महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-22

दुर्बलश्च यथा राजन्स्रोतसा ह्रियते नरः ।
बलहीनस्तथा योगो विषयैर्ह्रियतेऽवशः ॥२२॥

22. durbalaśca yathā rājansrotasā hriyate naraḥ ,
balahīnastathā yogo viṣayairhriyate'vaśaḥ.

22. durbalaḥ ca yathā rājan srotasā hriyate naraḥ
balahīnaḥ tathā yogaḥ viṣayaiḥ hriyate avaśaḥ

22. rājan ca yathā durbalaḥ naraḥ srotasā hriyate
tathā balahīnaḥ yogaḥ viṣayaiḥ avaśaḥ hriyate

22. And O King, just as a weak person is carried away by a current, similarly, a spiritual discipline (yoga) that lacks strength is helplessly swept away by sense objects.

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• स्रोतसा (srotasā) - by the current, by the stream, by the flow

• ह्रियते (hriyate) - is carried away, is taken, is stolen, is swept away

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• बलहीनः (balahīnaḥ) - devoid of strength, weak, feeble

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, so

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

• विषयैः (viṣayaiḥ) - by sense objects, by objects of perception, by spheres of influence

• ह्रियते (hriyate) - is carried away, is taken, is stolen, is swept away

• अवशः (avaśaḥ) - helpless, uncontrolled, dependent

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

स्रोतसा (srotasā) - by the current, by the stream, by the flow

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of srotas

srotas - current, stream, flow, channel

ह्रियते (hriyate) - is carried away, is taken, is stolen, is swept away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

बलहीनः (balahīnaḥ) - devoid of strength, weak, feeble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balahīna

balahīna - devoid of strength

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+hīna)

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

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, so

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yoga

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

विषयैः (viṣayaiḥ) - by sense objects, by objects of perception, by spheres of influence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object of sense, subject, sphere, domain

ह्रियते (hriyate) - is carried away, is taken, is stolen, is swept away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अवशः (avaśaḥ) - helpless, uncontrolled, dependent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avaśa

avaśa - helpless, uncontrolled, dependent

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+vaśa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vaśa – will, control, power
  noun (masculine)