महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-19

अल्पकश्च यथा राजन्वह्निः शाम्यति दुर्बलः ।
आक्रान्त इन्धनैः स्थूलैस्तद्वद्योगोऽबलः प्रभो ॥१९॥

19. alpakaśca yathā rājanvahniḥ śāmyati durbalaḥ ,
ākrānta indhanaiḥ sthūlaistadvadyogo'balaḥ prabho.

19. alpakaḥ ca yathā rājan vahniḥ śāmyati durbalaḥ
ākrāntaḥ indhanaiḥ sthūlaiḥ tadvat yogaḥ abalaḥ prabho

19. rājan prabho yathā alpakaḥ durbalaḥ vahniḥ stāthūlaiḥ
indhanaiḥ ākrāntaḥ śāmyati tadvat abalaḥ yogaḥ

19. O King, just as a small and weak fire is extinguished when overcome by large fuels, similarly, O Lord, a weak practice of spiritual discipline (yoga) is overpowered.

Words meanings summery:

• अल्पकः (alpakaḥ) - small, little, insignificant

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire, Agni (the fire god)

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is extinguished, becomes calm

• दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

• आक्रान्तः (ākrāntaḥ) - overcome, attacked, seized, pervaded

• इन्धनैः (indhanaiḥ) - by fuels, by wood

• स्थूलैः (sthūlaiḥ) - by large, by gross

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way

• योगः (yogaḥ) - practice of spiritual discipline, union, method, application

• अबलः (abalaḥ) - weak, powerless

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

Words meanings and morphology

अल्पकः (alpakaḥ) - small, little, insignificant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alpaka

alpaka - small, little, insignificant

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire, Agni (the fire god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (the fire god)

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - subsides, is extinguished, becomes calm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble

आक्रान्तः (ākrāntaḥ) - overcome, attacked, seized, pervaded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākrānta

ākrānta - overcome, attacked, seized, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kram with ā prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

इन्धनैः (indhanaiḥ) - by fuels, by wood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indhana

indhana - fuel, wood, kindling

स्थूलैः (sthūlaiḥ) - by large, by gross

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sthūla

sthūla - large, gross, thick, massive

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in the same way

(indeclinable)

योगः (yogaḥ) - practice of spiritual discipline, union, method, application

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yoga

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

अबलः (abalaḥ) - weak, powerless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abala

abala - weak, powerless

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+bala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler