महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-258, verse-66

चिरेण मित्रं बध्नीयाच्चिरेण च कृतं त्यजेत् ।
चिरेण हि कृतं मित्रं चिरं धारणमर्हति ॥६६॥

66. cireṇa mitraṁ badhnīyāccireṇa ca kṛtaṁ tyajet ,
cireṇa hi kṛtaṁ mitraṁ ciraṁ dhāraṇamarhati.

66. cireṇa mitram badhnīyāt cireṇa ca kṛtam tyajet
cireṇa hi kṛtam mitram ciram dhāraṇam arhati

66. cireṇa mitram badhnīyāt ca cireṇa kṛtam tyajet
hi cireṇa kṛtam mitram ciram dhāraṇam arhati

66. One should cultivate friendships slowly, and similarly, one should abandon a completed task or decision slowly. For a friend gained through long association truly deserves to be maintained for a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - slowly, deliberately (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

• बध्नीयात् (badhnīyāt) - one should cultivate (lit. bind) (one should bind, one should make fast, one should establish)

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - slowly, deliberately (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

• च (ca) - and, similarly (and, also)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - a completed task/decision (what has been done) (done, made, a deed, an action, a favor)

• त्यजेत् (tyajet) - one should abandon/relinquish (one should abandon, one should forsake, one should relinquish)

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - through long association (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

• हि (hi) - truly, for (indeed, for, because)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - gained (through cultivation) (made, formed, acquired)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

• धारणम् (dhāraṇam) - to be maintained (lit. holding/retention) (holding, retaining, preserving, maintaining)

• अर्हति (arhati) - deserves (deserves, is worthy of, is able)

Words meanings and morphology

चिरेण (cireṇa) - slowly, deliberately (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long (time), slow

Note: Adverbial use of instrumental case

मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally

बध्नीयात् (badhnīyāt) - one should cultivate (lit. bind) (one should bind, one should make fast, one should establish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Refers to 'one' (impersonal)

चिरेण (cireṇa) - slowly, deliberately (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long (time), slow

Note: Adverbial use of instrumental case

च (ca) - and, similarly (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - a completed task/decision (what has been done) (done, made, a deed, an action, a favor)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, a deed, a task, a favor

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a substantive

त्यजेत् (tyajet) - one should abandon/relinquish (one should abandon, one should forsake, one should relinquish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'one' (impersonal)

चिरेण (cireṇa) - through long association (slowly, after a long time, deliberately)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long (time), slow

Note: Adverbial use of instrumental case

हि (hi) - truly, for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, or indicating cause

कृतम् (kṛtam) - gained (through cultivation) (made, formed, acquired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, formed, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'mitram'

मित्रम् (mitram) - a friend (friend, ally)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of cira

धारणम् (dhāraṇam) - to be maintained (lit. holding/retention) (holding, retaining, preserving, maintaining)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhāraṇa

dhāraṇa - holding, bearing, retaining, preserving

Verbal noun

Derived from √dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Used with arhati

अर्हति (arhati) - deserves (deserves, is worthy of, is able)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)