महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-129, verse-6

अपास्य राजधानीं वा तरेदन्येन वापदम् ।
तद्भावभावे द्रव्याणि जीवन्पुनरुपार्जयेत् ॥६॥

6. apāsya rājadhānīṁ vā taredanyena vāpadam ,
tadbhāvabhāve dravyāṇi jīvanpunarupārjayet.

6. apāsya rājadhānīm vā taret anyena vā āpadam
tadbhāvabhāve dravyāṇi jīvan punar upārjayet

6. rājadānīm apāsya vā anyena vā āpadam taret.
tadbhāvabhāve jīvan dravyāṇi punar upārjayet.

6. One should overcome a calamity either by abandoning the capital or by other means. For, if one survives such a state, one can acquire wealth again.

Words meanings summery:

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having left or given up the capital city (having thrown off, having abandoned, having left)

• राजधानीम् (rājadhānīm) - the administrative and royal center of the kingdom (capital city, royal residence)

• वा (vā) - offers an alternative course of action (or, either)

• तरेत् (taret) - one should get through or escape from the calamity (one should cross, overcome, surmount)

• अन्येन (anyena) - by some other method or alternative strategy (by another, by other means)

• वा (vā) - offers an alternative course of action (or, either)

• आपदम् (āpadam) - a state of severe crisis or danger (calamity, misfortune, distress, danger)

• तद्भावभावे (tadbhāvabhāve) - if that calamity (mentioned previously) occurs or persists (in the presence of that state, when that condition arises)

• द्रव्याणि (dravyāṇi) - financial resources, assets (wealth, possessions, substances, materials)

• जीवन् (jīvan) - while one is alive, as long as one survives (living, surviving)

• पुनर् (punar) - implies re-acquisition after loss (again, anew, furthermore)

• उपार्जयेत् (upārjayet) - one should re-earn or re-accumulate wealth (one should acquire, earn, gain)

Words meanings and morphology

अपास्य (apāsya) - having left or given up the capital city (having thrown off, having abandoned, having left)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

From 'apa-as' (to throw away, abandon)

Prefix: apa

Root: as (class 4)

राजधानीम् (rājadhānīm) - the administrative and royal center of the kingdom (capital city, royal residence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rājadhānī

rājadhānī - capital city, royal residence

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+dhānī)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• dhānī – abode, city, receptacle
  noun (feminine)
  From '√dhā' (to place)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

वा (vā) - offers an alternative course of action (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

तरेत् (taret) - one should get through or escape from the calamity (one should cross, overcome, surmount)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of tṛ

optative active

3rd person singular optative active of '√tṛ'

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अन्येन (anyena) - by some other method or alternative strategy (by another, by other means)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Adjective/pronoun of difference

वा (vā) - offers an alternative course of action (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

आपदम् (āpadam) - a state of severe crisis or danger (calamity, misfortune, distress, danger)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, danger

From 'ā-pad' (to fall into)

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

तद्भावभावे (tadbhāvabhāve) - if that calamity (mentioned previously) occurs or persists (in the presence of that state, when that condition arises)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tadbhāvabhāva

tadbhāvabhāva - the state of that existing, occurrence of that condition

A complex tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+bhāva+bhāva)

• tad – that, it, refers to 'āpad' (calamity)
  pronoun (neuter)
  Demonstrative pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  From '√bhū' (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  From '√bhū' (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction, indicating a condition or temporal clause.

द्रव्याणि (dravyāṇi) - financial resources, assets (wealth, possessions, substances, materials)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dravya

dravya - substance, thing, object, wealth, money, goods

From 'dru' (to run)

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Object of 'upārjayet'.

जीवन् (jīvan) - while one is alive, as long as one survives (living, surviving)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

present active participle

From '√jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

पुनर् (punar) - implies re-acquisition after loss (again, anew, furthermore)

(indeclinable)

उपार्जयेत् (upārjayet) - one should re-earn or re-accumulate wealth (one should acquire, earn, gain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of upārj

optative active

3rd person singular optative active of '√arj' with prefix 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: ṛj (class 1)