महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-18

वहेदमित्रं स्कन्धेन यावत्कालविपर्ययः ।
अथैनमागते काले भिन्द्याद्घटमिवाश्मनि ॥१८॥

18. vahedamitraṁ skandhena yāvatkālaviparyayaḥ ,
athainamāgate kāle bhindyādghaṭamivāśmani.

18. vahet amitram skandhena yāvat kālaviparyayaḥ
atha enam āgate kāle bhindyāt ghaṭam iva aśmani

18. yāvat kālaviparyayaḥ amitram skandhena vahet
atha kāle āgate enam ghaṭam iva aśmani bhindyāt

18. One should carry an enemy on one's shoulder as long as the circumstances are unfavorable. Then, when the opportune moment arrives, one should smash him like a pot upon a stone.

Words meanings summery:

• वहेत् (vahet) - one should carry, he should bear

• अमित्रम् (amitram) - enemy, foe

• स्कन्धेन (skandhena) - on the shoulder, by means of the shoulder

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• कालविपर्ययः (kālaviparyayaḥ) - unfavorable time, change of circumstances, adverse period

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the enemy) (him, that (person/thing))

• आगते (āgate) - when the right time has arrived (when come, having arrived)

• काले (kāle) - at the opportune moment (at the time, in time)

• भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - one should break, he should smash

• घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अश्मनि (aśmani) - on a stone, in stone

Words meanings and morphology

वहेत् (vahet) - one should carry, he should bear

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular active

Root: vah (class 1)

अमित्रम् (amitram) - enemy, foe

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amitra

amitra - enemy, foe

from a (negation) + mitra (friend)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mitra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mitra – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of vahet.

स्कन्धेन (skandhena) - on the shoulder, by means of the shoulder

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk (of a tree), chapter

Note: Expresses location or means.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

कालविपर्ययः (kālaviparyayaḥ) - unfavorable time, change of circumstances, adverse period

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālaviparyaya

kālaviparyaya - change of time, adverse time, unfavorable circumstances

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+viparyaya)

• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• viparyaya – reverse, change, inversion, misfortune
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-pari-i (to go in reverse)
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'is'.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction/adverb.

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the enemy) (him, that (person/thing))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

Note: Object of bhindyāt.

आगते (āgate) - when the right time has arrived (when come, having arrived)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of āgata

gam - to go, come

past passive participle

from ā-gam + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction 'when it has come'.

काले (kāle) - at the opportune moment (at the time, in time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Forms a locative absolute with āgate.

भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - one should break, he should smash

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular active

Root: bhid (class 7)

घटम् (ghaṭam) - pot, jar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - pot, jar, water-pot

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अश्मनि (aśmani) - on a stone, in stone

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aśman

aśman - stone, rock, thunderbolt

Note: Location for breaking.