महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-69, verse-21

न च वश्यो भवेदस्य नृपो यद्यपि वीर्यवान् ।
हीनश्च बलवीर्याभ्यां कर्शयंस्तं परावसेत् ॥२१॥

21. na ca vaśyo bhavedasya nṛpo yadyapi vīryavān ,
hīnaśca balavīryābhyāṁ karśayaṁstaṁ parāvaset.

21. na ca vaśyaḥ bhavet asya nṛpaḥ yadyapi vīryavān
hīnaḥ ca balavīryābhyām karśayan tam parāvaset

21. nṛpaḥ yadyapi vīryavān (asti),
asya ca vaśyaḥ na bhavet.
(atha) hīnaḥ ca balavīryābhyām (śatruḥ cet),
tam karśayan (ekaḥ) parāvaset.

21. Even if a king is powerful, he should not become subservient to another. And if (the enemy) is inferior in strength and valor, one should harass him and make him retreat.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• वश्यः (vaśyaḥ) - subservient, obedient, dependent, controllable

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, should become

• अस्य (asya) - to another (king) (of him, to him)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

• यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, strong, heroic

• हीनः (hīnaḥ) - (enemy) inferior (inferior, lacking, deprived of, low)

• च (ca) - and, also

• बलवीर्याभ्याम् (balavīryābhyām) - by strength and valor

• कर्शयन् (karśayan) - harassing, tormenting, emaciating

• तम् (tam) - (the enemy) him (him, that (one))

• परावसेत् (parāvaset) - should make flee, should drive away, should repel

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वश्यः (vaśyaḥ) - subservient, obedient, dependent, controllable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaśya

vaśya - subservient, obedient, dependent, controllable, docile

Gerundive

From √vaś (to wish, to control)

Root: √vaś (class 2)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, should become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - to another (king) (of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, monarch

Compound of 'nṛ' (man) + 'pa' (protector, ruler)

यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'yadi' (if) and 'api' (also, even)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, strong, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, strong, heroic, energetic

Derived from 'vīrya' (valor, strength) + suffix '-vat'

हीनः (hīnaḥ) - (enemy) inferior (inferior, lacking, deprived of, low)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hīna

hīna - inferior, lacking, deprived of, low, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From √hā (to abandon, to leave, to be deprived of)

Root: √hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'śatruḥ' (enemy).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बलवीर्याभ्याम् (balavīryābhyām) - by strength and valor

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of balavīrya

balavīrya - strength and valor

Dvandva compound of 'bala' (strength) and 'vīrya' (valor)

Compound type : dvandva (bala+vīrya)

• bala – strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)
• vīrya – valor, heroism, strength, energy
  noun (neuter)

कर्शयन् (karśayan) - harassing, tormenting, emaciating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karśayat

karśayat - harassing, tormenting, emaciating, weakening

Present Active Participle

From causative of √kṛś (to be thin, to weaken)

Root: √kṛś (class 1)

तम् (tam) - (the enemy) him (him, that (one))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परावसेत् (parāvaset) - should make flee, should drive away, should repel

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of parāvas

From parā-√vas (to flee, to drive away)

Prefix: parā

Root: √vas (class 1)