महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-165, verse-42

धिग्बलं क्षत्रियबलं ब्रह्मतेजोबलं बलम् ।
बलाबलं विनिश्चित्य तप एव परं बलम् ॥४२॥

42. dhigbalaṁ kṣatriyabalaṁ brahmatejobalaṁ balam ,
balābalaṁ viniścitya tapa eva paraṁ balam.

42. dhik balam kṣatriyabalam brahmatejobalam balam
| balābalam viniścitya tapaḥ eva param balam

42. Cursed be the strength of a warrior (kṣatriya)! The strength born of spiritual radiance (brahmateja) is true power. Having clearly discerned the relative strengths, it is indeed asceticism (tapas) that is the supreme power.

Words meanings summery:

• धिक् (dhik) - shame on, woe to, cursed be

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• क्षत्रियबलम् (kṣatriyabalam) - strength of a kṣatriya, warrior's power

• ब्रह्मतेजोबलम् (brahmatejobalam) - strength of spiritual radiance, power of spiritual energy

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness, relative strengths

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having determined, having clearly distinguished

• तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, asceticism, austerity

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

Words meanings and morphology

धिक् (dhik) - shame on, woe to, cursed be

(indeclinable)

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

क्षत्रियबलम् (kṣatriyabalam) - strength of a kṣatriya, warrior's power

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣatriyabala

kṣatriyabala - strength of a kṣatriya, warrior's power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+bala)

• kṣatriya – a member of the warrior or ruling class
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)

ब्रह्मतेजोबलम् (brahmatejobalam) - strength of spiritual radiance, power of spiritual energy

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmatejobala

brahmatejobala - strength of spiritual radiance, power of spiritual energy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmatejas+bala)

• brahmatejas – spiritual radiance, Brahminical power, divine energy
  noun (neuter)
• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness, relative strengths

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, relative strength

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength; weak, feeble
  noun (neuter)
  negation of 'bala'

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having determined, having clearly distinguished

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from the root √ści with prefixes vi and ni

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: √ści (class 1)

तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, asceticism, austerity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, penance, asceticism, austerity, spiritual fervor

from root √tap

Root: √tap (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest, other, distant

Note: Agrees with 'balam'

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might