महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-87, verse-20

चारान्मन्त्रं च कोशं च मन्त्रं चैव विशेषतः ।
अनुतिष्ठेत्स्वयं राजा सर्वं ह्यत्र प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥२०॥

20. cārānmantraṁ ca kośaṁ ca mantraṁ caiva viśeṣataḥ ,
anutiṣṭhetsvayaṁ rājā sarvaṁ hyatra pratiṣṭhitam.

20. cārān mantram ca kośam ca mantram ca eva viśeṣataḥ
| anutiṣṭhet svayam rājā sarvam hi atra pratiṣṭhitam

20. rājā svayam cārān mantram ca kośam ca viśeṣataḥ ca
eva mantram anutiṣṭhet hi atra sarvam pratiṣṭhitam

20. The king himself should attend to spies, counsel (mantra), and the treasury, and indeed, counsel (mantra) especially; for everything is established right here (in these).

Words meanings summery:

• चारान् (cārān) - spies (spies, scouts)

• मन्त्रम् (mantram) - counsel (mantra) (counsel, sacred utterance, spell)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कोशम् (kośam) - treasury (treasury, storehouse, sheath)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मन्त्रम् (mantram) - counsel (mantra) (counsel, sacred utterance, spell)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, especially (indeed, just, only)

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, in particular)

• अनुतिष्ठेत् (anutiṣṭhet) - should oversee/attend to (should observe, should practice, should perform, should oversee)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, personally, by oneself)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in these matters/aspects) (here, in this, thereupon)

• प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - is established/founded (established, founded, fixed, supported)

Words meanings and morphology

चारान् (cārān) - spies (spies, scouts)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cāra

cāra - spy, scout, emissary, wanderer

From root car (to move, to walk, to wander).

Root: car (class 1)

मन्त्रम् (mantram) - counsel (mantra) (counsel, sacred utterance, spell)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, advice, secret, sacred text, prayer, spell (mantra)

From root man (to think) + -tra suffix (instrument).

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Appears multiple times to connect elements in a list.

कोशम् (kośam) - treasury (treasury, storehouse, sheath)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kośa

kośa - treasury, store, casket, sheath, budget

Root: kuṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

मन्त्रम् (mantram) - counsel (mantra) (counsel, sacred utterance, spell)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, advice, secret, sacred text, prayer, spell (mantra)

From root man (to think) + -tra suffix (instrument).

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Used with eva for emphasis.

एव (eva) - indeed, especially (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Used with ca and viśeṣataḥ to stress importance.

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, in particular)

(indeclinable)

From viśeṣa (distinction) + tasil suffix.

अनुतिष्ठेत् (anutiṣṭhet) - should oversee/attend to (should observe, should practice, should perform, should oversee)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of anutiṣṭh

Optative Mood, 3rd Person, Singular, Active Voice

From anu (after, along) + root sthā (to stand). The ṣṭh is due to internal sandhi s + thā -> ṣṭhā.

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself (oneself, personally, by oneself)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb.

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Subject of pratiṣṭhitam.

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or causation.

अत्र (atra) - here (in these matters/aspects) (here, in this, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun idam (this) + -tra suffix.

प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - is established/founded (established, founded, fixed, supported)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, fixed, supported, standing firm

Past Passive Participle

From prati (against, toward) + root sthā (to stand). (Internal sandhi s + thā -> ṣṭhā).

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)