महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-15

हन्यात्क्रुद्धानतिविषान्ये जिह्मगतयोऽहितान् ।
नाश्रयेद्बालबर्हाणि सन्निवासानि वासयेत् ॥१५॥

15. hanyātkruddhānativiṣānye jihmagatayo'hitān ,
nāśrayedbālabarhāṇi sannivāsāni vāsayet.

15. hanyāt kruddhān ativiṣān ye jihmagatayaḥ ahitān
| na āśrayet bālabarhāṇi sannivāsāni vāsayet

15. ye kruddhān ativiṣān jihmagatayaḥ ahitān (tān)
hanyāt bālabarhāṇi na āśrayet sannivāsāni vāsayet

15. One should kill those enemies (ahita) who are angry, very poisonous (ativiṣa), and move crookedly. One should not rely on young, immature peacocks (bāla-barha). One should establish one's own agents in dwelling places.

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - one should kill (one should kill, one should strike, one should injure)

• क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - the angry ones (angry, enraged, furious)

• अतिविषान् (ativiṣān) - the very poisonous (hostile) ones (very poisonous, excessively hostile, exceedingly venomous)

• ये (ye) - who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

• जिह्मगतयः (jihmagatayaḥ) - who move crookedly, sly (crooked-moving, sly, cunning, indirect in movement)

• अहितान् (ahitān) - enemies (enemies, hostile ones, malevolent)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - one should rely on, one should depend on (one should seek refuge, one should resort to, one should depend on)

• बालबर्हाणि (bālabarhāṇi) - young, immature peacocks (metaphorically: inexperienced or weak individuals) (young plumage, immature peacocks, inexperienced individuals)

• सन्निवासानि (sannivāsāni) - dwelling places, settlements (where agents are to be established) (dwelling places, settlements, residences)

• वासयेत् (vāsayet) - one should establish (agents in) dwelling places (one should cause to dwell, one should establish, one should settle (someone) in)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - one should kill (one should kill, one should strike, one should injure)

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - the angry ones (angry, enraged, furious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Describes 'ahitān'.

अतिविषान् (ativiṣān) - the very poisonous (hostile) ones (very poisonous, excessively hostile, exceedingly venomous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ativiṣa

ativiṣa - very poisonous, excessively venomous, exceedingly hostile

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+viṣa)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding, excessive
  indeclinable
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'ahitān'.

ये (ye) - who (who, which (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the implied 'tān' (them, i.e., enemies).

जिह्मगतयः (jihmagatayaḥ) - who move crookedly, sly (crooked-moving, sly, cunning, indirect in movement)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jihmagati

jihmagati - crooked-moving, cunning, sly, going in a winding course

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jihma+gati)

• jihma – crooked, slanting, oblique, sly, deceitful
  adjective (masculine)
• gati – going, movement, path, course
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes 'ye' (who) referring to enemies.

अहितान् (ahitān) - enemies (enemies, hostile ones, malevolent)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ahita

ahita - enemy, hostile, harmful, not good

Past Passive Participle

Derived from a (neg.) + dhā (to place, do, hold), meaning 'not placed well, not beneficial'. Used as 'enemy'.

Prefix: a

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'hanyāt'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'āśrayet'.

आश्रयेत् (āśrayet) - one should rely on, one should depend on (one should seek refuge, one should resort to, one should depend on)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

बालबर्हाणि (bālabarhāṇi) - young, immature peacocks (metaphorically: inexperienced or weak individuals) (young plumage, immature peacocks, inexperienced individuals)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bālabarha

bālabarha - young plumage, immature peacock (lit. 'child-feather')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+barha)

• bāla – child, young, immature, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
• barha – feather, tail (especially of a peacock), plumage
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'na āśrayet'.

सन्निवासानि (sannivāsāni) - dwelling places, settlements (where agents are to be established) (dwelling places, settlements, residences)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sannivāsa

sannivāsa - dwelling, residence, settlement, abode, assembly

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vāsayet'.

वासयेत् (vāsayet) - one should establish (agents in) dwelling places (one should cause to dwell, one should establish, one should settle (someone) in)

(verb)

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

Causative of root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Implied object: one's own agents.