महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-6, verse-12

भिद्यमानेषु च स्वेषु लम्बमाने च वै त्वयि ।
न तथा ते करिष्यन्ति सेनाकर्म न संशयः ॥१२॥

12. bhidyamāneṣu ca sveṣu lambamāne ca vai tvayi ,
na tathā te kariṣyanti senākarma na saṁśayaḥ.

12. bhidyāmāneṣu ca sveṣu lambamāne ca vai tvayi
na tathā te kariṣyanti senākarma na saṃśayaḥ

12. But when there is division among their own ranks and you yourself delay, they will certainly not perform military operations in that manner; there is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• भिद्यामानेषु (bhidyāmāneṣu) - among those who are being divided, when they are being broken apart

• च (ca) - and

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - among their own (people/relatives)

• लम्बमाने (lambamāne) - when delaying, when hesitating, when hanging back

• च (ca) - and

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, regarding you, when you

• न (na) - not, no

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

• ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas)

• करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

• सेनाकर्म (senākarma) - military operations, army work, battle duties

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

भिद्यामानेषु (bhidyāmāneṣu) - among those who are being divided, when they are being broken apart

(participle)

Locative, masculine, plural of bhidyamāna

bhidyamāna - being broken, being divided, being split

Present Passive Participle

From √bhid (to break, to divide) + ya (passive marker) + śānac (present participle).

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Refers to sveṣu.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - among their own (people/relatives)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, belonging to oneself, kinsmen, relatives

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

लम्बमाने (lambamāne) - when delaying, when hesitating, when hanging back

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of lambamāna

lambamāna - delaying, hanging, depending, adhering

Present Middle Participle

From √lamb (to hang, delay) + śānac (present participle).

Root: lamb (class 1)

Note: Refers to tvayi.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you, regarding you, when you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the 'comfortably' and 'focused minds' of the previous verse.

ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to pārthāḥ from previous verse.

करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - they will do, they will perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future tense formation.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सेनाकर्म (senākarma) - military operations, army work, battle duties

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of senākarma

senākarma - military duties, army work

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (senā+karma)

• senā – army, host, forces
  noun (feminine)
• karma – action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, consequence of actions
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of kariṣyanti.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From sam + √śī (to lie, to doubt) + a.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'asti' (is).