महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-17

यथा नायं समायुज्याद्धार्तराष्ट्रान्कथंचन ।
यथा च न पराजय्यात्तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥१७॥

17. yathā nāyaṁ samāyujyāddhārtarāṣṭrānkathaṁcana ,
yathā ca na parājayyāttathā nītirvidhīyatām.

17. yathā na ayam samāyujyāt dhārtarāṣṭrān kathañcana
yathā ca na parājayyāt tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām

17. A policy (nīti) should be devised in such a way that he (Arjuna) does not, by any means, join the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas), and also that he is not defeated.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - so that, how, as

• न (na) - not

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

• समायुज्यात् (samāyujyāt) - should join, should unite with

• धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the Kauravas

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - by any means, somehow, in any way

• यथा (yathā) - so that, how, as

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• पराजय्यात् (parājayyāt) - should be defeated

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

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

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be formulated, let it be arranged

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - so that, how, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

समायुज्यात् (samāyujyāt) - should join, should unite with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of samāyuj

optative

From root `√yuj` (to join) with `sam-ā-` prefixes

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: yuj (class 7)

धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a Kaurava

Patronymic from Dhṛtarāṣṭra

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - by any means, somehow, in any way

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - so that, how, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पराजय्यात् (parājayyāt) - should be defeated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of parāji

passive optative

From root `√ji` (to conquer) with prefix `parā-` (away, opposite), passive stem `jīyate`

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - guidance, conduct, policy, strategy

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be formulated, let it be arranged

(verb)

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

passive imperative

From root `√dhā` (to place) with prefix `vi-` (apart, distinct), passive stem `dhīyate`

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)