महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-96, verse-4

ते चेदक्षत्रियाः सन्तो विरुध्येयुः कथंचन ।
सर्वोपायैर्नियन्तव्या विकर्मस्था नराधिप ॥४॥

4. te cedakṣatriyāḥ santo virudhyeyuḥ kathaṁcana ,
sarvopāyairniyantavyā vikarmasthā narādhipa.

4. te cet akṣatriyāḥ santaḥ virudhyeyuḥ kathaṃcana
sarvopāyaiḥ niyantavyāḥ vikarmasthāḥ narādhipa

4. narādhipa cet te akṣatriyāḥ santaḥ kathaṃcana
virudhyeyuḥ vikarmasthāḥ sarvopāyaiḥ niyantavyāḥ

4. O King, if those who are not Kshatriyas were to somehow offer resistance, then they, being engaged in unrighteous (karma) actions, must be restrained by all possible means.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अक्षत्रियाः (akṣatriyāḥ) - non-Kshatriyas, not belonging to the warrior class

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - being, existing

• विरुध्येयुः (virudhyeyuḥ) - they should resist, they should oppose

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, by any means, in any way

• सर्वोपायैः (sarvopāyaiḥ) - by all means, by all methods

• नियन्तव्याः (niyantavyāḥ) - should be restrained, must be controlled

• विकर्मस्थाः (vikarmasthāḥ) - situated in wrong actions, engaged in unrighteous (karma)

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - Addressed to Dhritarashtra by Bhishma. (O king, O ruler of men)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अक्षत्रियाः (akṣatriyāḥ) - non-Kshatriyas, not belonging to the warrior class

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣatriya

akṣatriya - not a warrior, not a Kshatriya

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣatriya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the warrior class
  noun (masculine)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - being, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

from root 'as' (to be), class 2

Root: as (class 2)

विरुध्येयुः (virudhyeyuḥ) - they should resist, they should oppose

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of virudh

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - somehow, by any means, in any way

(indeclinable)

सर्वोपायैः (sarvopāyaiḥ) - by all means, by all methods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarvopāya

sarvopāya - all means, every method

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+upāya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• upāya – means, method, resource, expedient
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'iñ' (to go) with 'upa'
  Prefix: upa
  Root: iñ (class 2)

नियन्तव्याः (niyantavyāḥ) - should be restrained, must be controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyantavya

niyantavya - to be restrained, to be controlled, controllable

Gerundive

from root 'yam' (to control) with prefix 'ni', formed with suffix -tavya

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

विकर्मस्थाः (vikarmasthāḥ) - situated in wrong actions, engaged in unrighteous (karma)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikarmastha

vikarmastha - standing in wrong actions, engaged in evil deeds

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (vikarma+stha)

• vikarma – wrong action, evil deed, unrighteous (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  compound 'vi' (bad) + 'karma' (action)
  Prefix: vi
• stha – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix -ṭha
  from root 'sthā' (to stand), formed with suffix -kha / -ṭha
  Root: sthā (class 1)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - Addressed to Dhritarashtra by Bhishma. (O king, O ruler of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'pā' (to protect) with 'adhi'
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)