महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-10, verse-5

प्रातरेव हि पश्येथा ये कुर्युर्व्ययकर्म ते ।
अलंकारमथो भोज्यमत ऊर्ध्वं समाचरेः ॥५॥

5. prātareva hi paśyethā ye kuryurvyayakarma te ,
alaṁkāramatho bhojyamata ūrdhvaṁ samācareḥ.

5. prātaḥ eva hi paśyethāḥ ye kuryuḥ vyayakarma te
alaṅkāram atho bhojyam ataḥ ūrdhvam samācareḥ

5. prātaḥ eva hi ye te vyayakarma kuryuḥ paśyethāḥ
ataḥ ūrdhvam alaṅkāram atho bhojyam samācareḥ

5. Indeed, you should inspect those involved in financial transactions first thing in the morning. Only after that should you attend to personal adornment and food.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रातः (prātaḥ) - first thing in the morning (in the morning, early morning)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

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

• पश्येथाः (paśyethāḥ) - you should inspect (you should see, you should inspect, you should look)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

• कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they carry out (they should do, they may do, they would do)

• व्ययकर्म (vyayakarma) - financial transactions (act of expenditure, financial transaction)

• ते (te) - those (people) (those, they)

• अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - personal adornment (adornment, ornament, decoration)

• अथो (atho) - and then, moreover (and then, moreover, further)

• भोज्यम् (bhojyam) - food (food, what is to be eaten, eatable)

• अतः (ataḥ) - after this (referring to the previous action) (from this, therefore, after this)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - afterwards, only after (upwards, afterwards, after, subsequently)

• समाचरेः (samācareḥ) - you should attend to (you should practice, you should perform, you should attend to)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रातः (prātaḥ) - first thing in the morning (in the morning, early morning)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle.

पश्येथाः (paśyethāḥ) - you should inspect (you should see, you should inspect, you should look)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dṛś

Optative mood, active voice, 2nd singular

From root dṛś (which takes paśya in present stem).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'you' (Yudhiṣṭhira).

ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Co-refers with te.

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they carry out (they should do, they may do, they would do)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd plural

From root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is ye (those who).

व्ययकर्म (vyayakarma) - financial transactions (act of expenditure, financial transaction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyayakarma

vyayakarma - act of expenditure, financial transaction, disbursement

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyaya+karma)

• vyaya – expenditure, expense, outlay, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-i (to go away) + a suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• karma – action, deed, work, rite
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of kuryuḥ.

ते (te) - those (people) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Acts as the subject of kuryuḥ (or rather, is coreferent with ye). It is the object of paśyethāḥ.

अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - personal adornment (adornment, ornament, decoration)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṅkāra

alaṅkāra - ornament, decoration, adornment, embellishment

From alam-kṛ (to adorn) + suffix ghañ.

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of samācareḥ.

अथो (atho) - and then, moreover (and then, moreover, further)

(indeclinable)

Combination of atha (then) and u (and).

भोज्यम् (bhojyam) - food (food, what is to be eaten, eatable)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhojya

bhojya - to be eaten, eatable, food, meal

Gerundive

From root bhuj (to eat, to enjoy) + suffix ya.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of samācareḥ.

अतः (ataḥ) - after this (referring to the previous action) (from this, therefore, after this)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

Note: Combines with ūrdhvam.

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - afterwards, only after (upwards, afterwards, after, subsequently)

(indeclinable)

Often used adverbially.

समाचरेः (samācareḥ) - you should attend to (you should practice, you should perform, you should attend to)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sam-ā-car

Optative mood, active voice, 2nd singular

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'you' (Yudhiṣṭhira).