महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-104, verse-17

दीर्घकालमपि क्षान्त्वा विहन्यादेव शात्रवान् ।
कालाकाङ्क्षी यामयेच्च यथा विस्रम्भमाप्नुयुः ॥१७॥

17. dīrghakālamapi kṣāntvā vihanyādeva śātravān ,
kālākāṅkṣī yāmayecca yathā visrambhamāpnuyuḥ.

17. dīrghakālam api kṣāntvā vihanyāt eva śātravān
kālākāṅkṣī yāmayet ca yathā visrambham āpnuyuḥ

17. api dīrghakālam kṣāntvā śātravān eva vihanyāt
kālākāṅkṣī ca yāmayet yathā visrambham āpnuyuḥ

17. Even after enduring for a long time, one should indeed strike down enemies. One should bide their time, waiting for the opportune moment, and delay them so that they become complacent and unsuspecting.

Words meanings summery:

• दीर्घकालम् (dīrghakālam) - for a long time, over a long period

• अपि (api) - even after, although (even, also, too)

• क्षान्त्वा (kṣāntvā) - having endured, having forgiven

• विहन्यात् (vihanyāt) - one should strike down, one should destroy

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies

• कालाकाङ्क्षी (kālākāṅkṣī) - one who awaits the opportune moment, awaiting time

• यामयेत् (yāmayet) - one should delay, one should prolong

• च (ca) - and

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• विस्रम्भम् (visrambham) - complacency (negative connotation here) (confidence, trust)

• आप्नुयुः (āpnuyuḥ) - they may attain, they may obtain

Words meanings and morphology

दीर्घकालम् (dīrghakālam) - for a long time, over a long period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīrghakāla

dīrghakāla - long time, extended period

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dīrgha+kāla)

• dīrgha – long, extended
  adjective
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

अपि (api) - even after, although (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

क्षान्त्वा (kṣāntvā) - having endured, having forgiven

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root kṣam (to endure, forgive).

Root: kṣam (class 1)

विहन्यात् (vihanyāt) - one should strike down, one should destroy

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Optative mood, third person singular, active voice

From root han with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śātru

śātru - enemy, foe

Root: śat

कालाकाङ्क्षी (kālākāṅkṣī) - one who awaits the opportune moment, awaiting time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālākāṅkṣin

kālākāṅkṣin - awaiting the proper time, biding one's time

Agent noun suffix -in.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+ākāṅkṣin)

• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• ākāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing, awaiting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root kāṅkṣ with prefix ā-, suffix -in.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject of the sentence.

यामयेत् (yāmayet) - one should delay, one should prolong

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yam

Optative mood, third person singular, active voice (causative stem)

Causative stem yāmaya- from root yam.

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Causative form.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects a purpose clause.

विस्रम्भम् (visrambham) - complacency (negative connotation here) (confidence, trust)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of visrambha

visrambha - confidence, trust, intimacy

From vi- + srambh (to trust).

Prefix: vi

Root: srambh (class 1)

Note: Object of āpnuyuḥ.

आप्नुयुः (āpnuyuḥ) - they may attain, they may obtain

(verb)

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

Optative mood, third person plural, active voice

From root āp.

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: The implied subject is 'enemies'.