महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-89, verse-7

दमयन्निव दम्यानां शश्वद्भारं प्रवर्धयेत् ।
मृदुपूर्वं प्रयत्नेन पाशानभ्यवहारयेत् ॥७॥

7. damayanniva damyānāṁ śaśvadbhāraṁ pravardhayet ,
mṛdupūrvaṁ prayatnena pāśānabhyavahārayet.

7. damayan iva damyānām śaśvat bhāram pravardhayet
mṛdupūrvam prayatnena pāśān abhyavahārayet

7. damyānām damayan iva śaśvat bhāram pravardhayet
mṛdupūrvam prayatnena pāśān abhyavahārayet

7. Just like one tames docile animals, one should constantly increase the burden. Beginning gently and with effort, one should make them accustomed to the bonds.

Words meanings summery:

• दमयन् (damayan) - one who tames (taming, subduing)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• दम्यानाम् (damyānām) - of docile animals (of those to be tamed, of docile (animals))

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

• भारम् (bhāram) - the burden (burden, load, weight, responsibility)

• प्रवर्धयेत् (pravardhayet) - one should increase (the burden) (one should increase, one should cause to grow)

• मृदुपूर्वम् (mṛdupūrvam) - beginning gently (gently at first, beginning softly, with gentleness)

• प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort (by effort, with exertion, carefully)

• पाशान् (pāśān) - the bonds/ropes (ropes, snares, bonds, fetters)

• अभ्यवहारयेत् (abhyavahārayet) - one should make them accustomed to (the bonds) (one should cause to wear, one should cause to undergo, one should habituate)

Words meanings and morphology

दमयन् (damayan) - one who tames (taming, subduing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of damayat

damayat - taming, subduing, controlling

Present Active Participle

From root dam (to tame, subdue) + śatṛ suffix

Root: dam (class 4)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

दम्यानाम् (damyānām) - of docile animals (of those to be tamed, of docile (animals))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of damya

damya - to be tamed, docile, manageable

Gerundive

From root dam (to tame) + -ya suffix

Root: dam (class 4)

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)

From śaś (to sleep, to remain) + vat suffix. Often used adverbially.

भारम् (bhāram) - the burden (burden, load, weight, responsibility)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight

From root bhṛ (to bear, carry)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

प्रवर्धयेत् (pravardhayet) - one should increase (the burden) (one should increase, one should cause to grow)

(verb)

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

Causative

From root vṛdh (to grow) with prefix pra, in causative form

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

मृदुपूर्वम् (mṛdupūrvam) - beginning gently (gently at first, beginning softly, with gentleness)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛdupūrva

mṛdupūrva - gentle at first, preceded by gentleness

Tatpuruṣa compound: mṛdu (soft, gentle) + pūrva (first, preceded by)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛdu+pūrva)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, tender
  adjective (masculine)
• pūrva – first, prior, preceding
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially.

प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort (by effort, with exertion, carefully)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, care

From root yat (to strive) with prefix pra, noun formation

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

पाशान् (pāśān) - the bonds/ropes (ropes, snares, bonds, fetters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāśa

pāśa - rope, cord, snare, noose, bond

अभ्यवहारयेत् (abhyavahārayet) - one should make them accustomed to (the bonds) (one should cause to wear, one should cause to undergo, one should habituate)

(verb)

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

Causative

From root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes abhi and ava, in causative form

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)