महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-84, verse-46

नास्य छिद्रं परः पश्येच्छिद्रेषु परमन्वियात् ।
गूहेत्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद्विवरमात्मनः ॥४६॥

46. nāsya chidraṁ paraḥ paśyecchidreṣu paramanviyāt ,
gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni rakṣedvivaramātmanaḥ.

46. na asya chidram paraḥ paśyet chidreṣu param anviyāt
gūhet kūrmaḥ iva aṅgāni rakṣet vivaram ātmanaḥ

46. paraḥ asya chidram na paśyet; chidreṣu param anviyāt.
kūrmaḥ iva aṅgāni gūhet,
ātmanaḥ vivaram rakṣet

46. An enemy should not see his (the king's) weakness; rather, one should seek out the enemy's weaknesses. One should conceal one's vulnerable points like a tortoise withdrawing its limbs, and protect one's own weaknesses (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्य (asya) - his (the king's) (his, of him, of this)

• छिद्रम् (chidram) - weakness, flaw, defect, hole

• परः (paraḥ) - an enemy (another, an enemy, the supreme)

• पश्येत् (paśyet) - should see, may see

• छिद्रेषु (chidreṣu) - in the weaknesses (of the enemy) (in weaknesses, in flaws, in holes)

• परम् (param) - the enemy (as an object to be pursued) (the other, the enemy)

• अन्वियात् (anviyāt) - one should pursue, should follow, should seek out

• गूहेत् (gūhet) - one should conceal, should hide

• कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - a tortoise, a turtle

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (of the tortoise) (limbs, body parts, divisions)

• रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, should guard

• विवरम् (vivaram) - vulnerable points, weak spots (vulnerable point, weak spot, opening, gap, defect)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of one's own self (ātman) (of oneself, of the self, of the spirit)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his (the king's) (his, of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'chidram'.

छिद्रम् (chidram) - weakness, flaw, defect, hole

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of chidra

chidra - weakness, flaw, defect, hole, gap

Root: chid (class 7)

परः (paraḥ) - an enemy (another, an enemy, the supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, enemy, supreme

पश्येत् (paśyet) - should see, may see

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of paś

Optative Active

Root: dṛś (class 1)

छिद्रेषु (chidreṣu) - in the weaknesses (of the enemy) (in weaknesses, in flaws, in holes)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of chidra

chidra - weakness, flaw, defect, hole, gap

Root: chid (class 7)

परम् (param) - the enemy (as an object to be pursued) (the other, the enemy)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, enemy, supreme

अन्वियात् (anviyāt) - one should pursue, should follow, should seek out

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of i

Optative Active

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Implied subject is 'one' or 'the king'.

गूहेत् (gūhet) - one should conceal, should hide

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of guh

Optative Active

Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'one' or 'the king'.

कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - a tortoise, a turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (of the tortoise) (limbs, body parts, divisions)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body, part, member, division, constituent

रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, should guard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of rakṣ

Optative Active

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'one' or 'the king'.

विवरम् (vivaram) - vulnerable points, weak spots (vulnerable point, weak spot, opening, gap, defect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vivara

vivara - opening, chasm, gap, flaw, defect, vulnerable point

Root: vṛ (class 5)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of one's own self (ātman) (of oneself, of the self, of the spirit)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, mind

Root: an (class 2)