महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-151, verse-27

तस्माद्वैरं न कुर्वीत दुर्बलो बलवत्तरैः ।
शोचेद्धि वैरं कुर्वाणो यथा वै शल्मलिस्तथा ॥२७॥

27. tasmādvairaṁ na kurvīta durbalo balavattaraiḥ ,
śoceddhi vairaṁ kurvāṇo yathā vai śalmalistathā.

27. tasmāt vairam na kurvīta durbalaḥ balavattaraiḥ
śocet hi vairam kurvāṇaḥ yathā vai śālmaliḥ tathā

27. tasmāt durbalaḥ balavattaraiḥ vairam na kurvīta
hi vairam kurvāṇaḥ yathā vai śālmaliḥ tathā śocet

27. Therefore, a weak person should not provoke hostility (vaira) with those who are stronger. Indeed, anyone who does create enmity will certainly suffer, just as Śālmali did.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

• न (na) - not, no

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, one should make, one should engage in

• दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

• बलवत्तरैः (balavattaraiḥ) - by or with stronger ones, those who are more powerful

• शोचेत् (śocet) - he should grieve, he would suffer

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - one who is doing, performing, engaging

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• शाल्मलिः (śālmaliḥ) - the silk-cotton tree (Śālmali)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, revenge

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, one should make, one should engage in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless

Formed with prefix dur- (bad, difficult) and bala (strength)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  prefix
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

बलवत्तरैः (balavattaraiḥ) - by or with stronger ones, those who are more powerful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of balavattara

balavattara - stronger, more powerful

Comparative degree of balavat (powerful), formed with suffix -tara

शोचेत् (śocet) - he should grieve, he would suffer

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (liṅ) of śuc

Root: śuc (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, revenge

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - one who is doing, performing, engaging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, making, performing

Present Middle Participle

Present participle of root kṛ in middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

शाल्मलिः (śālmaliḥ) - the silk-cotton tree (Śālmali)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śālmali

śālmali - silk-cotton tree

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)