महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-78

दण्डेन नीयते चेयं दण्डं नयति चाप्युत ।
दण्डनीतिरिति प्रोक्ता त्रीँल्लोकाननुवर्तते ॥७८॥

78. daṇḍena nīyate ceyaṁ daṇḍaṁ nayati cāpyuta ,
daṇḍanītiriti proktā trīँllokānanuvartate.

78. daṇḍena nīyate ca iyam daṇḍam nayati ca api
uta daṇḍanītiḥ iti proktā trīn lokān anuvartate

78. iyam ca daṇḍena nīyate ca api uta daṇḍam nayati
iti daṇḍanītiḥ proktā trīn lokān anuvartate

78. Because this (science) is led by the rod [of authority/punishment], and it also leads the rod, it is therefore declared as Daṇḍanīti (the science of governance), and it operates throughout the three worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by the rod, by punishment, by authority

• नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is guided

• च (ca) - and, also

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - the rod, punishment, authority (accusative)

• नयति (nayati) - leads, guides

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उत (uta) - and, moreover, therefore

• दण्डनीतिः (daṇḍanītiḥ) - the science of governance, politics

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• प्रोक्ता (proktā) - declared, proclaimed, said (feminine)

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three (masculine accusative)

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - operates, pervades, follows, conforms to

Words meanings and morphology

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by the rod, by punishment, by authority

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, authority, army

नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is guided

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nī

root nī with passive suffix ya

Root: nī (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - the rod, punishment, authority (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, authority, army

नयति (nayati) - leads, guides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and, moreover, therefore

(indeclinable)

दण्डनीतिः (daṇḍanītiḥ) - the science of governance, politics

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of daṇḍanīti

daṇḍanīti - science of governance, policy of punishment, politics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍa+nīti)

• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment, authority
  noun (masculine)
• nīti – guidance, conduct, policy, ethics, science of polity
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nī (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्ता (proktā) - declared, proclaimed, said (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravac

pravac - to declare, to proclaim, to say

Past Passive Participle

from pra-vac, past passive participle

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रीन् (trīn) - three (masculine accusative)

(numeral adjective)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - operates, pervades, follows, conforms to

(verb)

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

from anu-vṛt, middle voice

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)