महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-3

बलाबले विनिश्चित्य याथातथ्येन बुद्धिमान् ।
शक्तिं संख्यातुमारेभे तदा वै मनुजाधिपः ॥३॥

3. balābale viniścitya yāthātathyena buddhimān ,
śaktiṁ saṁkhyātumārebhe tadā vai manujādhipaḥ.

3. balābale viniścitya yāthātathyena buddhimān
śaktim saṃkhyātum ārebhe tadā vai manujādhipaḥ

3. The intelligent lord of men then truly ascertained the strengths and weaknesses, and began to calculate their power (śakti).

Words meanings summery:

• बलाबले (balābale) - the respective military/political advantages and disadvantages (strengths and weaknesses)

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having clearly assessed and established (having ascertained, having determined, having decided)

• याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - precisely and objectively (truthfully, exactly, according to reality)

• बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) the astute one (intelligent, wise, discerning)

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - the military and spiritual might (power (śakti), strength, capability)

• संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to evaluate, to estimate (to count, to reckon, to enumerate)

• आरेभे (ārebhe) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) began (began)

• तदा (tadā) - at that moment, after his initial assessment (then, at that time)

• वै (vai) - an emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, verily)

• मनुजाधिपः (manujādhipaḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (lord of men, king)

Words meanings and morphology

बलाबले (balābale) - the respective military/political advantages and disadvantages (strengths and weaknesses)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, relative strength, power and impotence

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength, impotence
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a

Note: Object of viniścitya.

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having clearly assessed and established (having ascertained, having determined, having decided)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root ści (from √cāy) with upasargas vi and ni, suffix -ya

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: ści (class 1)

याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - precisely and objectively (truthfully, exactly, according to reality)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yāthātathya

yāthātathya - truth, reality, exactitude, being in accordance with the truth

derived from yathātatha (as it is)

Note: Functions adverbially.

बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) the astute one (intelligent, wise, discerning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddhimat

buddhimat - intelligent, wise, discerning, possessed of intellect

derived from buddhi with suffix -mat

Note: Functions as a substantive referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - the military and spiritual might (power (śakti), strength, capability)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, faculty, energy; a goddess

root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Object of saṃkhyātum.

संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to evaluate, to estimate (to count, to reckon, to enumerate)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root khyā (with saṃ), suffix -tum

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

आरेभे (ārebhe) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) began (began)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past aorist (luṅ) of ā-rabh

aorist middle

root rabh (with upasarga ā), aorist tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - at that moment, after his initial assessment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - an emphatic particle (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

मनुजाधिपः (manujādhipaḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (lord of men, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manujādhipa

manujādhipa - lord of men, king, ruler

Compound type : tatpurusha (manuja+adhipa)

• manuja – man, human being (lit. 'born of Manu')
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.