महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-16

बलहीनाश्च कौन्तेय यथा जालगता झषाः ।
अन्तं गच्छन्ति राजेन्द्र तथा योगाः सुदुर्बलाः ॥१६॥

16. balahīnāśca kaunteya yathā jālagatā jhaṣāḥ ,
antaṁ gacchanti rājendra tathā yogāḥ sudurbalāḥ.

16. balahīnāḥ ca kaunteya yathā jālagatāḥ jhaṣāḥ |
antam gacchanti rājendra tathā yogāḥ sudurbalāḥ

16. kaunteya rājendra yathā balahīnāḥ jālagatāḥ jhaṣāḥ antam
gacchanti tathā sudurbalāḥ yogāḥ (api) antam gacchanti

16. O son of Kunti, just as fish, devoid of strength and caught in a net, reach their end, similarly, O king of kings, exceedingly weak (spiritual) disciplines (yoga) also reach their end.

Words meanings summery:

• बलहीनाः (balahīnāḥ) - devoid of strength (devoid of strength, weak)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• जालगताः (jālagatāḥ) - caught in a net (caught in a net, gone into a net)

• झषाः (jhaṣāḥ) - fish

• अन्तम् (antam) - their end (end, destruction)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - reach (they go, they reach)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings (O king of kings, O chief of kings)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• योगाः (yogāḥ) - (spiritual) disciplines (yoga) ((spiritual) disciplines, unions)

• सुदुर्बलाः (sudurbalāḥ) - exceedingly weak (exceedingly weak, very feeble)

Words meanings and morphology

बलहीनाः (balahīnāḥ) - devoid of strength (devoid of strength, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balahīna

balahīna - devoid of strength, weak, powerless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+hīna)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• hīna – devoid of, lacking, inferior, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root hā 'to abandon'
  Root: hā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (a name for Arjuna)

patronymic from Kuntī

Note: Addressed to Arjuna.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

जालगताः (jālagatāḥ) - caught in a net (caught in a net, gone into a net)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jālagata

jālagata - caught in a net, fallen into a net

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāla+gata)

• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'jhaṣāḥ'.

झषाः (jhaṣāḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jhaṣa

jhaṣa - fish (especially a large fish)

अन्तम् (antam) - their end (end, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, boundary, limit, death, destruction

Note: Object of the verb 'gacchanti'.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - reach (they go, they reach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

root of class 1, present stem gaccha

Root: gam (class 1)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings (O king of kings, O chief of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, emperor, chief of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of a deity), chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Another address to the interlocutor (Yudhishthira or Dhritarashtra).

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

योगाः (yogāḥ) - (spiritual) disciplines (yoga) ((spiritual) disciplines, unions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yoga

yoga - union, connection, application, effort, spiritual discipline, meditation

from root yuj 'to join'

Root: yuj (class 7)

सुदुर्बलाः (sudurbalāḥ) - exceedingly weak (exceedingly weak, very feeble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudurbala

sudurbala - exceedingly weak, very feeble

Compound type : pravādi-tatpuruṣa (su+dur+bala)

• su – good, well, very, intensely
  indeclinable
  prefix
• dur – bad, ill, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
  prefix
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to 'yogāḥ'.