महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-84, verse-3

एतान्सहायाँल्लिप्सेथाः सर्वास्वापत्सु भारत ।
कुलीनः पूजितो नित्यं न हि शक्तिं निगूहति ॥३॥

3. etānsahāyāँllipsethāḥ sarvāsvāpatsu bhārata ,
kulīnaḥ pūjito nityaṁ na hi śaktiṁ nigūhati.

3. etān sahāyān lipsethāḥ sarvāsu āpatsu bhārata
| kulīnaḥ pūjitaḥ nityam na hi śaktim nigūhati

3. bhārata sarvāsu āpatsu etān sahāyān lipsethāḥ
hi nityam pūjitaḥ kulīnaḥ śaktim na nigūhati

3. O Bhārata, you should seek such allies in all adversities. A person of noble birth, when consistently honored, will certainly not conceal his strength (śakti).

Words meanings summery:

• एतान् (etān) - these

• सहायान् (sahāyān) - helpers, allies, companions

• लिप्सेथाः (lipsethāḥ) - you should desire, you should obtain, you should seek

• सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all

• आपत्सु (āpatsu) - in calamities, in adversities, in misfortunes

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

• कुलीनः (kulīnaḥ) - of noble family, well-born, high-born

• पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored, respected, worshipped

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - strength, power, ability

• निगूहति (nigūhati) - conceals, hides

Words meanings and morphology

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

सहायान् (sahāyān) - helpers, allies, companions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sahāya

sahāya - helper, companion, ally

from sa- + hāya (root hā 'to abandon', but here with sa- 'with', implying 'not abandoning')

Prefix: sa

Root: hā (class 3)

लिप्सेथाः (lipsethāḥ) - you should desire, you should obtain, you should seek

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of lips

Desiderative (from labh)

Desiderative form of root labh (to obtain), lit. 'to wish to obtain'

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada, 2nd person singular optative form of desiderative root lips.

सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

आपत्सु (āpatsu) - in calamities, in adversities, in misfortunes

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, adversity, distress

from ā- + pad (to fall)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, a resident of Bhārata

patronymic from Bharata

कुलीनः (kulīnaḥ) - of noble family, well-born, high-born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kulīna

kulīna - of noble family, well-born, high-born

from kula (family) + īna (suffix)

पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored, respected, worshipped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjita

pūjita - honored, worshipped, respected

Past Passive Participle

from root pūj (to honor, worship)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Acts as an adjective qualifying 'kulīnaḥ'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of nitya (constant)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - strength, power, ability

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, energy, faculty, divine feminine power (śakti)

from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

निगूहति (nigūhati) - conceals, hides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nigūh

from ni- (down, into) + root gūh (to hide)

Prefix: ni

Root: gūh (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular present.