महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-31, verse-30

तदेतद्वै समालोक्य प्रत्यमित्रं महद्बलम् ।
यथा नाभिभवत्यस्मांस्तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥३०॥

30. tadetadvai samālokya pratyamitraṁ mahadbalam ,
yathā nābhibhavatyasmāṁstathā nītirvidhīyatām.

30. tat etat vai samālokya pratiamitram mahat balam
yathā na abhibhavati asmān tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām

30. vai tat etat mahat pratiamitram balam samālokya
yathā asmān na abhibhavati tathā nītiḥ vidhīyatām

30. Having thus indeed observed this great enemy force, let a proper policy (nīti) be formulated so that it does not overpower us.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - thus, therefore (that, therefore)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

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

• समालोक्य (samālokya) - having observed (having seen, having observed, having perceived)

• प्रतिअमित्रम् (pratiamitram) - enemy (enemy, adversary)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

• बलम् (balam) - force (force, strength, army)

• यथा (yathā) - so that (as, just as, in what manner, so that)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिभवति (abhibhavati) - it does not overpower (it overcomes, it overpowers)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

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

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

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be formulated (let it be devised/performed/arranged)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - thus, therefore (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

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

(indeclinable)

समालोक्य (samālokya) - having observed (having seen, having observed, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root lok (to see) with prefixes sam + ā, with suffix -ya

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: lok (class 10)

प्रतिअमित्रम् (pratiamitram) - enemy (enemy, adversary)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratiamitra

pratiamitra - enemy, adversary

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+amitra)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• amitra – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  a (negative prefix) + mitra (friend)
  Prefix: a

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Note: Agrees with balam (neuter accusative singular)

बलम् (balam) - force (force, strength, army)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, troops

यथा (yathā) - so that (as, just as, in what manner, so that)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभिभवति (abhibhavati) - it does not overpower (it overcomes, it overpowers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of abhibhū

present tense

From root bhū (to be) with prefix abhi, present 3rd person singular

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīti

nīti - guidance, conduct, policy, strategy, morality

From root nī (to lead)

Root: nī (class 1)

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be formulated (let it be devised/performed/arranged)

(verb)

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

imperative

From root dhā (to place) with prefix vi, present passive 3rd person singular imperative

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)