महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-8, verse-24

यः कृशाश्वः कृशगवः कृशभृत्यः कृशातिथिः ।
स वै राजन्कृशो नाम न शरीरकृशः कृशः ॥२४॥

24. yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśagavaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ kṛśātithiḥ ,
sa vai rājankṛśo nāma na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaḥ.

24. yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśagavaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ kṛśātithiḥ
sa vai rājan kṛśaḥ nāma na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaḥ

24. rājan yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśagavaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ
kṛśātithiḥ saḥ vai nāma kṛśaḥ na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaḥ

24. The one whose horses are lean, whose cattle are few, whose servants are scarce, and whose guests are meager—that person, O king, is truly considered poor, not merely one whose body is thin.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, which)

• कृशाश्वः (kṛśāśvaḥ) - whose horses are lean (having meager/lean horses)

• कृशगवः (kṛśagavaḥ) - whose cattle are few (having meager/few cattle)

• कृशभृत्यः (kṛśabhṛtyaḥ) - whose servants are scarce (having meager/few servants)

• कृशातिथिः (kṛśātithiḥ) - whose guests are meager (having meager/few guests)

• स (sa) - that person (he, that)

• वै (vai) - truly (indeed, truly, certainly)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - poor (in resources) (meager, thin, poor, weak)

• नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly, so called)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शरीरकृशः (śarīrakṛśaḥ) - one whose body is thin (whose body is thin/meager, bodily weak)

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin (in body) (meager, thin, poor, weak)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Nominative singular masculine relative pronoun.

कृशाश्वः (kṛśāśvaḥ) - whose horses are lean (having meager/lean horses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśāśva

kṛśāśva - having lean horses

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛśa (lean) + aśva (horse). Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśa+aśva)

• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √kṛś 'to make thin'.
  Root: kṛś (class 1)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

कृशगवः (kṛśagavaḥ) - whose cattle are few (having meager/few cattle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśagava

kṛśagava - having lean cattle

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛśa (meager) + gava (cattle). Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśa+gava)

• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √kṛś 'to make thin'.
  Root: kṛś (class 1)
• gava – ox, cow, cattle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'go'.

कृशभृत्यः (kṛśabhṛtyaḥ) - whose servants are scarce (having meager/few servants)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśabhṛtya

kṛśabhṛtya - having few servants, having lean servants

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛśa (meager) + bhṛtya (servant). Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśa+bhṛtya)

• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √kṛś 'to make thin'.
  Root: kṛś (class 1)
• bhṛtya – servant, dependent, employee
  noun (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root √bhṛ 'to bear, support'.
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

कृशातिथिः (kṛśātithiḥ) - whose guests are meager (having meager/few guests)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśātithi

kṛśātithi - having few guests

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛśa (meager) + atithi (guest). Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśa+atithi)

• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √kṛś 'to make thin'.
  Root: kṛś (class 1)
• atithi – guest, visitor, stranger
  noun (masculine)

स (sa) - that person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative singular masculine demonstrative pronoun.

वै (vai) - truly (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Vocative singular.

Root: rāj (class 1)

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - poor (in resources) (meager, thin, poor, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - lean, thin, meager, poor, weak, emaciated

Nominative singular masculine.

Root: kṛś (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed (by name, indeed, truly, so called)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or to introduce a name/designation.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शरीरकृशः (śarīrakṛśaḥ) - one whose body is thin (whose body is thin/meager, bodily weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrakṛśa

śarīrakṛśa - bodily thin, emaciated

Compound 'śarīra' (body) + 'kṛśa' (thin). Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śarīra+kṛśa)

• śarīra – body, frame
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √kṛś 'to make thin'.
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin (in body) (meager, thin, poor, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - lean, thin, meager, poor, weak, emaciated

Nominative singular masculine.

Root: kṛś (class 1)