महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-116, verse-11

कीदृषाः संनिकर्षस्था भृत्याः स्युर्वा गुणान्विताः ।
कीदृशैः किंकुलीनैर्वा सह यात्रा विधीयते ॥११॥

11. kīdṛṣāḥ saṁnikarṣasthā bhṛtyāḥ syurvā guṇānvitāḥ ,
kīdṛśaiḥ kiṁkulīnairvā saha yātrā vidhīyate.

11. kīdṛśāḥ saṃnikarṣasthāḥ bhṛtyāḥ syuḥ vā guṇānvitāḥ
kīdṛśaiḥ kimkulīnaiḥ vā saha yātrā vidhīyate

11. saṃnikarṣasthāḥ vā guṇānvitāḥ bhṛtyāḥ kīdṛśāḥ
syuḥ? kīdṛśaiḥ vā kimkulīnaiḥ saha yātrā vidhīyate?

11. What kind of servants should be kept close, or rather, which ones should be endowed with good qualities? With what kind of people, or from what lineage, should one undertake an enterprise?

Words meanings summery:

• कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort

• संनिकर्षस्थाः (saṁnikarṣasthāḥ) - standing near, close by, in proximity

• भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, subordinates, dependents

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they might be

• वा (vā) - or rather (or)

• गुणान्विताः (guṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with good qualities, meritorious

• कीदृशैः (kīdṛśaiḥ) - with what kind of, with what sort of

• किम्कुलीनैः (kimkulīnaiḥ) - with those of what family/lineage

• वा (vā) - or

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• यात्रा (yātrā) - journey, expedition, undertaking, enterprise

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is performed, is undertaken, is done

Words meanings and morphology

कीदृशाः (kīdṛśāḥ) - of what kind, what sort

(interrogative adjective)

Note: Qualifies 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

संनिकर्षस्थाः (saṁnikarṣasthāḥ) - standing near, close by, in proximity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃnikarṣastha

saṁnikarṣastha - standing near, being in proximity, close by

Compound: `saṃnikarṣa` (proximity) + `stha` (standing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃnikarṣa+stha)

• saṃnikarṣa – proximity, nearness, vicinity
  noun (masculine)
  From `sam-ni-kṛṣ` (to draw near).
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• stha – standing, staying, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root `sthā` (to stand) with `ka` suffix.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants, subordinates, dependents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, mercenary, to be supported

Gerundive

That which is to be maintained or hired, from root `bhṛ` (to bear, support).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'syuḥ'.

स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, Active Voice, 3rd Person Plural

From `√as` (to be) + `yā` (optative sign) + `uḥ` (3rd pl ending).

Root: as (class 2)

वा (vā) - or rather (or)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, indicating alternative or clarification.

Note: Connects two alternatives.

गुणान्विताः (guṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with good qualities, meritorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇānvita

guṇānvita - endowed with virtues/qualities, meritorious

Compound `guṇa` (quality) + `anvita` (endowed with).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+anvita)

• guṇa – quality, virtue, merit
  noun (masculine)
• anvita – accompanied by, possessed of, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `anu-i` (to go after, follow).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'bhṛtyāḥ'.

कीदृशैः (kīdṛśaiḥ) - with what kind of, with what sort of

(interrogative adjective)

Note: Used with 'saha'.

किम्कुलीनैः (kimkulīnaiḥ) - with those of what family/lineage

(interrogative adjective)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+kulīna)

• kim – what, which
  interrogative pronoun
• kulīna – of good family, well-born, noble
  adjective (masculine)
  From `kula` (family) + `kha` suffix.

Note: Used with 'saha'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects two alternatives.

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing instrumental case.

यात्रा (yātrā) - journey, expedition, undertaking, enterprise

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yātrā

yātrā - journey, travel, march, expedition, undertaking, means of subsistence

From root `yā` (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'vidhīyate'.

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is performed, is undertaken, is done

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vidhā

Present Tense, Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular

From `vi-√dhā` (to place, arrange) + `ya` (passive sign) + `te` (3rd sg middle/passive ending).

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)