महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-11, verse-16

दुर्बलाश्चापि सततं नावष्टभ्या बलीयसा ।
तिष्ठेथा राजशार्दूल वैतसीं वृत्तिमास्थितः ॥१६॥

16. durbalāścāpi satataṁ nāvaṣṭabhyā balīyasā ,
tiṣṭhethā rājaśārdūla vaitasīṁ vṛttimāsthitaḥ.

16. durbalāḥ ca api satatam na avaṣṭabhyāḥ balīyasā
tiṣṭhethāḥ rājaśārdūla vaitasīm vṛttim āsthitaḥ

16. rājaśārdūla durbalāḥ ca api balīyasā satatam na
avaṣṭabhyāḥ vaitasīm vṛttim āsthitaḥ tiṣṭhethāḥ

16. O tiger among kings (rājaśārdūla), the weak should also never be constantly oppressed by the strong. You should maintain a flexible attitude, like a willow (vaitasī vṛtti).

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्बलाः (durbalāḥ) - the weak, powerless

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• न (na) - not, no

• अवष्टभ्याः (avaṣṭabhyāḥ) - to be oppressed, to be suppressed, to be restrained

• बलीयसा (balīyasā) - by the stronger one, by the more powerful

• तिष्ठेथाः (tiṣṭhethāḥ) - you should maintain (an attitude) (you should stand, you should remain, you should adopt (a policy))

• राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings, O best of kings

• वैतसीम् (vaitasīm) - like a willow, flexible, bending

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - attitude, policy (like a willow, bending with circumstances) (conduct, course, policy, attitude)

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken a position

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्बलाः (durbalāḥ) - the weak, powerless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, powerless, feeble

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satata

satata - constant, continuous, perpetual

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अवष्टभ्याः (avaṣṭabhyāḥ) - to be oppressed, to be suppressed, to be restrained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avaṣṭabhya

avaṣṭabhya - to be oppressed, to be suppressed, to be restrained

Gerundive

From root stambh with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: stambh (class 9)

बलीयसा (balīyasā) - by the stronger one, by the more powerful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of balīyas

balīyas - stronger, more powerful

Comparative form of bala

तिष्ठेथाः (tiṣṭhethāḥ) - you should maintain (an attitude) (you should stand, you should remain, you should adopt (a policy))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings, O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājaśārdūla

rājaśārdūla - tiger among kings, best of kings

Compound of rājan and śārdūla

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+śārdūla)

• rājan – king, monarch, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

वैतसीम् (vaitasīm) - like a willow, flexible, bending

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaitasī

vaitasī - willow-like, made of willow, flexible

Derived from vitasa (willow)

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - attitude, policy (like a willow, bending with circumstances) (conduct, course, policy, attitude)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - course of action, conduct, behavior, attitude, livelihood

Root: vṛt

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken a position

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - resorted to, adopted, established, taken a stand

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)