महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-90, verse-18

एकान्तेन हि सर्वेषां न शक्यं तात रोचितुम् ।
मित्रामित्रमथो मध्यं सर्वभूतेषु भारत ॥१८॥

18. ekāntena hi sarveṣāṁ na śakyaṁ tāta rocitum ,
mitrāmitramatho madhyaṁ sarvabhūteṣu bhārata.

18. ekāntena hi sarveṣām na śakyam tāta rocitum |
mitrāmitram atho madhyam sarvabhūteṣu bhārata

18. tāta bhārata hi ekāntena sarveṣām rocitum na
śakyam atho sarvabhūteṣu mitrāmitram madhyam

18. O dear one (tāta), O descendant of Bharata (bhārata), it is indeed impossible to please everyone exclusively. Nor, among all beings, can there be simply friends, enemies, or neutral parties.

Words meanings summery:

• एकान्तेन (ekāntena) - exclusively (exclusively, absolutely, entirely)

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

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all people (of all, for all)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, able (neuter nom./acc. sg.))

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (father, dear one, my child (vocative))

• रोचितुम् (rocitum) - to please, to be agreeable to (to please, to be agreeable to, to shine)

• मित्रामित्रम् (mitrāmitram) - friend and enemy (friend and enemy, a friend-enemy relationship)

• अथो (atho) - and also (and, moreover, also)

• मध्यम् (madhyam) - neutral (party) (neutral, in the middle (neuter nom./acc. sg.))

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - among all beings (among all beings, regarding all creatures)

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata (vocative))

Words meanings and morphology

एकान्तेन (ekāntena) - exclusively (exclusively, absolutely, entirely)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekānta

ekānta - solitude, privacy, absolute, exclusive

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+anta)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary, side, exclusive
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts adverbially.

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

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all people (of all, for all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Governed by the infinitive 'rocitum'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, able (neuter nom./acc. sg.))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, able, fit

Gerundive

From √śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally.

तात (tāta) - O dear one (father, dear one, my child (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear, my child, my son (term of endearment)

रोचितुम् (rocitum) - to please, to be agreeable to (to please, to be agreeable to, to shine)

(verb)

active, infinitive of ruc

Infinitive

Infinitive form of √ruc (to shine, please)

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Functions as the subject of 'śakyam'.

मित्रामित्रम् (mitrāmitram) - friend and enemy (friend and enemy, a friend-enemy relationship)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mitrāmitra

mitrāmitra - friend and enemy, ambivalent relationship

Compound type : dvandva (mitra+amitra)

• mitra – friend, ally
  noun (masculine)
• amitra – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix 'a-' + 'mitra'
  Prefix: a

Note: Refers to categories of relationships.

अथो (atho) - and also (and, moreover, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two ideas.

मध्यम् (madhyam) - neutral (party) (neutral, in the middle (neuter nom./acc. sg.))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate, neutral

Note: Forms a list with 'mitrāmitram'.

सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - among all beings (among all beings, regarding all creatures)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, past (as noun), having been (as participle)
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Denotes the sphere in which the categories exist.

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata (vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Note: Address to Yudhishthira.