महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-72, verse-8

मा स्म लुब्धांश्च मूर्खांश्च कामे चार्थेषु यूयुजः ।
अलुब्धान्बुद्धिसंपन्नान्सर्वकर्मसु योजयेत् ॥८॥

8. mā sma lubdhāṁśca mūrkhāṁśca kāme cārtheṣu yūyujaḥ ,
alubdhānbuddhisaṁpannānsarvakarmasu yojayet.

8. mā sma lubdhān ca mūrkhān ca kāme ca artheṣu yūyujaḥ
alubdhān buddhisampannān sarvakarmasu yojayet

8. mā sma lubdhān ca mūrkhān ca kāme ca artheṣu yūyujaḥ
alubdhān buddhisampannān sarvakarmasu yojayet

8. Do not employ greedy and foolish individuals in matters influenced by desire and wealth. One should rather appoint those who are free from greed and endowed with intelligence to all undertakings.

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• स्म (sma) - intensifies the prohibition with 'mā' (indeed, certainly (particle))

• लुब्धान् (lubdhān) - greedy ones, avaricious ones

• च (ca) - and

• मूर्खान् (mūrkhān) - foolish ones

• च (ca) - and

• कामे (kāme) - in matters influenced by desire (in desire, in love)

• च (ca) - and

• अर्थेषु (artheṣu) - in matters related to wealth/gain (in matters of wealth, in affairs)

• यूयुजः (yūyujaḥ) - do not employ

• अलुब्धान् (alubdhān) - non-greedy ones, uncovetous ones

• बुद्धिसम्पन्नान् (buddhisampannān) - endowed with intelligence

• सर्वकर्मसु (sarvakarmasu) - in all actions, in all undertakings

• योजयेत् (yojayet) - one should employ, one should appoint

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - intensifies the prohibition with 'mā' (indeed, certainly (particle))

(indeclinable)

लुब्धान् (lubdhān) - greedy ones, avaricious ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of lubdha

lubdha - greedy, avaricious, covetous, eager

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root LUBH (to desire, be greedy), kta suffix.

Root: lubh (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मूर्खान् (mūrkhān) - foolish ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, stupid, ignorant, idiot

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कामे (kāme) - in matters influenced by desire (in desire, in love)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure, object of desire

From root KAM ('to desire').

Root: kam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अर्थेषु (artheṣu) - in matters related to wealth/gain (in matters of wealth, in affairs)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, prosperity, affair

From root ṛ ('to go, move, attain').

Root: ṛ

यूयुजः (yūyujaḥ) - do not employ

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ (with mā)) of yuj

Aorist, Parasmaipada, 2nd Person Singular (used as injunctive for prohibition)

From root YUJ (to join, apply, appoint). Used with 'mā sma' for prohibition (injunctive equivalent).

Root: yuj (class 7)

अलुब्धान् (alubdhān) - non-greedy ones, uncovetous ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of alubdha

alubdha - not greedy, uncovetous, free from desire

Negative compound (Nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' and 'lubdha'.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lubdha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• lubdha – greedy, avaricious, covetous
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root LUBH (to desire, be greedy), kta suffix.
  Root: lubh (class 4)

बुद्धिसम्पन्नान् (buddhisampannān) - endowed with intelligence

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of buddhisampanna

buddhisampanna - endowed with intelligence, intelligent

Tatpurusha compound: buddhyā sampanna (endowed with intelligence).

Compound type : instrumental Tatpurusha (buddhi+sampanna)

• buddhi – intelligence, understanding, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  From root BUDH ('to know').
  Root: budh (class 1)
• sampanna – endowed with, accomplished, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix sam- + root pad + suffix kta (p.p.p.)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

सर्वकर्मसु (sarvakarmasu) - in all actions, in all undertakings

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvakarma

sarvakarma - all actions, all duties, all undertakings

Bahuvrihi or Tatpurusha compound meaning 'all actions/duties'.

Compound type : Karmaṇi-bahuvrīhi or Tatpurusha (sarva+karma)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• karma – action, deed, work, duty, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  From root KṚ ('to do, make').
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

योजयेत् (yojayet) - one should employ, one should appoint

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Causative form of the root YUJ (to join).

Root: yuj (class 10)