महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-131, verse-3

न कोशः शुद्धशौचेन न नृशंसेन जायते ।
पदं मध्यममास्थाय कोशसंग्रहणं चरेत् ॥३॥

3. na kośaḥ śuddhaśaucena na nṛśaṁsena jāyate ,
padaṁ madhyamamāsthāya kośasaṁgrahaṇaṁ caret.

3. na kośaḥ śuddhaśaucena na nṛśaṃsena jāyate |
padaṃ madhyamam āsthāya kośasaṃgrahaṇaṃ caret

3. kośaḥ śuddhaśaucena na jāyate na nṛśaṃsena (jāyate)
madhyamam padaṃ āsthāya kośasaṃgrahaṇaṃ caret

3. A treasury (kośa) is not generated through excessive scrupulousness or purity (śauca), nor through ruthlessness and cruelty. One should maintain a middle path when collecting the treasury.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

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

• शुद्धशौचेन (śuddhaśaucena) - by a purity or meticulousness that is impractical or hinders effective action (by excessive purity/scrupulousness)

• न (na) - not, no

• नृशंसेन (nṛśaṁsena) - by cruelty, by ruthlessness

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, is produced

• पदं (padaṁ) - a course of action or a path (to follow) (position, path, state, step)

• मध्यमम् (madhyamam) - middle, neutral, moderate

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken up, having adopted

• कोशसंग्रहणं (kośasaṁgrahaṇaṁ) - the collection of the treasury

• चरेत् (caret) - should implement or carry out (the collection of the treasury) (should do, should practice, should walk)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - treasury, fund, financial resource, sheath, casket

शुद्धशौचेन (śuddhaśaucena) - by a purity or meticulousness that is impractical or hinders effective action (by excessive purity/scrupulousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śuddhaśauca

śuddhaśauca - pure cleanliness; extreme purity or scrupulousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuddha+śauca)

• śuddha – pure, clean, clear, faultless
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √śudh (to be pure, cleanse)
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• śauca – purity, cleanliness, integrity, scrupulousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √śuc (to shine, be pure)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun, implying means or cause.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नृशंसेन (nṛśaṁsena) - by cruelty, by ruthlessness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, ruthless (as an adjective); cruelty, wickedness (as a noun)

Note: Used here as a noun, implying means or cause.

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

पदं (padaṁ) - a course of action or a path (to follow) (position, path, state, step)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, path, position, state, word, course

मध्यमम् (madhyamam) - middle, neutral, moderate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhyama

madhyama - middle, central, intermediate, moderate, impartial

Note: Agrees with 'padaṃ'

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken up, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed with prefix 'ā' and suffix '-tvā' (here '-ya')

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

कोशसंग्रहणं (kośasaṁgrahaṇaṁ) - the collection of the treasury

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kośasaṃgrahaṇa

kośasaṁgrahaṇa - the collection or accumulation of a treasury

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośa+saṃgrahaṇa)

• kośa – treasury, fund, financial resource, sheath
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgrahaṇa – collecting, accumulation, gathering
  noun (neuter)
  Nomen actionis
  Derived from saṃ-grah + -ana
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)

चरेत् (caret) - should implement or carry out (the collection of the treasury) (should do, should practice, should walk)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of car

Root: car (class 1)