महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-4

सुनयस्यानपायस्य संयुगे परमः क्रमः ।
संशयो जायते साम्ये साम्यं च न भवेद्द्वयोः ॥४॥

4. sunayasyānapāyasya saṁyuge paramaḥ kramaḥ ,
saṁśayo jāyate sāmye sāmyaṁ ca na bhaveddvayoḥ.

4. sunayasya anapāyasya saṃyuge paramaḥ kramaḥ
saṃśayaḥ jāyate sāmye sāmyam ca na bhavet dvayoḥ

4. The supreme method (krama) in battle (saṃyuge) comes from a good (sunaya) and unfailing (anapāya) policy. Doubt (saṃśaya) arises from parity (sāmye), and there should be no equality (sāmyam) between two.

Words meanings summery:

• सुनयस्य (sunayasya) - of good policy, of good conduct

• अनपायस्य (anapāyasya) - of unfailing, of imperishable, of not leading away

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict, in conjunction

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - step, order, course, method, strategy

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, occurs

• साम्ये (sāmye) - in equality, in parity, in sameness

• साम्यम् (sāmyam) - equality, parity

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, would be

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of two, between two

Words meanings and morphology

सुनयस्य (sunayasya) - of good policy, of good conduct

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sunaya

sunaya - good policy, good conduct, right guidance

compound of su (good) and naya (policy)

Compound type : pravādi-tatpuruṣa (su+naya)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix for good quality
• naya – policy, conduct, leading, prudence, political wisdom
  noun (masculine)
  from root nī
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Possessive or descriptive of krama.

अनपायस्य (anapāyasya) - of unfailing, of imperishable, of not leading away

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anapāya

anapāya - unfailing, imperishable, free from loss or decline

negation of apāya (loss, going away)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+apāya)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• apāya – going away, loss, decline, detriment
  noun (masculine)
  from root i with upasarga apa
  Prefix: apa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with sunayasya.

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict, in conjunction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - conjunction, meeting, encounter, battle, conflict

from root yuj with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Locative of place/context.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, best, excellent, ultimate

superlative of para

Note: Agrees with kramaḥ.

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - step, order, course, method, strategy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, course, order, method, procedure, strategy

from root kram

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, indecision

from root śī with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of jāyate.

जायते (jāyate) - arises, is born, occurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present middle

root jan, 3rd singular present middle

Root: jan (class 4)

साम्ये (sāmye) - in equality, in parity, in sameness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sāmya

sāmya - equality, sameness, impartiality, parity

from sama (same, equal)

Note: Locative of cause or circumstance.

साम्यम् (sāmyam) - equality, parity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmya

sāmya - equality, sameness, impartiality, parity

from sama (same, equal)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates bhavet.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

optative active

root bhū, 3rd singular optative active

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses recommendation or possibility.

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of two, between two

(numeral)

Note: Specifies the two entities between whom equality should not exist.