महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-108, verse-28

आभ्यन्तरं भयं रक्ष्यं सुरक्ष्यं बाह्यतो भयम् ।
अभ्यन्तराद्भयं जातं सद्यो मूलं निकृन्तति ॥२८॥

28. ābhyantaraṁ bhayaṁ rakṣyaṁ surakṣyaṁ bāhyato bhayam ,
abhyantarādbhayaṁ jātaṁ sadyo mūlaṁ nikṛntati.

28. ābhyantaram bhayam rakṣyam surakṣyam bāhyataḥ bhayam
abhyantarāt bhayam jātam sadyaḥ mūlam nikṛntati

28. ābhyantaram bhayam rakṣyam [astīti]
bāhyataḥ bhayam ca surakṣyam [asti
iti vadet]; [kintu] abhyantarāt
jātam bhayam sadyaḥ mūlam nikṛntati

28. Internal danger must be guarded against, and external danger must be well guarded against. However, danger that arises from within immediately uproots the very foundation.

Words meanings summery:

• आभ्यन्तरम् (ābhyantaram) - internal, inner, domestic

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

• रक्ष्यम् (rakṣyam) - to be protected, to be guarded against

• सुरक्ष्यम् (surakṣyam) - to be well protected, to be carefully guarded against

• बाह्यतः (bāhyataḥ) - from outside, externally

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

• अभ्यन्तरात् (abhyantarāt) - from inside, from within

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

• जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, foundation, origin

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts, uproots, destroys

Words meanings and morphology

आभ्यन्तरम् (ābhyantaram) - internal, inner, domestic

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābhyantara

ābhyantara - internal, inner, domestic, belonging to the inside

Derived from abhyantara (inside) with suffix -a.

Note: Adjective modifying bhayam.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger, dread, alarm

From root √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

रक्ष्यम् (rakṣyam) - to be protected, to be guarded against

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be protected, to be guarded, defensible, guardable

Gerundive (N.V.P.)

Derived from the root √rakṣ (to protect, to guard) with the suffix -ya.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with bhayam.

सुरक्ष्यम् (surakṣyam) - to be well protected, to be carefully guarded against

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of surakṣya

surakṣya - to be well protected, to be carefully guarded, well defensible

Gerundive (N.V.P.)

Derived from the root √rakṣ (to protect) with prefix su- (well, good) and suffix -ya.

Compound type : pravādi (su+rakṣya)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• rakṣya – to be protected, to be guarded
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (N.V.P.)
  Derived from the root √rakṣ (to protect, to guard) with the suffix -ya.
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with bhayam (implied in the second clause).

बाह्यतः (bāhyataḥ) - from outside, externally

(indeclinable)

Derived from bāhya (external) with suffix -taḥ (indicating 'from, by').

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger, dread, alarm

From root √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

अभ्यन्तरात् (abhyantarāt) - from inside, from within

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of abhyantara

abhyantara - internal, inner, domestic, inside

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, threat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger, dread, alarm

From root √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √jan (to be born, to produce) with the suffix -ta.

Root: jan (class 4)

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, foundation, origin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, foundation, basis, origin, source

Note: Object of nikṛntati.

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts, uproots, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nikṛnt

Present active indicative

From root √kṛnt (to cut) with prefix ni- (down, off).

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)