महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-91, verse-36

अरक्षितात्मा यो राजा प्रजाश्चापि न रक्षति ।
प्रजाश्च तस्य क्षीयन्ते ताश्च सोऽनु विनश्यति ॥३६॥

36. arakṣitātmā yo rājā prajāścāpi na rakṣati ,
prajāśca tasya kṣīyante tāśca so'nu vinaśyati.

36. arakṣitātmā yaḥ rājā prajāḥ ca api na rakṣati
prajāḥ ca tasya kṣīyante tāḥ ca saḥ anu vinaśyati

36. yaḥ rājā arakṣitātmā ca prajāḥ na rakṣati,
tasya prajāḥ kṣīyante ca saḥ tāḥ anu vinaśyati

36. A king who does not guard his own self (ātman) and also fails to protect his subjects finds that his people diminish, and he himself perishes along with them.

Words meanings summery:

• अरक्षितात्मा (arakṣitātmā) - one whose self is unprotected, unguarded in spirit

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न (na) - not, no

• रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects, guards

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

• च (ca) - and, also

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they perish, they waste away

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• अनु (anu) - after, along with, following

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

अरक्षितात्मा (arakṣitātmā) - one whose self is unprotected, unguarded in spirit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arakṣitātman

arakṣitātman - one whose self is unprotected, unguarded in spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a-rakṣita+ātman)

• a-rakṣita – unprotected, unguarded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Negation ('a-') of the Past Passive Participle of the root rakṣ (to protect).
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, people

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects, guards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, progeny

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, people

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

क्षीयन्ते (kṣīyante) - they diminish, they perish, they waste away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣi

Root kṣi (5th/8th class) conjugated in the middle voice meaning 'to perish'.

Root: kṣi (class 5)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

अनु (anu) - after, along with, following

(indeclinable)

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vi-naś

Root naś (4th class) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)