महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-104, verse-23

मार्दवं दण्ड आलस्यं प्रमादश्च सुरोत्तम ।
मायाश्च विविधाः शक्र साधयन्त्यविचक्षणम् ॥२३॥

23. mārdavaṁ daṇḍa ālasyaṁ pramādaśca surottama ,
māyāśca vividhāḥ śakra sādhayantyavicakṣaṇam.

23. mārdavam daṇḍe ālasyam pramādaḥ ca sura-uttama
māyāḥ ca vividhāḥ śakra sādhayanti avicakṣaṇam

23. surottama śakra daṇḍe mārdavam ālasyam pramādaḥ
ca vividhāḥ māyāḥ ca avicakṣaṇam sādhayanti

23. O best of gods (Surottama), leniency (mārdava) in punishment (daṇḍa), laziness (ālasya), and negligence (pramāda), along with various delusions (māyā), O Śakra, indeed lead an imprudent person to failure.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्दवम् (mārdavam) - leniency in applying punishment (softness, gentleness, leniency)

• दण्डे (daṇḍe) - in punishment, in the use of force, concerning the rod/staff

• आलस्यम् (ālasyam) - laziness, idleness, indolence

• प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - negligence, carelessness, error, inattention

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुर-उत्तम (sura-uttama) - O best of gods, O foremost among gods

• मायाः (māyāḥ) - delusions, illusions, magical powers, deceptions

• च (ca) - and, also

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

• शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra, O powerful one (an epithet of Indra)

• साधयन्ति (sādhayanti) - they cause (the unwise person) to fail or to be overcome (they accomplish, they bring about, they cause to succeed/fail)

• अविचक्षणम् (avicakṣaṇam) - the unwise, the imprudent, the undiscerning person

Words meanings and morphology

मार्दवम् (mārdavam) - leniency in applying punishment (softness, gentleness, leniency)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mārdava

mārdava - softness, tenderness, gentleness, leniency

Derived from mṛdu (soft, gentle).

दण्डे (daṇḍe) - in punishment, in the use of force, concerning the rod/staff

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, staff, punishment, chastisement, penalty

आलस्यम् (ālasyam) - laziness, idleness, indolence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālasya

ālasya - laziness, idleness, indolence

Derived from alasa (lazy).

प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - negligence, carelessness, error, inattention

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - negligence, carelessness, error, inadvertence, intoxication

Derived from root mad (to be mad, to be exhilarated) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुर-उत्तम (sura-uttama) - O best of gods, O foremost among gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sura-uttama

sura-uttama - best of gods, foremost among gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+uttama)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, principal
  adjective (masculine)

मायाः (māyāḥ) - delusions, illusions, magical powers, deceptions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, artifice, deception, delusion

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of

शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra, O powerful one (an epithet of Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, mighty (an epithet of Indra)

Root: śak (class 5)

साधयन्ति (sādhayanti) - they cause (the unwise person) to fail or to be overcome (they accomplish, they bring about, they cause to succeed/fail)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of sādh

Root: sādh (class 10)

अविचक्षणम् (avicakṣaṇam) - the unwise, the imprudent, the undiscerning person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avicakṣaṇa

avicakṣaṇa - unwise, imprudent, undiscerning, foolish

Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (na+vicakṣaṇa)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• vicakṣaṇa – wise, discerning, clever, skillful
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root cakṣ (to see, to perceive) with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)