महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-15

अत्रोपायं यथा सम्यङ्न बुध्येत जनार्दनः ।
न चापायो भवेत्कश्चित्तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥१५॥

15. atropāyaṁ yathā samyaṅna budhyeta janārdanaḥ ,
na cāpāyo bhavetkaścittadbhavānprabravītu me.

15. atra upāyam yathā samyak na budhyeta janārdanaḥ na
ca apāyaḥ bhavet kaścit tat bhavān prabravītu me

15. Therefore, Your Honor, please tell me a strategy by which Janardana (Krishna) will not fully comprehend the means, and no harm will befall anyone.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, solution

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, well

• न (na) - not, no

• बुध्येत (budhyeta) - may understand, may know

• जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Krishna

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and

• अपायः (apāyaḥ) - harm, danger, loss

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, may happen, may occur

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, some

• तत् (tat) - therefore, that

• भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

• प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - please tell, may he tell

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, solution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - approach, means, method, expedient, device

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that

(indeclinable)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, well

(indeclinable)

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बुध्येत (budhyeta) - may understand, may know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of budh

Root: budh (class 1)

जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Krishna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - agitator of men, punisher of evil men, another name for Krishna or Vishnu

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+ardana)

• jana – person, people, creature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ardana – agitating, tormenting, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Verbal Adjective
  Derived from root ard
  Root: ard (class 10)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपायः (apāyaḥ) - harm, danger, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apāya

apāya - going away, departure, loss, danger, harm

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, may happen, may occur

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, a certain (one)

तत् (tat) - therefore, that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, therefore

Note: Used here adverbially as 'therefore'.

भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - being, becoming, Your Honor, you (respectful)

Present Active Participle

From root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - please tell, may he tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prabrū

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Used here in the sense of a respectful request to the second person (you).

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)