महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-104, verse-7

न जातु कलहेनेच्छेन्नियन्तुमपकारिणः ।
बालसंसेवितं ह्येतद्यदमर्षो यदक्षमा ।
न शत्रुर्विवृतः कार्यो वधमस्याभिकाङ्क्षता ॥७॥

7. na jātu kalahenecchenniyantumapakāriṇaḥ ,
bālasaṁsevitaṁ hyetadyadamarṣo yadakṣamā ,
na śatrurvivṛtaḥ kāryo vadhamasyābhikāṅkṣatā.

7. na jātu kalahena icchet niyantum
apakāriṇaḥ bālasaṃsevitam hi etat
yat amarṣaḥ yat akṣamā na śatruḥ
vivṛtaḥ kāryaḥ vadham asya abhikāṅkṣatā

7. jātu na kalahena apakāriṇaḥ niyantum icchet.
hi etat bālasaṃsevitam yat amarṣaḥ yat akṣamā.
vadham asya abhikāṅkṣatā (puruṣeṇa) śatruḥ vivṛtaḥ na kāryaḥ.

7. One should never desire to subdue wrongdoers through conflict. For indeed, anger and impatience are childish behaviors. An enemy should not be openly confronted by one who desires his death.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time (often with na, meaning 'never')

• कलहेन (kalahena) - by conflict, by quarrel, by dispute

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should wish, one should desire

• नियन्तुम् (niyantum) - to control, to restrain, to subdue

• अपकारिणः (apakāriṇaḥ) - wrongdoers, opponents

• बालसंसेवितम् (bālasaṁsevitam) - practiced by children, childish

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यत् (yat) - that which, which, because

• अमर्षः (amarṣaḥ) - anger, impatience, indignation

• यत् (yat) - that which, which, because

• अक्षमा (akṣamā) - impatience, intolerance, inability to forgive

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe

• विवृतः (vivṛtaḥ) - exposed, revealed, uncovered, open

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, ought to be done, to be made

• वधम् (vadham) - death, killing, slaying

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• अभिकाङ्क्षता (abhikāṅkṣatā) - by one desiring, by him who desires

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time (often with na, meaning 'never')

(indeclinable)

कलहेन (kalahena) - by conflict, by quarrel, by dispute

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kalaha

kalaha - quarrel, dispute, conflict, strife

इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should wish, one should desire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of iṣ

Optative Mood, Present Tense

Root: iṣ (class 4)

नियन्तुम् (niyantum) - to control, to restrain, to subdue

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of ni-yam

Infinitive

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

अपकारिणः (apakāriṇaḥ) - wrongdoers, opponents

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of apakārin

apakārin - wrongdoer, injurer, enemy, opponent

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बालसंसेवितम् (bālasaṁsevitam) - practiced by children, childish

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bālasaṃsevita

bālasaṁsevita - resorted to by children, practiced by children, childish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+saṃsevita)

• bāla – child, young boy, ignorant person
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsevita – served, worshipped, resorted to, practiced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sev with saṃ- prefix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sev (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

यत् (yat) - that which, which, because

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अमर्षः (amarṣaḥ) - anger, impatience, indignation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amarṣa

amarṣa - impatience, indignation, anger, intolerance

यत् (yat) - that which, which, because

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अक्षमा (akṣamā) - impatience, intolerance, inability to forgive

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣamā

akṣamā - intolerance, impatience, inability to forgive

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

विवृतः (vivṛtaḥ) - exposed, revealed, uncovered, open

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivṛta

vivṛta - uncovered, revealed, exposed, manifest

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done, ought to be done, to be made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, duty, business

Gerundive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वधम् (vadham) - death, killing, slaying

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, death, injury

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

अभिकाङ्क्षता (abhikāṅkṣatā) - by one desiring, by him who desires

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abhikāṅkṣat

abhikāṅkṣat - desiring, wishing for

Present Active Participle

Present active participle from abhi-kāṅkṣ.

Prefix: abhi

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)