महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-72, verse-21

परचक्राभियानेन यदि ते स्याद्धनक्षयः ।
अथ साम्नैव लिप्सेथा धनमब्राह्मणेषु यत् ॥२१॥

21. paracakrābhiyānena yadi te syāddhanakṣayaḥ ,
atha sāmnaiva lipsethā dhanamabrāhmaṇeṣu yat.

21. paracakrābhiyānena yadi te syāt dhanakṣayaḥ
atha sāmnā eva lipsīthā dhanam abrāhmaṇeṣu yat

21. yadi te paracakrābhiyānena dhanakṣayaḥ syāt
atha sāmnā eva yat dhanam abrāhmaṇeṣu lipsīthā

21. If your wealth (dhana) is depleted due to an invasion by a hostile army, then you should endeavor to acquire wealth only through conciliation (sāman) from non-Brahmins.

Words meanings summery:

• परचक्राभियानेन (paracakrābhiyānena) - by an invasion of a hostile army (by the attack of a hostile army/foreign power)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your (genitive/dative singular of yuşmad))

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, occurs (may be, should be, exists)

• धनक्षयः (dhanakṣayaḥ) - depletion of wealth (loss of wealth, diminution of riches)

• अथ (atha) - then (as a consequence) (then, thereupon, now)

• साम्ना (sāmnā) - through conciliation (sāman), one of the four political expedients (by conciliation, by mildness, by gentle means)

• एव (eva) - only, exclusively (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• लिप्सीथा (lipsīthā) - you should endeavor to acquire (you should desire to obtain, you should seek to acquire)

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, riches, property, money)

• अब्राह्मणेषु (abrāhmaṇeṣu) - from non-Brahmins (implies that Brahmins should be exempt) (among non-Brahmins, in non-Brahmins)

• यत् (yat) - which (wealth) (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

Words meanings and morphology

परचक्राभियानेन (paracakrābhiyānena) - by an invasion of a hostile army (by the attack of a hostile army/foreign power)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of paracakrābhiyāna

paracakrābhiyāna - attack of a hostile army, invasion by a foreign power

Compound type : tatpurusha (paracakra+abhiyāna)

• paracakra – hostile army, foreign power
  noun (neuter)
• abhiyāna – attack, invasion, approach
  noun (neuter)
  from abhi- + yā 'to go'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Indicates the cause of wealth loss

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause

ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your (genitive/dative singular of yuşmad))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Refers to the king being addressed

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, occurs (may be, should be, exists)

(verb)

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

Optative active 3rd singular

from root as, class 2, 3rd singular active optative

Root: as (class 2)

धनक्षयः (dhanakṣayaḥ) - depletion of wealth (loss of wealth, diminution of riches)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanakṣaya

dhanakṣaya - loss of wealth, decrease of riches

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+kṣaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property, money
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – loss, destruction, decrease, decay
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'

अथ (atha) - then (as a consequence) (then, thereupon, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the start of the consequent clause

साम्ना (sāmnā) - through conciliation (sāman), one of the four political expedients (by conciliation, by mildness, by gentle means)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sāman

sāman - conciliation, gentle means, peace, a Sāman chant

Note: Method of acquiring wealth

एव (eva) - only, exclusively (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sāmnā'

लिप्सीथा (lipsīthā) - you should endeavor to acquire (you should desire to obtain, you should seek to acquire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of labh

Desiderative optative middle 2nd singular

from desiderative stem of root labh (lips-), optative middle 2nd singular (standard form is lipsīthāḥ)

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The form 'lipsīthā' is the one given in Devanagari, possibly a poetic shortening of lipsīthāḥ.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth (wealth, riches, property, money)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money, treasure

Note: Object of 'lipsīthā'

अब्राह्मणेषु (abrāhmaṇeṣu) - from non-Brahmins (implies that Brahmins should be exempt) (among non-Brahmins, in non-Brahmins)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of abrāhmaṇa

abrāhmaṇa - not a Brahmin, a non-Brahmin

from a- (neg.) + brāhmaṇa

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+brāhmaṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• brāhmaṇa – a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the source from which wealth is to be acquired, implying the exemption of Brahmins from such taxes/exactions.

यत् (yat) - which (wealth) (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun); because, in order that (indeclinable)

Note: Refers back to 'dhanam'