महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-108, verse-23

तस्मान्मानयितव्यास्ते गणमुख्याः प्रधानतः ।
लोकयात्रा समायत्ता भूयसी तेषु पार्थिव ॥२३॥

23. tasmānmānayitavyāste gaṇamukhyāḥ pradhānataḥ ,
lokayātrā samāyattā bhūyasī teṣu pārthiva.

23. tasmāt mānayitavyāḥ te gaṇamukhyāḥ pradhānataḥ
lokayātrā samāyattā bhūyasī teṣu pārthiva

23. pārthiva tasmāt te gaṇamukhyāḥ pradhānataḥ
mānayitavyāḥ bhūyasī lokayātrā teṣu samāyattā

23. Therefore, O King, those leaders of groups should be primarily honored, for the greater part of public administration (lokayātrā) largely depends on them.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thence, from that

• मानयितव्याः (mānayitavyāḥ) - they should be honored/respected

• ते (te) - those

• गणमुख्याः (gaṇamukhyāḥ) - leaders of groups, principal members of associations

• प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - primarily, chiefly, especially

• लोकयात्रा (lokayātrā) - public administration, sustenance of the world, conduct of affairs

• समायत्ता (samāyattā) - dependent upon, resting upon, firmly established in

• भूयसी (bhūyasī) - greater, larger, mostly, considerable

• तेषु (teṣu) - on them, in them

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O ruler of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of tad used as an indeclinable.

मानयितव्याः (mānayitavyāḥ) - they should be honored/respected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānayitavya

mānayitavya - to be honored, to be respected, to be considered

Gerundive

Formed from the causative stem of root man (to think, honor) with suffix -tavya

Root: man (class 4)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

गणमुख्याः (gaṇamukhyāḥ) - leaders of groups, principal members of associations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṇamukhya

gaṇamukhya - chief of a group, leader of an association

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaṇa+mukhya)

• gaṇa – group, multitude, assembly, corporation, community
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective
  From mukha (face, front)

प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - primarily, chiefly, especially

(indeclinable)

From pradhāna (chief, principal) + suffix -tas

लोकयात्रा (lokayātrā) - public administration, sustenance of the world, conduct of affairs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lokayātrā

lokayātrā - public administration, popular usage, subsistence, means of livelihood, conduct of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+yātrā)

• loka – world, people, community, public
  noun (masculine)
• yātrā – journey, procession, going, conduct, maintenance, livelihood
  noun (feminine)
  From root yā (to go)
  Root: yā (class 2)

समायत्ता (samāyattā) - dependent upon, resting upon, firmly established in

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samāyatta

samāyatta - dependent, resting on, engaged in, devoted to

Past Passive Participle

From root yat (to strive, apply oneself) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: yat (class 1)

भूयसी (bhūyasī) - greater, larger, mostly, considerable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūyas

bhūyas - more, greater, larger, mostly

Comparative degree of bahu (much, many)

तेषु (teṣu) - on them, in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O ruler of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king, prince

From pṛthivī (earth) or pṛthū (king)