महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-22

अदेशिका महारण्ये ग्रीष्मे शत्रुवशं गता ।
यथा न विभ्रमेत्सेना तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥२२॥

22. adeśikā mahāraṇye grīṣme śatruvaśaṁ gatā ,
yathā na vibhrametsenā tathā nītirvidhīyatām.

22. adeśikā mahāraṇye grīṣme śatruvaśam gatā
yathā na vibhramet senā tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām

22. Being without a guide in a great forest, and having fallen into the enemy's power during summer, let a strategy (nīti) be devised so that the army does not become disoriented.

Words meanings summery:

• अदेशिका (adeśikā) - without a guide, leaderless

• महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in a great forest

• ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during summer

• शत्रुवशम् (śatruvaśam) - into the power of enemies, under enemy control

• गता (gatā) - gone, fallen, reached

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

• न (na) - not

• विभ्रमेत् (vibhramet) - may get lost, may be bewildered, may wander

• सेना (senā) - army, host

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, therefore

• नीतिः (nītiḥ) - policy, strategy, conduct, guidance (nīti)

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be devised, let it be ordered

Words meanings and morphology

अदेशिका (adeśikā) - without a guide, leaderless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adeśika

adeśika - without a guide, leaderless

formed with negative prefix 'a-' and 'deśika' (guide)

महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in a great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāraṇya

mahāraṇya - great forest, vast wilderness

compound of mahā (great) and araṇya (forest)

ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during summer

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grīṣma

grīṣma - summer season

शत्रुवशम् (śatruvaśam) - into the power of enemies, under enemy control

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatruvaśa

śatruvaśa - power of an enemy, enemy's control

compound of śatru (enemy) and vaśa (control)

गता (gatā) - gone, fallen, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle acting as an adjective.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

विभ्रमेत् (vibhramet) - may get lost, may be bewildered, may wander

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vibhram

Optative Active

from vi + bhram (to wander), Parasmaipada

Prefix: vi

Root: bhram (class 1)

सेना (senā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, therefore

(indeclinable)

नीतिः (nītiḥ) - policy, strategy, conduct, guidance (nīti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - policy, strategy, conduct, guidance

from root nī (to lead)

Root: nī (class 1)

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be devised, let it be ordered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vidhā

Imperative Passive

from vi + dhā (to place, make), passive voice

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)