महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-19

कच्चिन्मन्त्रयसे नैकः कच्चिन्न बहुभिः सह ।
कच्चित्ते मन्त्रितो मन्त्रो न राष्ट्रमनुधावति ॥१९॥

19. kaccinmantrayase naikaḥ kaccinna bahubhiḥ saha ,
kaccitte mantrito mantro na rāṣṭramanudhāvati.

19. kaccit mantrayase na ekaḥ kaccit na bahubhiḥ saha
kaccit te mantritaḥ mantraḥ na rāṣṭram anudhāvati

19. I hope you do not deliberate alone, nor do you consult with many. I trust that the counsel you have deliberated upon does not become public knowledge throughout the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

• मन्त्रयसे (mantrayase) - you deliberate, you consult, you counsel

• न (na) - not, no

• एकः (ekaḥ) - by yourself, alone (one, alone, solitary)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

• न (na) - not, no

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many people (implicitly) (by many, with many)

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

• ते (te) - your (counsel) (your, to you)

• मन्त्रितः (mantritaḥ) - (counsel) that has been deliberated upon (deliberated, counselled, decided)

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - secret counsel, plan (counsel, plan, advice, sacred utterance (mantra))

• न (na) - not, no

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - the entire kingdom/state, public (kingdom, state, country)

• अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - spreads (to), becomes known (in) (runs after, follows, spreads through)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रयसे (mantrayase) - you deliberate, you consult, you counsel

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Middle Voice

Denominative verb from noun 'mantra', conjugated in ātmanepada.

Root: mantr (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

एकः (ekaḥ) - by yourself, alone (one, alone, solitary)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, solitary

Note: Qualifies an implied 'you'.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many people (implicitly) (by many, with many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Used with 'saha' to mean 'with many'.

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

Preposition/postposition

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (counsel) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Functions as a possessive adjective.

मन्त्रितः (mantritaḥ) - (counsel) that has been deliberated upon (deliberated, counselled, decided)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrita

mantrita - deliberated, counselled, decided (past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √mantr (to consult) with suffix -ta.

Root: mantr (class 10)

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - secret counsel, plan (counsel, plan, advice, sacred utterance (mantra))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, plan, advice, sacred utterance, incantation

From √mantr (to think, counsel).

Root: mantr (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'anudhāvati'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - the entire kingdom/state, public (kingdom, state, country)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, state, country, realm

Note: Object of 'anudhāvati' in the sense of 'spreading through'.

अनुधावति (anudhāvati) - spreads (to), becomes known (in) (runs after, follows, spreads through)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhāv

Present Tense, Active Voice

Derived from root dhāv with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'mantraḥ'.