महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-119, verse-16

कोशश्च सततं रक्ष्यो यत्नमास्थाय राजभिः ।
कोशमूला हि राजानः कोशमूलकरो भव ॥१६॥

16. kośaśca satataṁ rakṣyo yatnamāsthāya rājabhiḥ ,
kośamūlā hi rājānaḥ kośamūlakaro bhava.

16. kośaḥ ca satatam rakṣyaḥ yatnam āsthāya rājabhiḥ
| kośamūlāḥ hi rājānaḥ kośamūlakaraḥ bhava

16. rājabhiḥ yatnam āsthāya kośaḥ ca satatam rakṣyaḥ
rājānaḥ hi kośamūlāḥ (tvam) kośamūlakaraḥ bhava

16. Kings should constantly protect their treasury with great effort. Indeed, kings are fundamentally dependent on their treasury; therefore, you should ensure the treasury remains your foundation.

Words meanings summery:

• कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury (treasury, fund, sheath)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, always, continuously)

• रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - to be protected (to be protected, worthy of protection, protectable)

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort (effort, exertion, endeavor)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having undertaken, with great effort (having undertaken, having resorted to, having exerted)

• राजभिः (rājabhiḥ) - by kings

• कोशमूलाः (kośamūlāḥ) - fundamentally dependent on the treasury (having the treasury as their root/foundation, dependent on the treasury)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings (kings, sovereigns)

• कोशमूलकरः (kośamūlakaraḥ) - one who makes the treasury the foundation (one who makes the treasury the root/foundation)

• भव (bhava) - be, become (be, become, exist)

Words meanings and morphology

कोशः (kośaḥ) - treasury (treasury, fund, sheath)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - treasury, fund, sheath, box

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly (constantly, always, continuously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as neuter accusative singular

रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - to be protected (to be protected, worthy of protection, protectable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be protected, worthy of protection

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root rakṣ (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort (effort, exertion, endeavor)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, care

Root: yat (class 1)

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having undertaken, with great effort (having undertaken, having resorted to, having exerted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

राजभिः (rājabhiḥ) - by kings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

कोशमूलाः (kośamūlāḥ) - fundamentally dependent on the treasury (having the treasury as their root/foundation, dependent on the treasury)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kośamūla

kośamūla - having the treasury as its root, based on the treasury

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kośa+mūla)

• kośa – treasury, fund, sheath
  noun (masculine)
• mūla – root, foundation, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings (kings, sovereigns)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

कोशमूलकरः (kośamūlakaraḥ) - one who makes the treasury the foundation (one who makes the treasury the root/foundation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośamūlakara

kośamūlakara - one who makes the treasury the root/foundation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośa+mūla+kara)

• kośa – treasury, fund, sheath
  noun (masculine)
• mūla – root, foundation, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)
• kara – doer, maker, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भव (bhava) - be, become (be, become, exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)