महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-97, verse-23

सर्वविद्यातिरेकाद्वा जयमिच्छेन्महीपतिः ।
न मायया न दम्भेन य इच्छेद्भूतिमात्मनः ॥२३॥

23. sarvavidyātirekādvā jayamicchenmahīpatiḥ ,
na māyayā na dambhena ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ.

23. sarvavidyātirekāt vā jayam icchet mahīpatiḥ na
māyayā na dambhena yaḥ icchet bhūtim ātmanaḥ

23. yaḥ ātmanaḥ bhūtim icchet mahīpatiḥ sarvavidyātirekāt
vā jayam icchet na māyayā na dambhena

23. A king who desires his own prosperity should seek victory through the preeminence of all knowledge, not by deception (māyā) or hypocrisy.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वविद्यातिरेकात् (sarvavidyātirekāt) - by the preeminence of all knowledge, by the superiority of all sciences

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• जयम् (jayam) - victory

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, ruler of the earth

• न (na) - not, no

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, by magic, by deception (māyā)

• न (na) - not, no

• दम्भेन (dambhena) - by hypocrisy, by pretense, by deceit

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

• भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, welfare, well-being, power

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, of the self (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वविद्यातिरेकात् (sarvavidyātirekāt) - by the preeminence of all knowledge, by the superiority of all sciences

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarvavidyātireka

sarvavidyātireka - preeminence of all knowledge, superiority of all sciences

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarvavidyā+atireka)

• sarvavidyā – all knowledge, all sciences
  noun (feminine)
• atireka – preeminence, superiority, excess
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root ric with prefix ati
  Prefix: ati
  Root: ric (class 7)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

जयम् (jayam) - victory

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular active optative

Root: iṣ (class 6)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, ruler of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, ruler of the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, ruler, husband
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion, by magic, by deception (māyā)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deception, divine power (māyā)

Root: mā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दम्भेन (dambhena) - by hypocrisy, by pretense, by deceit

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dambha

dambha - hypocrisy, pretense, deceit, ostentation

Root: dambh (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

(verb)

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

optative mood

3rd person singular active optative

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, welfare, well-being, power

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - prosperity, welfare, well-being, power, existence

derived from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, of the self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)