महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-12, verse-4

व्यसनं भेदनं चैव शत्रूणां कारयेत्ततः ।
कर्शनं भीषणं चैव युद्धे चापि बहुक्षयम् ॥४॥

4. vyasanaṁ bhedanaṁ caiva śatrūṇāṁ kārayettataḥ ,
karśanaṁ bhīṣaṇaṁ caiva yuddhe cāpi bahukṣayam.

4. vyasanam bhedanam ca eva śatrūṇām kārayet tataḥ
karśanam bhīṣaṇam ca eva yuddhe ca api bahukṣayam

4. tataḥ śatrūṇām vyasanam bhedanam ca eva kārayet
yuddhe ca api karśanam bhīṣaṇam bahukṣayam ca eva

4. Thereafter, one should cause distress and division among the enemies. And also harassment, terror, and great destruction in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - causing distress or ruin (to enemies) (calamity, misfortune, distress, ruin)

• भेदनम् (bhedanam) - causing division among enemies (breaking, dividing, splitting, causing dissension)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

• कारयेत् (kārayet) - one should cause to do, one should make, one should have done

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• कर्शनम् (karśanam) - causing weakening or harassment (to enemies) (emaciation, harassment, weakening)

• भीषणम् (bhīṣaṇam) - causing terror (to enemies) (terrifying, frightening, dreadful)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• बहुक्षयम् (bahukṣayam) - great destruction, much loss

Words meanings and morphology

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - causing distress or ruin (to enemies) (calamity, misfortune, distress, ruin)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, misfortune, distress, ruin, addiction, vice

from vi-as (to throw down, to fall into)

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of kārayet.

भेदनम् (bhedanam) - causing division among enemies (breaking, dividing, splitting, causing dissension)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhedana

bhedana - breaking, splitting, dividing, causing dissension, piercing

from bhid (to split, to break) + ana suffix

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Object of kārayet.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

Root: śad

Note: Pertaining to enemies.

कारयेत् (kārayet) - one should cause to do, one should make, one should have done

(verb)

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

Causative of kṛ (to do), in optative mood.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

Note: Temporal adverb.

कर्शनम् (karśanam) - causing weakening or harassment (to enemies) (emaciation, harassment, weakening)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karśana

karśana - emaciating, tormenting, causing distress, harassment

from kṛś (to make thin, to torment) + ana suffix

Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Implied object of kārayet.

भीषणम् (bhīṣaṇam) - causing terror (to enemies) (terrifying, frightening, dreadful)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīṣaṇa

bhīṣaṇa - terrifying, frightening, dreadful, formidable

From causative bhīṣ (to frighten) + ana suffix. Used here as a noun 'the act of terrifying'.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Implied object of kārayet.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight, combat

Past Passive Participle

from yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

बहुक्षयम् (bahukṣayam) - great destruction, much loss

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bahukṣaya

bahukṣaya - great destruction, much loss, extensive decay

compound of bahu (much, many) and kṣaya (destruction, loss)

Compound type : karmadharaya (bahu+kṣaya)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, decrease
  noun (masculine)
  from kṣi (to perish, to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)