महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-108, verse-26

तेषामन्योन्यभिन्नानां स्वशक्तिमनुतिष्ठताम् ।
निग्रहः पण्डितैः कार्यः क्षिप्रमेव प्रधानतः ॥२६॥

26. teṣāmanyonyabhinnānāṁ svaśaktimanutiṣṭhatām ,
nigrahaḥ paṇḍitaiḥ kāryaḥ kṣiprameva pradhānataḥ.

26. teṣām anyonyabhinnānām svaśaktim anutiṣṭhatām
nigrahaḥ paṇḍitaiḥ kāryaḥ kṣipram eva pradhānataḥ

26. paṇḍitaiḥ anyonyabhinnānām svaśaktim anutiṣṭhatām
teṣām nigrahaḥ kṣipram eva pradhānataḥ kāryaḥ

26. Control over those who are mutually divided and are asserting their individual power should be quickly and primarily exercised by the wise.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

• अन्योन्यभिन्नानाम् (anyonyabhinnānām) - of those mutually divided, of those disunited from each other

• स्वशक्तिम् (svaśaktim) - one's own power, their own strength

• अनुतिष्ठताम् (anutiṣṭhatām) - of those asserting their individual power (of those exerting, of those following)

• निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - suppression, control, restraint, punishment

• पण्डितैः (paṇḍitaiḥ) - by the wise, by the learned

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

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - chiefly, pre-eminently, principally

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अन्योन्यभिन्नानाम् (anyonyabhinnānām) - of those mutually divided, of those disunited from each other

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anyonyabhinna

anyonyabhinna - mutually divided, disunited from each other

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+bhinna)

• anyonya – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhinna – divided, broken, separate, disunited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √bhid (to break, to split) with the suffix -na.
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Adjective modifying 'them' (teṣām).

स्वशक्तिम् (svaśaktim) - one's own power, their own strength

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svaśakti

svaśakti - one's own power, own strength, individual capacity

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+śakti)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• śakti – power (śakti), strength, ability, energy, faculty
  noun (feminine)
  From root √śak (to be able).
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Object of the action of 'anutiṣṭhatām'.

अनुतिष्ठताम् (anutiṣṭhatām) - of those asserting their individual power (of those exerting, of those following)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anutiṣṭhat

anutiṣṭhat - exerting, following, observing, performing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √sthā (to stand) with prefixes anu- (after, along) and pra- (before), forming a present active participle. The verb becomes tiṣṭhati in present tense.

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - suppression, control, restraint, punishment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - suppression, control, restraint, punishment, subduing

From √grah (to seize) with prefix ni- (down, in).

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'should be'.

पण्डितैः (paṇḍitaiḥ) - by the wise, by the learned

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - wise, learned, scholar, pundit

Note: Agent of the action 'kāryaḥ'.

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - what is to be done, a duty, an action, to be performed

Gerundive (N.V.P.)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, to make) with the suffix -ya, undergoing vṛddhi.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - chiefly, pre-eminently, principally

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -taḥ indicating 'from, by means of, in terms of'.