महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-232, verse-17

अथासौ मृदुयुद्धेन न मुञ्चेद्भीम कौरवान् ।
सर्वोपायैर्विमोच्यास्ते निगृह्य परिपन्थिनः ॥१७॥

17. athāsau mṛduyuddhena na muñcedbhīma kauravān ,
sarvopāyairvimocyāste nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ.

17. atha asau mṛduyuddhena na muñcet bhīma kauravān
sarvaiḥ upāyaiḥ vimocyāḥ te nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ

17. Then, O Bhīma, if that one does not release the Kauravas even with a gentle fight, those enemies must be subdued, and then the Kauravas are to be released by all possible means.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• असौ (asau) - that Gandharva king (that (person/thing))

• मृदुयुद्धेन (mṛduyuddhena) - by gentle fighting

• न (na) - not, no

• मुञ्चेत् (muñcet) - he would release, he should release

• भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma, terrible one

• कौरवान् (kauravān) - Duryodhana and his brothers/followers (the Kauravas)

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by expedients, by strategies

• विमोच्याः (vimocyāḥ) - to be released, should be released

• ते (te) - the Kauravas (they, those)

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued, having seized, having restrained

• परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - the Gandharvas who captured the Kauravas (enemies, obstructers, highwaymen)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that Gandharva king (that (person/thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote demonstrative pronoun)

मृदुयुद्धेन (mṛduyuddhena) - by gentle fighting

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mṛduyuddha

mṛduyuddha - gentle fighting, mild combat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛdu+yuddha)

• mṛdu – soft, mild, gentle
  adjective
• yuddha – fight, battle, war
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मुञ्चेत् (muñcet) - he would release, he should release

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of muñc

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: muc (class 6)

भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma, terrible one

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable; a name of one of the Pāṇḍavas

Root: bhī (class 3)

कौरवान् (kauravān) - Duryodhana and his brothers/followers (the Kauravas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; belonging to the Kuru lineage

Derived from Kuru

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by expedients, by strategies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, expedient, strategy, method

From upa + i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

विमोच्याः (vimocyāḥ) - to be released, should be released

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimocya

vimocya - to be released, to be set free

Gerundive

From vi + muc (to release) with ya (suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (Kauravas)

ते (te) - the Kauravas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued, having seized, having restrained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ni + grah (to seize, take) with ya (suffix)

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - the Gandharvas who captured the Kauravas (enemies, obstructers, highwaymen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paripanthin

paripanthin - enemy, obstructer, robber, highwayman