महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-108, verse-12

चारमन्त्रबलादानैः सामदानविभेदनैः ।
क्षयव्ययभयोपायैः कर्शयन्तीतरेतरम् ॥१२॥

12. cāramantrabalādānaiḥ sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ ,
kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ karśayantītaretaram.

12. cāramantrabalādānaiḥ sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ
kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ karśayanti itaretaram

12. cāramantrabalādānaiḥ sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ
kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ itaretaram karśayanti

12. By employing spies, strategic counsel, military power, and appropriation (of resources); through conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord; and by strategies that cause ruin, loss, and fear—they (who are driven by greed and envy) cause each other to waste away.

Words meanings summery:

• चारमन्त्रबलादानैः (cāramantrabalādānaiḥ) - by means of espionage, counsel, application of force, and seizure of resources (by means of spies, counsel, strength, and seizure)

• सामदानविभेदनैः (sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ) - through conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord (by means of conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord)

• क्षयव्ययभयोपायैः (kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ) - by strategies that cause ruin, loss, and fear (by means of strategies causing destruction, expenditure, and fear)

• कर्शयन्ति (karśayanti) - they cause to waste away, they weaken (they weaken, they distress, they exhaust, they cause to waste away)

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually, one another)

Words meanings and morphology

चारमन्त्रबलादानैः (cāramantrabalādānaiḥ) - by means of espionage, counsel, application of force, and seizure of resources (by means of spies, counsel, strength, and seizure)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of cāramantrabalādāna

cāramantrabalādāna - spies, counsel, strength, and seizure (of resources)

Compound type : dvandva (cāra+mantra+bala+ādāna)

• cāra – spy, secret agent, movement, course
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' (to move, to roam).
  Root: car (class 1)
• mantra – counsel, advice, sacred text, incantation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'man' (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)
• bala – strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)
• ādāna – taking, seizing, receiving, acquisition
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix 'ā' and root 'dā' (to give, here implying taking/seizing with 'ā').
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: A dvandva compound listing different means, plural neuter to agree with the last component 'ādāna'.

सामदानविभेदनैः (sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ) - through conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord (by means of conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sāmadānavibhedana

sāmadānavibhedana - conciliation, gifts, and sowing discord

Compound type : dvandva (sāma+dāna+vibhedana)

• sāma – conciliation, mild address, peace
  noun (neuter)
• dāna – gift, donation, giving
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'dā' (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)
• vibhedana – sowing discord, causing division, splitting
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix 'vi' and root 'bhid' (to break, split), with agentive/action suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: A dvandva compound listing traditional statecraft methods, plural neuter to agree with the last component 'vibhedana'.

क्षयव्ययभयोपायैः (kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ) - by strategies that cause ruin, loss, and fear (by means of strategies causing destruction, expenditure, and fear)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣayavyayabhayopāya

kṣayavyayabhayopāya - methods of destruction, expenditure, and fear

Compound of 'kṣayavyayabhaya' and 'upāya'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣayavyayabhaya+upāya)

• kṣayavyayabhaya – destruction, expenditure, and fear
  noun (neuter)
• upāya – means, method, expedient, strategy
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'upa' and root 'i' (to go).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Compound referring to types of methods, plural masculine to agree with 'upāya'.

कर्शयन्ति (karśayanti) - they cause to waste away, they weaken (they weaken, they distress, they exhaust, they cause to waste away)

(verb)

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

present active causative

Causative form of 9th class verb 'kṛś', parasmāipada, present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: kṛś (class 9)

Note: The implied subject is 'they' (those who are swayed by greed and envy), acting upon 'each other'.

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually, one another)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of itaretara

itaretara - one another, each other, mutual

Note: Used adverbially in the accusative singular.