महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-131, verse-4

अबलस्य कुतः कोशो ह्यकोशस्य कुतो बलम् ।
अबलस्य कुतो राज्यमराज्ञः श्रीः कुतो भवेत् ॥४॥

4. abalasya kutaḥ kośo hyakośasya kuto balam ,
abalasya kuto rājyamarājñaḥ śrīḥ kuto bhavet.

4. abalasya kutaḥ kośaḥ hi akośasya kutaḥ balam |
abalasya kutaḥ rājyam arājñaḥ śrīḥ kutaḥ bhavet

4. abalasya kutaḥ kośaḥ (syāt)? hi akośasya kutaḥ balam (syāt)?
abalasya kutaḥ rājyam (syāt)? arājñaḥ kutaḥ śrīḥ bhavet?

4. How can the weak possess a treasury (kośa)? And how can one without a treasury (kośa) have strength? How can the weak have a kingdom? And how can prosperity (śrī) exist for one who is not truly a king?

Words meanings summery:

• अबलस्य (abalasya) - of the weak, of one without strength

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अकोशस्य (akośasya) - of one without a treasury

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• अबलस्य (abalasya) - of the weak, of one without strength

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

• अराज्ञः (arājñaḥ) - of one who is not a king, kingless

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth, glory, majesty, fortune

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - Rhetorical question implying impossibility, 'how could it exist?' (should be, would be, may be)

Words meanings and morphology

अबलस्य (abalasya) - of the weak, of one without strength

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abala

abala - weak, powerless, without strength, feeble

Negation 'a' + 'bala'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'of a weak person'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa

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

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अकोशस्य (akośasya) - of one without a treasury

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of akośa

akośa - without a treasury, poor (as adjective); one who lacks a treasury (as noun)

Negation 'a' + 'kośa'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kośa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kośa – treasury, fund, financial resource, sheath
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'of one without a treasury'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, might

अबलस्य (abalasya) - of the weak, of one without strength

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abala

abala - weak, powerless, without strength, feeble

Negation 'a' + 'bala'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'of a weak person'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, rule, kingship

अराज्ञः (arājñaḥ) - of one who is not a king, kingless

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arājan

arājan - not a king, kingless (as adjective); one who is not a king (as noun)

Negation 'a' + 'rājan'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+rājan)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• rājan – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'of one who is not a king'

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth, glory, majesty, fortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, majesty, fortune, beauty, excellence

कुतः (kutaḥ) - Rhetorical question implying absence, 'how can there be?' (from where? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

भवेत् (bhavet) - Rhetorical question implying impossibility, 'how could it exist?' (should be, would be, may be)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)