महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-58

ऋणशेषोऽग्निशेषश्च शत्रुशेषस्तथैव च ।
पुनः पुनर्विवर्धेत स्वल्पोऽप्यनिवारितः ॥५८॥

58. ṛṇaśeṣo'gniśeṣaśca śatruśeṣastathaiva ca ,
punaḥ punarvivardheta svalpo'pyanivāritaḥ.

58. ṛṇaśeṣaḥ agniśeṣaḥ ca śatruśeṣaḥ tathā eva ca
punaḥ punaḥ vivardheta svalpaḥ api anivāritaḥ

58. ṛṇaśeṣaḥ agniśeṣaḥ ca śatruśeṣaḥ ca tathā eva
svalpaḥ api anivāritaḥ (san) punaḥ punaḥ vivardheta

58. A remnant of debt, a lingering ember of fire, and a remaining enemy – similarly, even if small and unchecked, these repeatedly grow.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋणशेषः (ṛṇaśeṣaḥ) - remaining debt, residue of debt

• अग्निशेषः (agniśeṣaḥ) - remaining fire (embers), residue of fire

• च (ca) - and, also

• शत्रुशेषः (śatruśeṣaḥ) - remaining enemy, residue of an enemy

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, thus

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

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• विवर्धेत (vivardheta) - should grow, may increase

• स्वल्पः (svalpaḥ) - very small, trifling

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अनिवारितः (anivāritaḥ) - unopposed, unchecked, unhindered

Words meanings and morphology

ऋणशेषः (ṛṇaśeṣaḥ) - remaining debt, residue of debt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṇaśeṣa

अग्निशेषः (agniśeṣaḥ) - remaining fire (embers), residue of fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agniśeṣa

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शत्रुशेषः (śatruśeṣaḥ) - remaining enemy, residue of an enemy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatruśeṣa

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner, thus

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Appears twice for emphasis 'punaḥ punaḥ' (repeatedly).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Appears twice for emphasis 'punaḥ punaḥ' (repeatedly).

विवर्धेत (vivardheta) - should grow, may increase

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vṛdh

स्वल्पः (svalpaḥ) - very small, trifling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svalpa

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अनिवारितः (anivāritaḥ) - unopposed, unchecked, unhindered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anivārita