महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-74, verse-7

यत्कुमाराः कुमार्यश्च वैरं कुर्युरचेतसः ।
न तत्प्राज्ञोऽनुकुर्वीत विदुस्ते न बलाबलम् ॥७॥

7. yatkumārāḥ kumāryaśca vairaṁ kuryuracetasaḥ ,
na tatprājño'nukurvīta viduste na balābalam.

7. yat kumārāḥ kumāryaḥ ca vairaṃ kuryuḥ acetasaḥ
na tat prājñaḥ anukurvīta viduḥ te na balābalam

7. A wise person should not imitate the hostilities that thoughtless boys and girls might create, for they do not understand relative strength.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that

• कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - boys, young men

• कुमार्यः (kumāryaḥ) - girls, young women

• च (ca) - and

• वैरं (vairaṁ) - hostility, enmity, animosity

• कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do, they should do, they might create

• अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - thoughtless, senseless, foolish

• न (na) - not

• तत् (tat) - that

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - a wise person, intelligent

• अनुकुर्वीत (anukurvīta) - would imitate, should follow

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

• ते (te) - they

• न (na) - not

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

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - what, which, that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that

कुमाराः (kumārāḥ) - boys, young men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, son

कुमार्यः (kumāryaḥ) - girls, young women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kumārī

kumārī - girl, maiden, young woman

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वैरं (vairaṁ) - hostility, enmity, animosity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - hostility, enmity, animosity

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do, they should do, they might create

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - thoughtless, senseless, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acetas

acetas - thoughtless, senseless, foolish, irrational

Negative (na) prefix a- to cetas (mind, thought)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetas)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cetas – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  from root cit
  Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - a wise person, intelligent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowing

from prajñā (wisdom)

Root: jñā (class 9)

अनुकुर्वीत (anukurvīta) - would imitate, should follow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

root kṛ with prefix anu, Atmanepada

Prefix: anu

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - relative strength, strength and weakness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, relative strength

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength
  noun (neuter)
  Negative (na) prefix a- to bala
  Prefix: a