महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-82, verse-9

यस्य न स्युर्न वै स स्याद्यस्य स्युः कृच्छ्रमेव तत् ।
द्वाभ्यां निवारितो नित्यं वृणोम्येकतरं न च ॥९॥

9. yasya na syurna vai sa syādyasya syuḥ kṛcchrameva tat ,
dvābhyāṁ nivārito nityaṁ vṛṇomyekataraṁ na ca.

9. yasya na syuḥ na vai sa syāt yasya syuḥ kṛcchram eva
tat dvābhyām nivāritaḥ nityam vṛṇomi ekataram na ca

9. yasya na syuḥ,
saḥ vai na syāt yasya syuḥ,
tat eva kṛcchram nityam dvābhyām nivāritaḥ ekataram vṛṇomi ca na

9. If one does not have support, one certainly would not prevail; yet if one has both (opposing sides), that itself is a difficult situation. Constantly constrained by both, I choose one, but not the other.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - if someone has (as a genitive of possession) (whose, of whom, for whom)

• न (na) - not, no

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they (forces/allies) would exist/be present (they would be, they might be, they should be)

• न (na) - not, no

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• स (sa) - he, that

• स्यात् (syāt) - he would exist/prevail (he would be, he might be, he should be)

• यस्य (yasya) - if someone has (as a genitive of possession) (whose, of whom, for whom)

• स्युः (syuḥ) - if he has them (both opposing sides) (they would be, they might be, they should be)

• कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, hardship

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• तत् (tat) - that

• द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by the two (factions/sides) (by two, from two, for two)

• निवारितः (nivāritaḥ) - prevented, restrained, impeded, warded off

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I select, I cover

• एकतरम् (ekataram) - one of the two, either

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - if someone has (as a genitive of possession) (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they (forces/allies) would exist/be present (they would be, they might be, they should be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - he would exist/prevail (he would be, he might be, he should be)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यस्य (yasya) - if someone has (as a genitive of possession) (whose, of whom, for whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

स्युः (syuḥ) - if he has them (both opposing sides) (they would be, they might be, they should be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, hardship

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficult, painful, troublesome; difficulty, distress, hardship

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by the two (factions/sides) (by two, from two, for two)

(numeral)

निवारितः (nivāritaḥ) - prevented, restrained, impeded, warded off

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivārita

nivārita - prevented, restrained, impeded, warded off

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to cover, choose) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially

वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I select, I cover

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

एकतरम् (ekataram) - one of the two, either

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekatara

ekatara - one of the two, either (used as a pronoun/adjective)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)