महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-18, verse-16

सुप्रणीतो बलौघो हि कुरुते कार्यमुत्तमम् ।
अन्धं जडं बलं प्राहुः प्रणेतव्यं विचक्षणैः ॥१६॥

16. supraṇīto balaugho hi kurute kāryamuttamam ,
andhaṁ jaḍaṁ balaṁ prāhuḥ praṇetavyaṁ vicakṣaṇaiḥ.

16. supraṇītaḥ balaughaḥ hi kurute kāryam uttamam
andham jaḍam balam prāhuḥ praṇetavyam vicakṣaṇaiḥ

16. Indeed, a well-directed military force accomplishes an excellent task. People declare raw power to be blind and inert; it must be guided by the discerning.

Words meanings summery:

• सुप्रणीतः (supraṇītaḥ) - well-led, well-guided, well-directed

• बलौघः (balaughaḥ) - military force (multitude of forces, army, mass of troops)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• कुरुते (kurute) - he/she/it does, makes, performs

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task, deed, something to be done

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• अन्धम् (andham) - blind

• जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, dull, senseless

• बलम् (balam) - raw power, unguided force (force, strength, power, army)

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• प्रणेतव्यम् (praṇetavyam) - to be led, to be guided, should be led

• विचक्षणैः (vicakṣaṇaiḥ) - by the discerning, by the wise, by the expert

Words meanings and morphology

सुप्रणीतः (supraṇītaḥ) - well-led, well-guided, well-directed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of supraṇīta

supraṇīta - well-led, well-guided, well-managed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from √nī with prefix su- and pra-

Prefixes: su+pra

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `balaughaḥ`.

बलौघः (balaughaḥ) - military force (multitude of forces, army, mass of troops)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balaugha

balaugha - multitude of forces, army, mass of troops

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+ogha)

• bala – force, strength, power, army
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, current, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कुरुते (kurute) - he/she/it does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task, deed, something to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, business, work

Gerundive

Gerundive from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of `kurute`.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, principal, excellent

superlative from ut (up, forth)

Note: Qualifies `kāryam`.

अन्धम् (andham) - blind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of andha

andha - blind, dark, obscured

Note: Qualifies `balam`.

जडम् (jaḍam) - inert, dull, senseless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, inert, senseless, dull, stupid, stiff

Note: Qualifies `balam`.

बलम् (balam) - raw power, unguided force (force, strength, power, army)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - force, strength, power, army, might

Note: Object of `prāhuḥ`.

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pra-ah

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

प्रणेतव्यम् (praṇetavyam) - to be led, to be guided, should be led

(adjective)

neuter, singular of praṇetavya

praṇetavya - to be led, to be guided, should be led

Gerundive

Gerundive from √nī with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, refers to `balam` (understood).

विचक्षणैः (vicakṣaṇaiḥ) - by the discerning, by the wise, by the expert

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vicakṣaṇa

vicakṣaṇa - discerning, expert, skillful, wise

from vi-√cakṣ (to see, perceive)

Prefix: vi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Agent of the passive gerundive `praṇetavyam`.