महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-89, verse-12

उपायान्प्रब्रवीम्येतान्न मे माया विवक्षिता ।
अनुपायेन दमयन्प्रकोपयति वाजिनः ॥१२॥

12. upāyānprabravīmyetānna me māyā vivakṣitā ,
anupāyena damayanprakopayati vājinaḥ.

12. upāyān prabravīmi etān na me māyā vivakṣitā
anupāyena damayan prakopayati vājinaḥ

12. etān upāyān prabravīmi.
me māyā na vivakṣitā.
anupāyena damayan vājinaḥ prakopayati.

12. I declare these strategies; trickery (māyā) is not intended by me. One who attempts to tame (them) without proper means merely causes horses to become agitated.

Words meanings summery:

• उपायान् (upāyān) - strategies, means, expedients

• प्रब्रवीमि (prabravīmi) - I tell, I declare, I speak forth

• एतान् (etān) - these

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - by me, for me

• माया (māyā) - illusion, trickery, artifice (māyā)

• विवक्षिता (vivakṣitā) - intended, desired to be spoken

• अनुपायेन (anupāyena) - without a proper strategy, by improper means

• दमयन् (damayan) - taming, subduing, controlling

• प्रकोपयति (prakopayati) - causes to become agitated/enraged

• वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses

Words meanings and morphology

उपायान् (upāyān) - strategies, means, expedients

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, strategy

Derived from root √i (to go) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

प्रब्रवीमि (prabravīmi) - I tell, I declare, I speak forth

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of √brū

Present indicative, 1st person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada) of the root √brū with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me, for me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Alternate form for mayā (by me), or genitive/dative.

माया (māyā) - illusion, trickery, artifice (māyā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deception, artifice, trickery

विवक्षिता (vivakṣitā) - intended, desired to be spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivakṣita

vivakṣita - desired to be spoken, intended, meant

Past Passive Participle (from desiderative)

Formed from the desiderative stem (vivakṣ-) of the root √vac (to speak) + the past passive participle suffix -ta. Declines as a feminine noun here.

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुपायेन (anupāyena) - without a proper strategy, by improper means

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anupāya

anupāya - lack of means, improper means, want of expedient

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+upāya)

• an – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• upāya – means, method, expedient, strategy
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √i (to go) with prefix upa-.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

दमयन् (damayan) - taming, subduing, controlling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of damayat

damayat - taming, controlling, subduing

Present Active Participle

Formed from the root √dam (to tame, control) + the present participle suffix -śatṛ (ant/at).

Root: dam (class 4)

प्रकोपयति (prakopayati) - causes to become agitated/enraged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of √kup

Causative verb

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada) of the causative stem (kopayi-) of the root √kup (to be angry) with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: kup (class 4)

वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - horse; swift, strong; possessing strength