महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-11, verse-17

यद्येवमभियायाच्च दुर्बलं बलवान्नृपः ।
सामादिभिरुपायैस्तं क्रमेण विनिवर्तयेत् ॥१७॥

17. yadyevamabhiyāyācca durbalaṁ balavānnṛpaḥ ,
sāmādibhirupāyaistaṁ krameṇa vinivartayet.

17. yadi evam abhiyāyāt ca durbalam balavān nṛpaḥ
sāmādibhiḥ upāyaiḥ tam krameṇa vinivartayet

17. yadi balavān nṛpaḥ evam durbalam ca abhiyāyāt
tam sāmādibhiḥ upāyaiḥ krameṇa vinivartayet

17. If a powerful king (nṛpa) should thus attack a weak one, he (the attacked or an ally) should gradually make him desist by means such as conciliation (sāma) and others.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• अभियायात् (abhiyāyāt) - should attack, should approach, should go towards

• च (ca) - and, also

• दुर्बलम् (durbalam) - a weak one, the weak

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, monarch

• सामादिभिः (sāmādibhiḥ) - by diplomatic means such as conciliation, gifts, division, and punishment (by means beginning with conciliation (sāma), by conciliation and other means)

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by diplomatic means (by means, by stratagems, by remedies)

• तम् (tam) - the powerful king who is attacking (him, that one)

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in due course, in order

• विनिवर्तयेत् (vinivartayet) - he should cause to desist, he should turn back, he should deter

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

अभियायात् (abhiyāyāt) - should attack, should approach, should go towards

(verb)

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

Prefix: abhi

Root: yā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दुर्बलम् (durbalam) - a weak one, the weak

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, powerless, feeble

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, monarch

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

सामादिभिः (sāmādibhiḥ) - by diplomatic means such as conciliation, gifts, division, and punishment (by means beginning with conciliation (sāma), by conciliation and other means)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāma+ādi)

• sāma – conciliation, mild address, negotiation
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  noun (masculine)

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by diplomatic means (by means, by stratagems, by remedies)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, stratagem, expedient, remedy

Prefix: upa

Root: i

तम् (tam) - the powerful king who is attacking (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in due course, in order

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method

Root: kram

विनिवर्तयेत् (vinivartayet) - he should cause to desist, he should turn back, he should deter

(verb)

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

Causative

Causative stem from root vṛt with prefixes vi and ni

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)