महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-150, verse-9

तत्र कश्चिन्नयेत्प्राज्ञो गृहीत्वैव करे नरम् ।
उह्यमानः स धर्मेण धर्मे बहुभयच्छले ॥९॥

9. tatra kaścinnayetprājño gṛhītvaiva kare naram ,
uhyamānaḥ sa dharmeṇa dharme bahubhayacchale.

9. tatra kaścit nayet prājñaḥ gṛhītvā eva kare naram
uhyamānaḥ saḥ dharmeṇa dharme bahubhayacchale

9. tatra kaścit prājñaḥ kare eva gṛhītvā naram nayet
saḥ dharmeṇa uhyamānaḥ (san) dharme bahubhayacchale

9. Therefore, a wise person should guide a man by the hand, as he is carried along by the currents of natural law (dharma), especially within the domain of natural law (dharma) that is fraught with many fears and deceptions.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, therefore, in that matter

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person, anybody

• नयेत् (nayet) - should lead, should guide, may lead

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, intelligent, knowing

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

• करे (kare) - in the hand

• नरम् (naram) - a man, a person

• उह्यमानः (uhyamānaḥ) - being carried, being borne along, being transported

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by the prevailing course or current of natural law (by natural law, by righteousness, by intrinsic nature, by custom)

• धर्मे (dharme) - in the path or domain of natural law (in natural law, in righteousness, in the intrinsic nature)

• बहुभयच्छले (bahubhayacchale) - full of many fears and deceptions, treacherous with many dangers

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, therefore, in that matter

(indeclinable)

Locative case of the pronominal base ta

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person, anybody

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, a certain, any

Formed from kim + cid

नयेत् (nayet) - should lead, should guide, may lead

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise person, intelligent, knowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, knowing, clever, intelligent

From pra-jñā (to know)

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root grah with suffix -tvā

Root: grah (class 9)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

करे (kare) - in the hand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tribute

नरम् (naram) - a man, a person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

उह्यमानः (uhyamānaḥ) - being carried, being borne along, being transported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uhyamāna

uhyamāna - being carried, being borne, flowing, being led

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root vah (to carry, flow) in passive voice, with suffix -māna

Root: vah (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by the prevailing course or current of natural law (by natural law, by righteousness, by intrinsic nature, by custom)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धर्मे (dharme) - in the path or domain of natural law (in natural law, in righteousness, in the intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

बहुभयच्छले (bahubhayacchale) - full of many fears and deceptions, treacherous with many dangers

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bahubhayacchala

bahubhayacchala - having many fears and deceptions

Compound of bahu-bhaya (many fears) and cchala (deception)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+bhaya+cchala)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• cchala – deception, trick, fraud, pretext
  noun (neuter)
  Root: chal (class 1)