महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-51, verse-11

अनर्थमर्थं मन्यसे राजपुत्र संग्रन्थनं कलहस्यातिघोरम् ।
तद्वै प्रवृत्तं तु यथा कथंचिद्विमोक्षयेच्चाप्यसिसायकांश्च ॥११॥

11. anarthamarthaṁ manyase rājaputra; saṁgranthanaṁ kalahasyātighoram ,
tadvai pravṛttaṁ tu yathā kathaṁci;dvimokṣayeccāpyasisāyakāṁśca.

11. anartham artham manyase rājaputra
saṅgranthanam kalāhasya atighoram
tat vai pravṛttam tu yathā kathaṃcit
vimokṣayet ca api asisāyakān ca

11. "O prince, you consider misfortune to be fortune, an extremely dreadful entanglement of conflict. Indeed, that (conflict) which has already begun, one should somehow avert, along with swords and arrows."

Words meanings summery:

• अनर्थम् (anartham) - misfortune, disadvantage, evil

• अर्थम् (artham) - fortune (fortune, advantage, purpose, wealth)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

• राजपुत्र (rājaputra) - prince, son of a king

• सङ्ग्रन्थनम् (saṅgranthanam) - entanglement (binding, tying together, entanglement, compilation)

• कलाहस्य (kalāhasya) - of conflict, of dispute, of quarrel

• अतिघोरम् (atighoram) - extremely dreadful, very terrible

• तत् (tat) - that (conflict) (that)

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

• प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - begun, started, active

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in what manner

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow or other, by any means

• विमोक्षयेत् (vimokṣayet) - should avert (should release, should avert, should set free)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• असिसायकान् (asisāyakān) - swords and arrows

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अनर्थम् (anartham) - misfortune, disadvantage, evil

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anartha

anartha - misfortune, disadvantage, evil, useless, meaningless

Negative prefix 'an' + 'artha'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+artha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• artha – meaning, purpose, wealth, advantage, fortune
  noun (masculine)

अर्थम् (artham) - fortune (fortune, advantage, purpose, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, wealth, advantage, fortune, object

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)

राजपुत्र (rājaputra) - prince, son of a king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājaputra

rājaputra - prince, son of a king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+putra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

सङ्ग्रन्थनम् (saṅgranthanam) - entanglement (binding, tying together, entanglement, compilation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṅgranthana

saṅgranthana - binding, tying together, compiling, composition, entanglement

From root 'granth' with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: granth (class 10)

कलाहस्य (kalāhasya) - of conflict, of dispute, of quarrel

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kalaha

kalaha - conflict, dispute, quarrel, contention

अतिघोरम् (atighoram) - extremely dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atighora

atighora - extremely dreadful, very terrible, very formidable

Compound 'ati' (excessively) + 'ghora' (dreadful)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+ghora)

• ati – over, beyond, excessively
  indeclinable
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, awful
  adjective (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that (conflict) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

(indeclinable)

प्रवृत्तम् (pravṛttam) - begun, started, active

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, started, active, engaged in, produced

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'vṛt' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow or other, by any means

(indeclinable)

विमोक्षयेत् (vimokṣayet) - should avert (should release, should avert, should set free)

(verb)

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

Root 'moc' (causative of 'muc') with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Causative form

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

असिसायकान् (asisāyakān) - swords and arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asisāyaka

asisāyaka - swords and arrows

Compound type : dvandva (asi+sāyaka)

• asi – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)
• sāyaka – arrow, missile
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ṣi'
  Root: ṣi (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)