महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-69, verse-41

प्रकण्ठीः कारयेत्सम्यगाकाशजननीस्तथा ।
आपूरयेच्च परिखाः स्थाणुनक्रझषाकुलाः ॥४१॥

41. prakaṇṭhīḥ kārayetsamyagākāśajananīstathā ,
āpūrayecca parikhāḥ sthāṇunakrajhaṣākulāḥ.

41. prakāṇṭhīḥ kārayet samyak ākāśajananīḥ tathā
āpūrayet ca parikhāḥ sthāṇunakrajhaṣākulāḥ

41. samyak ākāśajananīḥ prakāṇṭhīḥ kārayet tathā
ca sthāṇunakrajhaṣākulāḥ parikhāḥ āpūrayet

41. He should properly construct sky-high walls (prakāṇṭhī). And he should fill the moats (parikhā) with stumps, crocodiles, and fish.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रकाण्ठीः (prakāṇṭhīḥ) - high walls, ramparts, battlements

• कारयेत् (kārayet) - should cause to be made, should construct

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, correctly

• आकाशजननीः (ākāśajananīḥ) - sky-touching, sky-high, reaching the sky

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

• आपूरयेत् (āpūrayet) - should fill, should cause to be filled

• च (ca) - and, also

• परिखाः (parikhāḥ) - moats, ditches

• स्थाणुनक्रझषाकुलाः (sthāṇunakrajhaṣākulāḥ) - filled with stumps, crocodiles, and fish

Words meanings and morphology

प्रकाण्ठीः (prakāṇṭhīḥ) - high walls, ramparts, battlements

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prakāṇṭhī

prakāṇṭhī - high wall, rampart, battlement

Feminine form derived from prakāṇṭha (which can mean the main trunk of a tree, or high point)

कारयेत् (kārayet) - should cause to be made, should construct

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kārayet

Causative, Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice

Formed from root kṛ (to do, make) with causative suffix -āpaya-, and optative ending.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, correctly

(indeclinable)

Prefix: sam

Root: aj

आकाशजननीः (ākāśajananīḥ) - sky-touching, sky-high, reaching the sky

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ākāśajananī

ākāśajananī - sky-touching, sky-high, reaching the sky (literally, 'generating the sky' or 'sky-born' as an adjective, implying immense height)

Compound of ākāśa (sky, space) and jananī (mother, producer, often used figuratively for 'generating' or 'reaching'). Here, it's an adjective for prakāṇṭhī (high wall).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+jananī)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• jananī – mother, producer, generator
  noun (feminine)
  From root jan (to be born, produce), feminine agent noun
  Root: jan (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

आपूरयेत् (āpūrayet) - should fill, should cause to be filled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āpūrayet

Causative, Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice

Formed from root pṛ (to fill, complete) with ā- prefix, causative suffix -āpaya-, and optative ending.

Prefix: ā

Root: pṛ (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परिखाः (parikhāḥ) - moats, ditches

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of parikhā

parikhā - moat, ditch, trench

From root khan (to dig) with pari- prefix, literally 'dug around'

Prefix: pari

Root: khan (class 1)

स्थाणुनक्रझषाकुलाः (sthāṇunakrajhaṣākulāḥ) - filled with stumps, crocodiles, and fish

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sthāṇunakrajhaṣākula

sthāṇunakrajhaṣākula - filled with stumps, crocodiles, and fish

Bahuvrihi compound: sthāṇu (stump) + nakra (crocodile) + jhaṣa (fish) + ākula (full of/infested with). It describes the parikhāḥ (moats).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthāṇu+nakra+jhaṣa+ākula)

• sthāṇu – stump, pillar, post
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• nakra – crocodile, alligator
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nakr
• jhaṣa – fish
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jhaṣ
• ākula – full of, filled with, crowded with, infested with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kul (to collect, heap up) with ā- prefix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)