महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-37

लोकतन्त्रस्य कृत्स्नस्य कथं कार्यः परिग्रहः ।
कथं बलक्षयो न स्याद्युष्माकं ह्यात्मनश्च मे ॥३७॥

37. lokatantrasya kṛtsnasya kathaṁ kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ ,
kathaṁ balakṣayo na syādyuṣmākaṁ hyātmanaśca me.

37. lokatantrasya kṛtsnasya katham kāryaḥ parigrahaḥ
katham balakṣayaḥ na syāt yuṣmākam hi ātmanaḥ ca me

37. kṛtsnasya lokatantrasya parigrahaḥ katham kāryaḥ
yuṣmākam hi ātmanaḥ ca me balakṣayaḥ katham na syāt

37. How should the administration of the entire world-system be carried out? How can there be no depletion of power for you, and indeed for my own self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• लोकतन्त्रस्य (lokatantrasya) - of the world-system, of the administration of the people

• कृत्स्नस्य (kṛtsnasya) - of the whole, of the entire

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

• परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - undertaking, protection, acceptance

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• बलक्षयः (balakṣayaḥ) - loss of strength, depletion of power

• न (na) - not, no

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should be

• युष्माकम् (yuṣmākam) - of you (plural)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman), of myself

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - of me, my

Words meanings and morphology

लोकतन्त्रस्य (lokatantrasya) - of the world-system, of the administration of the people

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of lokatantra

lokatantra - system of the world, government of the people, public administration

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+tantra)

• loka – world, people, folk
  noun (masculine)
• tantra – system, theory, administration, essential part
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tan (class 8)

कृत्स्नस्य (kṛtsnasya) - of the whole, of the entire

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, all, complete

Root: kṛt

Note: Agrees with `lokatantrasya`.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - to be done, proper to be done, duty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, work

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `parigrahaḥ`.

परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - undertaking, protection, acceptance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigraha

parigraha - undertaking, acceptance, protection, acquisition, dependents

From root 'grah' with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

बलक्षयः (balakṣayaḥ) - loss of strength, depletion of power

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balakṣaya

balakṣaya - loss of strength, decrease of power

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+kṣaya)

• bala – strength, power, force, army
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – decrease, loss, destruction, end
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to waste away)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, should be

(verb)

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

Optative, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

युष्माकम् (yuṣmākam) - of you (plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman), of myself

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, person

Root: an (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - of me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Enclitic form for dative/genitive singular.