महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-27

कच्चिदष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च ।
त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः ॥२७॥

27. kaccidaṣṭādaśānyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca ,
tribhistribhiravijñātairvetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ.

27. kaccit aṣṭādaśa anyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca
tribhiḥ tribhiḥ avijñātaiḥ vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ

27. I hope that, by means of three distinct groups of unknown agents (cārakaiḥ), you are keeping informed about the eighteen key departments (tīrthāni) in the enemy's kingdom and the fifteen in your own administration.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that; is it so that

• अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

• अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in the enemy's kingdom/administration (among others, in the enemies' (territories))

• स्वपक्षे (svapakṣe) - in your own administration (in one's own party, in one's own side)

• दश (daśa) - ten

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by groups of three, by three distinct groups (by three, with three)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by groups of three, by three distinct groups (repetition emphasizes distinctness) (by three, with three)

• अविज्ञातैः (avijñātaiḥ) - by unknown agents (by the unknown, by the undiscovered)

• वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you are aware

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - key departments of state or important officials (sacred places, persons, important departments)

• चारकैः (cārakaiḥ) - by spies, by agents

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that; is it so that

(indeclinable)

अष्टादश (aṣṭādaśa) - eighteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (aṣṭan+daśan)

• aṣṭan – eight
  numeral
• daśan – ten
  numeral

Note: Used as an indeclinable numeral here.

अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in the enemy's kingdom/administration (among others, in the enemies' (territories))

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

स्वपक्षे (svapakṣe) - in your own administration (in one's own party, in one's own side)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapakṣa

svapakṣa - one's own side, one's own party, one's own faction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pakṣa)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  pronoun
• pakṣa – side, party, faction, wing, fortnight
  noun (masculine)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Used as an indeclinable numeral here.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Used as an indeclinable numeral here.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by groups of three, by three distinct groups (by three, with three)

(numeral)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by groups of three, by three distinct groups (repetition emphasizes distinctness) (by three, with three)

(numeral)

अविज्ञातैः (avijñātaiḥ) - by unknown agents (by the unknown, by the undiscovered)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, undiscovered, not known, secret

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the prefix 'vi' and negative prefix 'a-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know, you are aware

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - key departments of state or important officials (sacred places, persons, important departments)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, shrine, teacher, minister, department of state, vulnerable point

चारकैः (cārakaiḥ) - by spies, by agents

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of cāraka

cāraka - spy, secret agent, messenger, wanderer

Root: car (class 1)