महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-142, verse-21

बलाबलं च मन्त्राणां ब्राह्मणस्य च वाग्बलम् ।
स्त्रीभावाद्बालभावाच्च चिन्तयन्ती पुनः पुनः ॥२१॥

21. balābalaṁ ca mantrāṇāṁ brāhmaṇasya ca vāgbalam ,
strībhāvādbālabhāvācca cintayantī punaḥ punaḥ.

21. balābalam ca mantrāṇām brāhmaṇasya ca vāgbalam
strībhāvāt bālabhāvāt ca cintayantī punaḥ punaḥ

21. strībhāvāt bālabhāvāt ca punaḥ punaḥ cintayantī
mantrāṇām balābalam ca brāhmaṇasya vāgbalam ca

21. Thinking again and again about the varying efficacy (balābalam) of the sacred invocations (mantras) and the Brahmin's power of speech, considering her state as both a woman and still a child.

Words meanings summery:

• बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness, pros and cons, varying efficacy

• च (ca) - and, also

• मन्त्राणाम् (mantrāṇām) - of the sacred invocations, of the spells

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brahmin, of the priest

• च (ca) - and, also

• वाग्बलम् (vāgbalam) - power of speech, potency of words

• स्त्रीभावात् (strībhāvāt) - from the state of being a woman, due to her womanly nature

• बालभावात् (bālabhāvāt) - from the state of being a child, due to her childlike nature

• च (ca) - and, also

• चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - thinking, contemplating, pondering (feminine)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - strength and weakness, pros and cons, varying efficacy

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, good and bad, power and lack of power

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मन्त्राणाम् (mantrāṇām) - of the sacred invocations, of the spells

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mantra

mantra - sacred utterance, hymn, prayer, spell, counsel (mantra)

Root: man (class 4)

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brahmin, of the priest

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वाग्बलम् (vāgbalam) - power of speech, potency of words

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāgbala

vāgbala - power of speech, eloquence

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāc+bala)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

स्त्रीभावात् (strībhāvāt) - from the state of being a woman, due to her womanly nature

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of strībhāva

strībhāva - the state of being a woman, womanhood, womanly nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (strī+bhāva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

बालभावात् (bālabhāvāt) - from the state of being a child, due to her childlike nature

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bālabhāva

bālabhāva - the state of being a child, childhood, childlike nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāla+bhāva)

• bāla – child, young boy/girl
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - thinking, contemplating, pondering (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, pondering

Present Active Participle

Root: cint (class 10)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)