महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-60, verse-18

पुत्रवच्चापि भृत्यान्स्वान्प्रजाश्च परिपालय ।
योगक्षेमश्च ते नित्यं ब्राह्मणेष्वस्तु भारत ॥१८॥

18. putravaccāpi bhṛtyānsvānprajāśca paripālaya ,
yogakṣemaśca te nityaṁ brāhmaṇeṣvastu bhārata.

18. putravat ca api bhṛtyān svān prajāḥ ca paripālaya
| yogakṣemaḥ ca te nityam brāhmaṇeṣu astu bhārata

18. putravat ca api svān bhṛtyān prajāḥ ca paripālaya Bhārata,
te nityam yogakṣemaḥ ca brāhmaṇeṣu astu

18. And protect your own servants and subjects as if they were your sons. And, O Bhārata, let your efforts for the welfare and security (yogakṣema) of the brahmins always be present.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as if a son

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - servants, dependents, employees

• स्वान् (svān) - your own (one's own)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, progeny, people

• च (ca) - and, also

• परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard, govern, maintain

• योगक्षेमः (yogakṣemaḥ) - welfare, security, acquisition and preservation

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - your

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - with respect to the brahmins (i.e., for their welfare) (among the brahmins, concerning the brahmins)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as if a son

(indeclinable)

From 'putra' (son) with suffix '-vat' (like)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - servants, dependents, employees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, employee, foster-child

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From verb root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support), literally 'to be supported'

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

स्वान् (svān) - your own (one's own)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, kin, property

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, progeny, people

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, people, subjects, creation

From verb root 'jan' (to be born) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard, govern, maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paripāl

Causative verb

From verb root 'pā' (to protect) with prefix 'pari', in causative form

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

योगक्षेमः (yogakṣemaḥ) - welfare, security, acquisition and preservation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogakṣema

yogakṣema - acquisition of what is not possessed and preservation of what is possessed, welfare, security

Compound type : dvandva (yoga+kṣema)

• yoga – union, connection, discipline, acquisition, effort
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yuj' (to join)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• kṣema – welfare, security, prosperity, preservation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to dwell, to possess)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - with respect to the brahmins (i.e., for their welfare) (among the brahmins, concerning the brahmins)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin (member of the priestly class), relating to `brahman`

Derived from 'brahman'

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a name for Arjuna or Dhritarashtra