महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-12, verse-5

प्रयास्यमानो नृपतिस्त्रिविधं परिचिन्तयेत् ।
आत्मनश्चैव शत्रोश्च शक्तिं शास्त्रविशारदः ॥५॥

5. prayāsyamāno nṛpatistrividhaṁ paricintayet ,
ātmanaścaiva śatrośca śaktiṁ śāstraviśāradaḥ.

5. prayāsyamānaḥ nṛpatiḥ trividham paricintayet
ātmanaḥ ca eva śatroḥ ca śaktim śāstraviśāradaḥ

5. śāstraviśāradaḥ nṛpatiḥ prayāsyamānaḥ ātmanaḥ
śatroḥ ca trividham śaktim eva paricintayet

5. A king, expert in strategic texts, who is about to embark on an expedition, should consider the three types of power (śakti), both his own and his enemy's.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रयास्यमानः (prayāsyamānaḥ) - who is about to set out, who is preparing to march

• नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, ruler

• त्रिविधम् (trividham) - the three types of power (threefold, of three kinds)

• परिचिन्तयेत् (paricintayet) - he should consider, he should reflect upon

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, his own

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy

• च (ca) - and

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - military or governing power (strength, power, capability)

• शास्त्रविशारदः (śāstraviśāradaḥ) - skilled in strategic or political treatises (expert in scriptures/sciences, skilled in treatises)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रयास्यमानः (prayāsyamānaḥ) - who is about to set out, who is preparing to march

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayāsyamāna

prayāsyamāna - about to set out, intending to go, preparing for an expedition

Future Passive Participle

From pra-yā (to set out, to go forth) + śyan + māna suffix (Ātmanepada)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, ruler, lord of men

compound of nṛ (man) and pati (lord)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject of paricintayet.

त्रिविधम् (trividham) - the three types of power (threefold, of three kinds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trividha

trividha - threefold, of three kinds, various

compound of tri (three) and vidha (kind)

Compound type : karmadharaya (tri+vidha)

• tri – three
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with śaktim.

परिचिन्तयेत् (paricintayet) - he should consider, he should reflect upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of paricint

From pari-cint (to think, to consider)

Prefix: pari

Root: cint (class 10)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, his own

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Modifies śaktim.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

Root: śad

Note: Modifies śaktim.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - military or governing power (strength, power, capability)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, capability, energy

from śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Object of paricintayet.

शास्त्रविशारदः (śāstraviśāradaḥ) - skilled in strategic or political treatises (expert in scriptures/sciences, skilled in treatises)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāstraviśārada

śāstraviśārada - expert in scriptures, skilled in sciences/treatises

compound of śāstra (treatise) and viśārada (skilled)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śāstra+viśārada)

• śāstra – treatise, scripture, science, rule, instruction
  noun (neuter)
  from śās (to teach, to instruct)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• viśārada – skilled, expert, proficient, clever
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śarad

Note: Agrees with nṛpatiḥ.