महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-187, verse-50

एवमेके व्यवस्यन्ति निवृत्तिरिति चापरे ।
उभयं संप्रधार्यैतदध्यवस्येद्यथामति ॥५०॥

50. evameke vyavasyanti nivṛttiriti cāpare ,
ubhayaṁ saṁpradhāryaitadadhyavasyedyathāmati.

50. evam eke vyavasyanti nivṛttiḥ iti ca apare
ubhayam saṃpradhārya etat adhyavasyet yathāmati

50. eke evam nivṛttiḥ iti vyavasyanti ca apare
ubhayam saṃpradhārya etat adhyavasyet yathāmati

50. Some thus resolve on cessation (nivṛtti), while others (resolve on engagement). Having carefully considered both of these views, one should decide according to their own understanding.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• एके (eke) - some (people)

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they decide, they resolve, they conclude

• निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation, return, turning away, abstinence

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation marker)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others

• उभयम् (ubhayam) - both

• संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered well, having deliberated

• एतत् (etat) - refers to both views mentioned previously (this)

• अध्यवस्येत् (adhyavasyet) - one should decide, one should resolve

• यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's understanding, as far as one's intellect allows

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एके (eke) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, a certain

Used as an indefinite pronoun.

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they decide, they resolve, they conclude

(verb)

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

Formed from root `so` (to destroy/finish) or `sā` (to bind) with prefixes `vi` and `ava`.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so / sā (class 4)

निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation, return, turning away, abstinence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, abstinence, turning back, returning, completion, liberation (mokṣa)

Derived from root `vṛt` with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, later, inferior

उभयम् (ubhayam) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both, of both kinds

Also used as a substantive 'the two' or 'both'.

संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered well, having deliberated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root `dhṛ` (to hold, support) with prefixes `sam` and `pra`.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - refers to both views mentioned previously (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

अध्यवस्येत् (adhyavasyet) - one should decide, one should resolve

(verb)

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

Formed from root `so` (to destroy, finish) or `sā` (to bind) with prefixes `adhi` and `ava`.

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: so / sā (class 4)

यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's understanding, as far as one's intellect allows

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+mati)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)