महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-86, verse-8

अष्टाभिश्च गुणैर्युक्तं सूतं पौराणिकं चरेत् ।
पञ्चाशद्वर्षवयसं प्रगल्भमनसूयकम् ॥८॥

8. aṣṭābhiśca guṇairyuktaṁ sūtaṁ paurāṇikaṁ caret ,
pañcāśadvarṣavayasaṁ pragalbhamanasūyakam.

8. aṣṭābhiḥ ca guṇaiḥ yuktam sūtam paurāṇikam caret
pañcāśat varṣa vayasam pragalbham anasūyakam

8. aṣṭābhiḥ guṇaiḥ yuktam pañcāśat varṣa vayasam
pragalbham anasūyakam sūtam paurāṇikam ca caret

8. And one should appoint a bard (sūta) who is a scholar of the Puranas (paurāṇika), endowed with eight qualities, fifty years of age, proficient, and free from envy.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - by eight, with eight

• च (ca) - and

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, with qualities

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed, joined, possessed of

• सूतम् (sūtam) - a bard or court chronicler (a charioteer, a bard, a herald, a court chronicler)

• पौराणिकम् (paurāṇikam) - a scholar or expert of the Puranas (a reciter/expert of Puranas, ancient historian)

• चरेत् (caret) - one should employ, one should appoint, one should engage

• पञ्चाशद्वर्षवयसं (pañcāśadvarṣavayasaṁ) - having the age of fifty years, fifty years old

• प्रगल्भम् (pragalbham) - bold, confident, skilled, proficient

• अनसूयकम् (anasūyakam) - not envious, free from jealousy

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - by eight, with eight

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with guṇaiḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by qualities, with qualities

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - endowed, joined, possessed of

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to yoke) + -ta.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with sūtam.

सूतम् (sūtam) - a bard or court chronicler (a charioteer, a bard, a herald, a court chronicler)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald, chronicler, son (of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇī)

Note: Object of caret.

पौराणिकम् (paurāṇikam) - a scholar or expert of the Puranas (a reciter/expert of Puranas, ancient historian)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paurāṇika

paurāṇika - belonging to the past, ancient, versed in the Puranas, a reciter/expert of Puranas

Derived from purāṇa (ancient lore, Puranas) with suffix -ika.

Note: Agrees with sūtam.

चरेत् (caret) - one should employ, one should appoint, one should engage

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

From root car (to move, act).

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Implies the king (you) should appoint.

पञ्चाशद्वर्षवयसं (pañcāśadvarṣavayasaṁ) - having the age of fifty years, fifty years old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pañcāśadvarṣavayasa

pañcāśadvarṣavayasa - fifty years old, having the age of fifty years

Compound formed from pañcāśat (fifty), varṣa (year), and vayas (age).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pañcāśat+varṣa+vayas)

• pañcāśat – fifty
  numeral
• varṣa – year
  noun (neuter)
• vayas – age, vigor
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with sūtam.

प्रगल्भम् (pragalbham) - bold, confident, skilled, proficient

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pragalbha

pragalbha - bold, confident, skillful, proficient, eminent

Past Passive Participle-like formation

From pra + galbh (to be able).

Prefix: pra

Root: galbh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sūtam.

अनसूयकम् (anasūyakam) - not envious, free from jealousy

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anasūyaka

anasūyaka - not envious, free from jealousy, ungrudging

Compound of an (not) + asūyaka (envious, from asūyā, envy).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (an+asūyaka)

• an – not, without
  indeclinable
• asūyaka – envious, jealous
  adjective (masculine)
  From root asūy (to envy, grudge).
  Root: asūy (class 10)

Note: Agrees with sūtam.