महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-67, verse-7

प्रत्युद्गम्याभिपूज्यः स्यादेतदत्र सुमन्त्रितम् ।
न हि पापात्पापतरमस्ति किंचिदराजकात् ॥७॥

7. pratyudgamyābhipūjyaḥ syādetadatra sumantritam ,
na hi pāpātpāpataramasti kiṁcidarājakāt.

7. pratyudgamya abhipūjyaḥ syāt etat atra sumantritam
na hi pāpāt pāpataram asti kiṃcit arājakāt

7. pratyudgamya abhipūjyaḥ syāt etat atra sumantritam
hi na asti kiṃcit pāpataram pāpāt arājakāt

7. (Such a powerful invader) should be gone forth to meet (pratyudgamya) and honored (abhipūjyaḥ syāt); this (etat) here (atra) is well-advised (sumantritam). For (hi) there is truly (na asti) nothing (kiṃcit) more evil (pāpataram) than evil (pāpāt) itself, or more evil than a kingless state (arājakāt).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रत्युद्गम्य (pratyudgamya) - having gone forth to meet (someone, possibly an advancing enemy) (having gone to meet, having confronted)

• अभिपूज्यः (abhipūjyaḥ) - he should be honored (as a necessary strategic measure) (to be honored, venerable, worthy of respect)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, might be, may be

• एतत् (etat) - this (strategy or advice) (this, this one)

• अत्र (atra) - in this context, regarding this situation (here, in this place, in this matter)

• सुमन्त्रितम् (sumantritam) - this is a well-advised strategy (well-advised, well-consulted, well-considered)

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - for, (emphasizing the reason) (for, indeed, because)

• पापात् (pāpāt) - than evil itself (emphasizing the comparative) (from evil, than evil, out of sin)

• पापतरम् (pāpataram) - more evil, worse

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (in a negative construction, meaning 'nothing') (something, anything, a little)

• अराजकात् (arājakāt) - than a state without a ruler (arājakāt) (from a kingless state, than a kingless state)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्युद्गम्य (pratyudgamya) - having gone forth to meet (someone, possibly an advancing enemy) (having gone to meet, having confronted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'gam' with prefixes 'prati' and 'ud'

Prefixes: prati+ud

Root: gam (class 1)

अभिपूज्यः (abhipūjyaḥ) - he should be honored (as a necessary strategic measure) (to be honored, venerable, worthy of respect)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhipūjya

abhipūjya - to be honored, venerable, worthy of respect

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Formed from root 'pūj' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: pūj (class 10)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, might be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this (strategy or advice) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, it

अत्र (atra) - in this context, regarding this situation (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

सुमन्त्रितम् (sumantritam) - this is a well-advised strategy (well-advised, well-consulted, well-considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumantrita

sumantrita - well-advised, well-consulted, well-considered

Past Passive Participle

Compound 'su-' (well) + PPP of 'mantr' (to advise)

Compound type : Pra-Tatpuruṣa (su+mantrita)

• su – good, well, easily
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'
• mantrita – advised, consulted, deliberated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'mantr' (to advise, consult)
  Root: mantr (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, (emphasizing the reason) (for, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

पापात् (pāpāt) - than evil itself (emphasizing the comparative) (from evil, than evil, out of sin)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sin, misfortune

पापतरम् (pāpataram) - more evil, worse

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sin, misfortune

Comparative degree formed with suffix '-tara'

Note: Comparative of 'pāpa' (evil).

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present indicative, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (in a negative construction, meaning 'nothing') (something, anything, a little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little, whatever

अराजकात् (arājakāt) - than a state without a ruler (arājakāt) (from a kingless state, than a kingless state)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of arājaka

arājaka - kingless, anarchic, a kingless state

Negative compound 'a-' + 'rājaka'

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+rājaka)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• rājaka – ruled by a king, royal
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'rājan' (king) with suffix '-ka'