महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-14

विदित्वा चापरे भिन्नानन्तरेषु पतन्त्यथ ।
भिन्नानामतुलो नाशः क्षिप्रमेव प्रवर्तते ॥१४॥

14. viditvā cāpare bhinnānantareṣu patantyatha ,
bhinnānāmatulo nāśaḥ kṣiprameva pravartate.

14. viditvā ca apare bhinnān antareṣu patanti atha
bhinnānām atulaḥ nāśaḥ kṣipram eva pravartate

14. And others, observing those who have become divided, infiltrate their internal affairs. Indeed, for such disunited individuals, an immeasurable destruction swiftly takes place.

Words meanings summery:

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - observing (having known, having understood)

• च (ca) - And (and, also)

• अपरे (apare) - others

• भिन्नान् (bhinnān) - those who have become divided (split, divided, separated)

• अन्तरेषु (antareṣu) - their internal affairs (in the midst, between, in the interval)

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they infiltrate (they fall, they enter, they alight)

• अथ (atha) - Indeed (then, now, moreover)

• भिन्नानाम् (bhinnānām) - for such disunited individuals (of the divided ones)

• अतुलः (atulaḥ) - immeasurable (incomparable, matchless)

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly)

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

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - takes place (it proceeds, it occurs, it happens)

Words meanings and morphology

विदित्वा (viditvā) - observing (having known, having understood)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root VID (to know) with the indeclinable suffix -tvā.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Indicates an action preceding 'patanti'.

च (ca) - And (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

Note: Subject of 'patanti'.

भिन्नान् (bhinnān) - those who have become divided (split, divided, separated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - split, broken, divided, disunited, different

past participle

Past participle of root BHID (to split, to break).

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Object of 'viditvā'.

अन्तरेषु (antareṣu) - their internal affairs (in the midst, between, in the interval)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of antara

antara - interior, interval, difference, midst, space between

Note: Implies exploiting internal weaknesses or differences.

पतन्ति (patanti) - they infiltrate (they fall, they enter, they alight)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'apare'.

अथ (atha) - Indeed (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

भिन्नानाम् (bhinnānām) - for such disunited individuals (of the divided ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - split, broken, divided, disunited

past participle

Past participle of root BHID (to split, to break).

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Possessive, refers to the destruction belonging to or affecting the divided.

अतुलः (atulaḥ) - immeasurable (incomparable, matchless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atula

atula - incomparable, matchless, immeasurable, immense

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: a (not) + tulā (comparison).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tulā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• tulā – balance, comparison, equality, measure
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'nāśaḥ'.

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

action noun

Derived from root NAŚ (to perish, to be lost) with the nominal suffix -a.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'pravartate'.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'pravartate'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the swiftness of destruction.

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - takes place (it proceeds, it occurs, it happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Root VṚT (to turn, exist) with prefix PRA.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'nāśaḥ'.