महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-89, verse-6

अल्पेनाल्पेन देयेन वर्धमानं प्रदापयेत् ।
ततो भूयस्ततो भूयः कामं वृद्धिं समाचरेत् ॥६॥

6. alpenālpena deyena vardhamānaṁ pradāpayet ,
tato bhūyastato bhūyaḥ kāmaṁ vṛddhiṁ samācaret.

6. alpena alpena deyena vardhamānam pradāpayet
tataḥ bhūyaḥ tataḥ bhūyaḥ kāmam vṛddhim samācaret

6. pradāpayet vardhamānam alpena alpena deyena
tataḥ kāmam bhūyaḥ tataḥ bhūyaḥ vṛddhim samācaret

6. One should cause the growing amount to be paid in small, small installments. After that, one should steadily apply interest, increasing it more and more as desired.

Words meanings summery:

• अल्पेन (alpena) - by small (installments) (by small, with a little)

• अल्पेन (alpena) - by small (installments) (by small, with a little)

• देयेन (deyena) - by the payment/contribution (by what is to be given, by the payment, by the offering)

• वर्धमानम् (vardhamānam) - the increasing (amount/debt) (increasing, growing, prosperous)

• प्रदापयेत् (pradāpayet) - one should cause (them) to pay (the debt) (one should cause to give, one should make pay, one should exact payment)

• ततः (tataḥ) - after that (then, after that, from that)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (in amount) (more, again, further)

• ततः (tataḥ) - after that (then, after that, from that)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (in amount) (more, again, further)

• कामम् (kāmam) - as desired (according to wish, at will, greatly)

• वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - interest (on a debt) (increase, growth, prosperity, interest)

• समाचरेत् (samācaret) - one should apply/exact (one should practice, one should perform, one should apply, one should exact)

Words meanings and morphology

अल्पेन (alpena) - by small (installments) (by small, with a little)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, insignificant

अल्पेन (alpena) - by small (installments) (by small, with a little)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, insignificant

देयेन (deyena) - by the payment/contribution (by what is to be given, by the payment, by the offering)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of deya

deya - to be given, fit to be given, a gift, an offering

Gerundive

From root dā (to give) + -ya suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

वर्धमानम् (vardhamānam) - the increasing (amount/debt) (increasing, growing, prosperous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vardhamāna

vardhamāna - growing, increasing, thriving, prosperous

Present Active Participle

From root vṛdh (to grow, increase) + śānac (middle voice participle)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'the increasing thing'.

प्रदापयेत् (pradāpayet) - one should cause (them) to pay (the debt) (one should cause to give, one should make pay, one should exact payment)

(verb)

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

Causative

From root dā (to give) with prefix pra, in causative form

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

ततः (tataḥ) - after that (then, after that, from that)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva derivative from 'tad'

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (in amount) (more, again, further)

(indeclinable)

Comparative form from root bhū (to be), but used as an indeclinable meaning 'more' or 'again'

Root: bhū (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - after that (then, after that, from that)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva derivative from 'tad'

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (in amount) (more, again, further)

(indeclinable)

Comparative form from root bhū (to be), but used as an indeclinable meaning 'more' or 'again'

Root: bhū (class 1)

कामम् (kāmam) - as desired (according to wish, at will, greatly)

(indeclinable)

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - interest (on a debt) (increase, growth, prosperity, interest)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, interest

From root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

समाचरेत् (samācaret) - one should apply/exact (one should practice, one should perform, one should apply, one should exact)

(verb)

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

From root car (to move, to practice) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)