महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-11

कच्चिद्राजगुणैः षड्भिः सप्तोपायांस्तथानघ ।
बलाबलं तथा सम्यक्चतुर्दश परीक्षसे ॥११॥

11. kaccidrājaguṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ saptopāyāṁstathānagha ,
balābalaṁ tathā samyakcaturdaśa parīkṣase.

11. kaccit rājaguṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ saptopāyān tathā anagha
balābalam tathā samyak caturdaśa parīkṣase

11. O faultless one, I hope you thoroughly examine the six strategic measures, the seven expedients (upāyāḥ), and the relative strengths and weaknesses, as well as the fourteen (points of investigation).

11. הו נקי מחטא, האם אתה בוחן כראוי את ששת תכונות המלך ואת שבעת האמצעים, וכן את הכוח והחולשה ואת ארבעה עשר (הגורמים)?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps, (an interrogative particle implying anxiety or hope)

• राजगुणैः (rājaguṇaiḥ) - by the six strategic measures (ṣaḍguṇāḥ) related to a king (by royal qualities, by kingly virtues)

• षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six

• सप्तोपायान् (saptopāyān) - the seven expedients (upāyāḥ) of statecraft (the seven means, the seven expedients)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

• अनघ (anagha) - O faultless one (faultless, sinless, pure)

• बलाबलम् (balābalam) - relative strengths and weaknesses (strength and weakness, relative strength)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

• सम्यक् (samyak) - thoroughly (properly, completely, thoroughly, rightly)

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - the fourteen (points of investigation) (fourteen)

• परीक्षसे (parīkṣase) - you examine (you examine, you investigate, you test)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps, (an interrogative particle implying anxiety or hope)

(indeclinable)

राजगुणैः (rājaguṇaiḥ) - by the six strategic measures (ṣaḍguṇāḥ) related to a king (by royal qualities, by kingly virtues)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rājaguṇa

rājaguṇa - royal quality, kingly virtue

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+guṇa)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• guṇa – quality, virtue, rope, constituent of nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the six measures of foreign policy (sandhi, vigraha, yāna, āsana, saṃśraya, dvaidhībhāva).

षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six

(numeral)

सप्तोपायान् (saptopāyān) - the seven expedients (upāyāḥ) of statecraft (the seven means, the seven expedients)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saptopāya

saptopāya - seven means, seven expedients

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sapta+upāya)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• upāya – means, expedient, strategy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to the seven expedients of policy (sāman, dāna, bheda, daṇḍa, māyā, upekṣā, indrajāla).

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

अनघ (anagha) - O faultless one (faultless, sinless, pure)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - faultless, sinless, pure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• agha – fault, sin, evil
  noun (neuter)

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - relative strengths and weaknesses (strength and weakness, relative strength)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, relative strength

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

सम्यक् (samyak) - thoroughly (properly, completely, thoroughly, rightly)

(indeclinable)

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - the fourteen (points of investigation) (fourteen)

(numeral)

Note: Acts here as an adjective for implied 'things'.

परीक्षसे (parīkṣase) - you examine (you examine, you investigate, you test)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

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