महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-67

सत्त्वेन कुरुते युद्धं राजन्सुबलवानपि ।
नोद्यमेन न होत्राभिः सर्वाः स्वीकुरुते प्रजाः ॥६७॥

67. sattvena kurute yuddhaṁ rājansubalavānapi ,
nodyamena na hotrābhiḥ sarvāḥ svīkurute prajāḥ.

67. sattvena kurute yuddhaṃ rājan subalavān api na
udyamena na hotrābhiḥ sarvāḥ svīkurute prajāḥ

67. O King, even a very powerful person (subalavān api) wages war (yuddhaṃ kurute) with courage (sattvena). It is not by mere exertion (udyāmena) or sacrificial offerings (hotrābhiḥ) that one makes all subjects (sarvāḥ prajāḥ) one's own (svīkurute).

Words meanings summery:

• सत्त्वेन (sattvena) - with courage (by courage, by inner strength, by goodness, by virtue)

• कुरुते (kurute) - wages (war) (makes, does, performs, places)

• युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - war (war, battle, fight)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• सुबलवान् (subalavān) - very powerful person (very powerful, mighty)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, indeed, although)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उद्यमेन (udyamena) - by mere exertion (by exertion, by effort, by endeavor)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• होत्राभिः (hotrābhiḥ) - through sacrificial offerings (by sacrifices, by oblations, by priests)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

• स्वीकुरुते (svīkurute) - makes one's own (makes one's own, takes possession of, appropriates)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects (subjects, offspring, people, creatures)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्त्वेन (sattvena) - with courage (by courage, by inner strength, by goodness, by virtue)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - courage, essence, reality, existence, goodness (one of the three guṇas)

Root: as (class 2)

कुरुते (kurute) - wages (war) (makes, does, performs, places)

(verb)

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

present middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). From root kṛ- (8th class).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governs 'yuddhaṃ'.

युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - war (war, battle, fight)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root yudh- 'to fight'

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'kurute'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

सुबलवान् (subalavān) - very powerful person (very powerful, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of su-balavat

su-balavat - very strong, mighty, very powerful

compound of 'su' (good, well, very) and 'balavat' (strong, powerful)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+balavat)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix
• balavat – strong, powerful, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  possessive suffix -vat
  possessing bala (strength)

Note: Subject of 'kurute', implied to be 'he'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, indeed, although)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'udyāmena'.

उद्यमेन (udyamena) - by mere exertion (by exertion, by effort, by endeavor)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of udyama

udyama - exertion, effort, endeavor, enterprise

From root yam- 'to restrain, to strive' with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Instrument of 'svīkurute'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'hotrābhiḥ'.

होत्राभिः (hotrābhiḥ) - through sacrificial offerings (by sacrifices, by oblations, by priests)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of hotrā

hotrā - sacrificial offering, oblation; sometimes refers to a group of officiating priests (hotṛs)

From root hu- 'to offer sacrifice'

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Instrument of 'svīkurute'.

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

nominative/accusative plural feminine form of 'sarva'

स्वीकुरुते (svīkurute) - makes one's own (makes one's own, takes possession of, appropriates)

(verb)

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

present middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). Compound verb 'svī' (one's own) + 'kṛ' (to make).

Prefix: svī

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governs 'prajāḥ'.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects (subjects, offspring, people, creatures)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - subjects, offspring, people, creatures

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'svīkurute'.