महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-69, verse-9

अमात्येषु च सर्वेषु मित्रेषु त्रिविधेषु च ।
पुत्रेषु च महाराज प्रणिदध्यात्समाहितः ॥९॥

9. amātyeṣu ca sarveṣu mitreṣu trividheṣu ca ,
putreṣu ca mahārāja praṇidadhyātsamāhitaḥ.

9. amātyeṣu ca sarveṣu mitreṣu trividheṣu ca
putreṣu ca mahārāja pranidadhyāt samāhitaḥ

9. mahārāja samāhitaḥ amātyeṣu ca sarveṣu
trividheṣu mitreṣu ca putreṣu ca pranidadhyāt

9. O great king, (he) should, with concentration, deploy (spies) among all his ministers, among friends of three kinds, and among his sons.

Words meanings summery:

• अमात्येषु (amātyeṣu) - among his ministers (among ministers, in ministers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - among all (in all, in every)

• मित्रेषु (mitreṣu) - among his friends (among friends)

• त्रिविधेषु (trividheṣu) - of three categories (referring to types of friends) (of three kinds, threefold)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among his own sons (among sons, in sons)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O mighty monarch (O great king)

• प्रनिदध्यात् (pranidadhyāt) - he should deploy (spies) (he should place, he should appoint, he should direct)

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - with full attention (concentrated, attentive, composed, engrossed)

Words meanings and morphology

अमात्येषु (amātyeṣu) - among his ministers (among ministers, in ministers)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, companion, a person of the same household

Derived from `amā` (together) + `tī` (to go) or `am` + `ā` + `tya`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - among all (in all, in every)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

मित्रेषु (mitreṣu) - among his friends (among friends)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally, the sun

त्रिविधेषु (trividheṣu) - of three categories (referring to types of friends) (of three kinds, threefold)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of trividha

trividha - of three kinds, threefold, various

Derived from `tri` + `vidhā`.

Compound type : dvigu (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  numeral (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among his own sons (among sons, in sons)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O mighty monarch (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor, sovereign

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

प्रनिदध्यात् (pranidadhyāt) - he should deploy (spies) (he should place, he should appoint, he should direct)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pranidhā

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Derived from `pra` + `ni` + root `dhā`.

Prefixes: pra+ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: The final `t` of `pranidadhyāt` forms sandhi with `samāhitaḥ` to remain `t` or become `s`.

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - with full attention (concentrated, attentive, composed, engrossed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, attentive, composed, self-controlled, engrossed (Past Passive Participle)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `sam` + `ā` + `dhā` + `kta` suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Functions adjectivally to describe the state of the king.