महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-151, verse-28

न हि वैरं महात्मानो विवृण्वन्त्यपकारिषु ।
शनैः शनैर्महाराज दर्शयन्ति स्म ते बलम् ॥२८॥

28. na hi vairaṁ mahātmāno vivṛṇvantyapakāriṣu ,
śanaiḥ śanairmahārāja darśayanti sma te balam.

28. na hi vairam mahātmānaḥ vivṛṇvanti apakāriṣu
śanaiḥ śanaiḥ mahārāja darśayanti sma te balam

28. hi mahārāja mahātmānaḥ apakāriṣu vairam na
vivṛṇvanti te śanaiḥ śanaiḥ balam darśayanti sma

28. O great king (mahārāja), truly great souls (mahātman) do not openly display hostility (vaira) towards those who harm them. Instead, they gradually show their strength.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls, noble-minded persons

• विवृण्वन्ति (vivṛṇvanti) - they reveal, disclose, make known

• अपकारिषु (apakāriṣu) - towards those who harm them (towards those who harm, injure, or do wrong; among enemies)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, mighty king

• दर्शयन्ति (darśayanti) - they show, they cause to see, they display

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense when used with present tense verb)

• ते (te) - they

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

वैरम् (vairam) - hostility, enmity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, revenge

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls, noble-minded persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded, exalted spirit

Compound of mahat (great) and ātman (self/soul)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

विवृण्वन्ति (vivṛṇvanti) - they reveal, disclose, make known

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Present (laṭ) of vṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अपकारिषु (apakāriṣu) - towards those who harm them (towards those who harm, injure, or do wrong; among enemies)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of apakārin

apakārin - harmful, injurious, doing wrong, enemy

Derived from root kṛ with prefix apa- and suffix -in

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially, often repeated for emphasis.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially, often repeated for emphasis.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king, mighty king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of mahat (great) and rājan (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

दर्शयन्ति (darśayanti) - they show, they cause to see, they display

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Present (laṭ) of dṛś

Causative verb

Causative stem 'darśaya' from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense when used with present tense verb)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force