महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-282, verse-16

प्राणसंतापनिर्दिष्टाः काकिण्योऽपि महाफलाः ।
न्यायेनोपार्जिता दत्ताः किमुतान्याः सहस्रशः ॥१६॥

16. prāṇasaṁtāpanirdiṣṭāḥ kākiṇyo'pi mahāphalāḥ ,
nyāyenopārjitā dattāḥ kimutānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ.

16. prāṇasaṃtāpanirdiṣṭāḥ kākiṇyaḥ api mahāphalāḥ
nyāyena upārjitāḥ dattāḥ kimuta anyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

16. prāṇasaṃtāpanirdiṣṭāḥ api kākiṇyaḥ nyāyena upārjitāḥ dattāḥ (satyaḥ) mahāphalāḥ (bhavanti).
kimuta sahasraśaḥ anyāḥ (dattāḥ mahāphalāḥ syuḥ)?

16. Even the smallest coins (kākiṇī), specified as causing distress to life (prāṇasaṃtāpa) when earned, if acquired righteously (nyāyena) and then given, bear great fruit. How much more so then for other gifts given by the thousands?

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणसंतापनिर्दिष्टाः (prāṇasaṁtāpanirdiṣṭāḥ) - designated as causing distress to life, earned with great effort

• काकिण्यः (kākiṇyaḥ) - a very small denomination of coin or cowrie shell used as currency (small coins, cowries)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• महाफलाः (mahāphalāḥ) - yielding great fruit, highly fruitful

• न्यायेन (nyāyena) - by justice, rightfully, properly

• उपार्जिताः (upārjitāḥ) - earned, acquired

• दत्ताः (dattāḥ) - given, presented

• किमुत (kimuta) - how much more, what to say of

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणसंतापनिर्दिष्टाः (prāṇasaṁtāpanirdiṣṭāḥ) - designated as causing distress to life, earned with great effort

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prāṇasaṃtāpanirdiṣṭa

prāṇasaṁtāpanirdiṣṭa - specified/indicated by distress to life, earned with severe effort

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prāṇa+saṃtāpa+nirdiṣṭa)

• prāṇa – life, vital breath, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• saṃtāpa – distress, pain, affliction, torment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)
• nirdiṣṭa – specified, designated, indicated, declared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: nir
  Root: diś (class 6)

काकिण्यः (kākiṇyaḥ) - a very small denomination of coin or cowrie shell used as currency (small coins, cowries)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kākiṇī

kākiṇī - a small coin (1/4 of a paṇa), a cowrie shell, a very small sum

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

महाफलाः (mahāphalāḥ) - yielding great fruit, highly fruitful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahāphala

mahāphala - bearing great fruit, very fruitful, having great results

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+phala)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)

न्यायेन (nyāyena) - by justice, rightfully, properly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nyāya

nyāya - justice, right, rule, method, system of logic

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

उपार्जिताः (upārjitāḥ) - earned, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of upārjita

upārjita - earned, acquired, gained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ṛj (class 6)

दत्ताः (dattāḥ) - given, presented

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of datta

datta - given, granted, offered

Past Passive Participle

Root: dā (class 3)

किमुत (kimuta) - how much more, what to say of

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived with suffix -śas indicating 'by way of' or 'in numbers of'