Canonical Ref: MBh 12.101.45
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
संहतान्योधयेदल्पान्कामं विस्तारयेद्बहून् । सूचीमुखमनीकं स्यादल्पानां बहुभिः सह ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If the troops are few, they should be arranged closely for the fight. When necessary, if their leader wishes, the close arrangement may be extended wide. When a small number of soldiers is to fight with a great many, they should be arranged like a needle-point.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
संहतान्
Lemma: संहन्
POS: 2. P.
योधयेद्
Lemma: योधय्
POS: 10. Ā. • Verb: योधयेत्
अल्पान्
Lemma: अल्प
POS: adj
कामं
Lemma: कामम्
POS: ind
विस्तारयेद्
Lemma: विस्तारय्
POS: 10. P. • Verb: विस्तारयेत्
बहून्
Lemma: बहु
POS: adj
सूचीमुखम्
Lemma: सूचीमुख
POS: mn
अनीकं
Lemma: अनीक
POS: mn
स्याद्
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: स्यात्
अल्पानां
Lemma: अल्प
POS: adj
बहुभिः
Lemma: बहु
POS: adj
सह
Lemma: सह
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.101.45. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.