महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-65, verse-5

यतो बुद्धिस्ततः शान्तिः प्रशमं गच्छ भारत ।
नादारौ क्रमते शस्त्रं दारौ शस्त्रं निपात्यते ॥५॥

5. yato buddhistataḥ śāntiḥ praśamaṁ gaccha bhārata ,
nādārau kramate śastraṁ dārau śastraṁ nipātyate.

5. yatas buddhiḥ tataḥ śāntiḥ praśamam gaccha bhārata
na adārau kramate śastram dārau śastram nipātyate

5. Where there is wisdom (buddhi), there is peace. Therefore, attain tranquility, O Bhārata. A weapon is not employed against that which is not a proper target; rather, a weapon is struck down upon a proper target.

Words meanings summery:

• यतस् (yatas) - from which, from where

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, understanding, wisdom

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, then, therefore

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, calm

• प्रशमम् (praśamam) - peace, tranquility, quietude; to tranquility

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go, attain, proceed

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

• न (na) - not, no

• अदारौ (adārau) - on non-wood, on that which is not a proper target

• क्रमते (kramate) - operates, proceeds, moves, is wielded

• शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, knife, sword

• दारौ (dārau) - on wood, on a proper target

• शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, knife, sword

• निपात्यते (nipātyate) - is struck down, is thrown, is used

Words meanings and morphology

यतस् (yatas) - from which, from where

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to ya (which)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, understanding, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intelligence, understanding, wisdom

from root 'budh' (to know)

Root: budh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to ta (that)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, calm

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm

from root 'śam' (to be calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

प्रशमम् (praśamam) - peace, tranquility, quietude; to tranquility

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśama

praśama - peace, tranquility, quietude

from pra + śam

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Accusative used adverbially or as object of 'gaccha'.

गच्छ (gaccha) - go, attain, proceed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

present active imperative

Root: gam (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian

derived from Bharata

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अदारौ (adārau) - on non-wood, on that which is not a proper target

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of adāru

adāru - non-wood, not a target

negative prefix 'a' + 'dāru'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+dāru)

• na – not
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• dāru – wood, timber, a proper target
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā

Note: Used as a noun referring to 'that which is not wood'.

क्रमते (kramate) - operates, proceeds, moves, is wielded

(verb)

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

present middle indicative

Root: kram (class 1)

शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, knife, sword

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, knife, sword, instrument

from root 'śas' (to cut)

Root: śas

दारौ (dārau) - on wood, on a proper target

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dāru

dāru - wood, timber, a proper target

Root: dā

शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon, knife, sword

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, knife, sword, instrument

from root 'śas' (to cut)

Root: śas

निपात्यते (nipātyate) - is struck down, is thrown, is used

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nipāt

present passive indicative

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)