passive Participle

from ā + √gam + kta

Prefix: ā

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhayam' (accusative) as the object of 'dṛṣṭvā'

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger, dread

from √bhī

Root: √bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

प्रहर्तव्यम् (prahartavyam) - should be attacked, should be dealt with, should be struck

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prahartavya

prahartavya - to be struck, to be attacked, to be dealt with forcefully

Gerundive

from √hṛ with upasarga pra-, suffix -tavya

Prefix: pra

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicative use, implies 'it is to be struck'

अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - like one who is not afraid, fearlessly

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, as if) added to abhīta (past passive participle of na + √bhī)

Root: √bhī (class 3)