महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-68, verse-14

हरेयुर्बलवन्तो हि दुर्बलानां परिग्रहान् ।
हन्युर्व्यायच्छमानांश्च यदि राजा न पालयेत् ॥१४॥

14. hareyurbalavanto hi durbalānāṁ parigrahān ,
hanyurvyāyacchamānāṁśca yadi rājā na pālayet.

14. hareyuḥ balavantaḥ hi durbalānām parigrahān
hanyuḥ vyāyacchamānān ca yadi rājā na pālayet

14. yadi rājā na pālayet,
hi balavantaḥ durbalānām parigrahān hareyuḥ ca vyāyacchamānān hanyuḥ

14. Indeed, if the king does not protect, the powerful would seize the possessions of the weak and kill those who resist.

Words meanings summery:

• हरेयुः (hareyuḥ) - they would seize (they would seize, they would carry away, they would steal)

• बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - the powerful (strong ones, powerful ones)

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

• दुर्बलानाम् (durbalānām) - of the weak (of the weak ones, of the feeble)

• परिग्रहान् (parigrahān) - possessions (possessions, property, acceptance)

• हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - they would kill (they would kill, they would strike)

• व्यायच्छमानान् (vyāyacchamānān) - those who resist (those striving, those struggling, those resisting)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - he protects (he would protect, he would rule)

Words meanings and morphology

हरेयुः (hareyuḥ) - they would seize (they would seize, they would carry away, they would steal)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Optative (vidhi-liṅ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - the powerful (strong ones, powerful ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

Possessive adjective (mat-pratyaya) from bala (strength).

Note: Subject of hareyuḥ and hanyuḥ.

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

(indeclinable)

दुर्बलानाम् (durbalānām) - of the weak (of the weak ones, of the feeble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless

From dur- (bad, difficult) + bala (strength).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies implied 'people'.

परिग्रहान् (parigrahān) - possessions (possessions, property, acceptance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parigraha

parigraha - possessions, property, acceptance, taking

From root grah (to seize, take) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Object of hareyuḥ.

हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - they would kill (they would kill, they would strike)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Optative (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

व्यायच्छमानान् (vyāyacchamānān) - those who resist (those striving, those struggling, those resisting)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyāyacchamāna

vyāyacchamāna - striving, struggling, resisting

Present Middle Participle

Formed from root yam (to restrain, strive) with prefixes vi- and ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Object of hanyuḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

Conditional conjunction.

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

n-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Subject of pālayet.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates pālayet.

पालयेत् (pālayet) - he protects (he would protect, he would rule)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pāl

Causative of pā (to protect) or denominative from pāla (protector).

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: In a conditional clause, optative can be translated as present tense.