महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-147, verse-18

भीष्म उवाच ।
धर्मस्य ह्रियमाणस्य बलवद्भिर्दुरात्मभिः ।
यद्येवं मन्यसे राजंस्त्रिधा धर्मविचारणा ॥१८॥

18. bhīṣma uvāca ,
dharmasya hriyamāṇasya balavadbhirdurātmabhiḥ ,
yadyevaṁ manyase rājaṁstridhā dharmavicāraṇā.

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca dharmasya hriyamāṇasya balavadbhiḥ
durātmabhiḥ yadi evam manyase rājan tridhā dharmavicāraṇā

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca rājan yadi evam manyase balavadbhiḥ
durātmabhiḥ dharmasya hriyamāṇasya tridhā dharmavicāraṇā

18. Bhishma said: O King, if you believe that the natural law (dharma) is being seized by powerful, wicked-minded individuals, then the deliberation on natural law (dharma) is threefold.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of intrinsic nature, of duty, of righteousness)

• ह्रियमाणस्य (hriyamāṇasya) - of being carried away, of being seized, of being stolen

• बलवद्भिः (balavadbhiḥ) - by the powerful ones

• दुरात्मभिः (durātmabhiḥ) - by the wicked-minded ones, by the evil-souled ones

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold

• धर्मविचारणा (dharmavicāraṇā) - deliberation on dharma, consideration of natural law

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (grandfather of the Kauravas and Pandavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of intrinsic nature, of duty, of righteousness)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

ह्रियमाणस्य (hriyamāṇasya) - of being carried away, of being seized, of being stolen

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hriyamāṇa

hriyamāṇa - being carried, being seized, being stolen

present passive participle

present passive participle of √hṛ (to carry, to seize)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dharmasya`.

बलवद्भिः (balavadbhiḥ) - by the powerful ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong

nominal stem from 'bala' (strength) with suffix '-vat'

दुरात्मभिः (durātmabhiḥ) - by the wicked-minded ones, by the evil-souled ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of durātman

durātman - wicked-minded, evil-souled, malicious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dus+ātman)

• dus – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

present middle indicative

2nd person singular present middle indicative of √man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold

(indeclinable)

derived from `tri` (three) with suffix `dhā` (in such a manner)

धर्मविचारणा (dharmavicāraṇā) - deliberation on dharma, consideration of natural law

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmavicāraṇā

dharmavicāraṇā - deliberation on natural law (dharma), consideration of duty/righteousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+vicāraṇā)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vicāraṇā – deliberation, consideration, investigation
  noun (feminine)
  nominalization of √car with prefix vi
  from √car (to move, to go) with `vi-` and suffix `-aṇā`
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: The subject of the sentence.