महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-11, verse-10

हिरण्यं कुप्यभूयिष्ठं मित्रं क्षीणमकोशवत् ।
विपरीतान्न गृह्णीयात्स्वयं संधिविशारदः ॥१०॥

10. hiraṇyaṁ kupyabhūyiṣṭhaṁ mitraṁ kṣīṇamakośavat ,
viparītānna gṛhṇīyātsvayaṁ saṁdhiviśāradaḥ.

10. hiraṇyam kupyabhūyiṣṭham mitram kṣīṇam akośavat
viparītāt na gṛhṇīyāt svayam sandhiviśāradaḥ

10. svayam sandhiviśāradaḥ kupyabhūyiṣṭham hiraṇyam
kṣīṇam akośavat mitram viparītāt na gṛhṇīyāt

10. A diplomat should not accept wealth that is mostly base metal, nor should they take on an ally who is weakened and lacks a treasury, especially from an adverse situation.

Words meanings summery:

• हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold, wealth, money

• कुप्यभूयिष्ठम् (kupyabhūyiṣṭham) - of inferior quality (referring to wealth) (consisting mostly of base metals; mostly of inferior goods)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

• क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, weakened, exhausted, depleted

• अकोशवत् (akośavat) - without a treasury, lacking resources, poor

• विपरीतात् (viparītāt) - from an adverse situation (referring to accepting such wealth/ally) (from the contrary, from the opposite, from the adverse)

• न (na) - not, no

• गृह्णीयात् (gṛhṇīyāt) - one should accept, one should take

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

• सन्धिविशारदः (sandhiviśāradaḥ) - expert in treaties/alliances

Words meanings and morphology

हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold, wealth, money

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold, wealth, money

कुप्यभूयिष्ठम् (kupyabhūyiṣṭham) - of inferior quality (referring to wealth) (consisting mostly of base metals; mostly of inferior goods)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kupyabhūyiṣṭha

kupyabhūyiṣṭha - consisting mostly of base metals or inferior substances; very much consisting of inferior goods

superlative of kupyabhūyas

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kupya+bhūyiṣṭha)

• kupya – base metal (not gold or silver); inferior metal; inferior commodity
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  from √kup with -ya
  Root: kup (class 4)
• bhūyiṣṭha – most abundant; consisting mostly of; greatest in number or quantity
  adjective (neuter)
  superlative of bahu

Note: agrees with hiraṇyam

मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally

क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, weakened, exhausted, depleted

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, wasted, exhausted, decayed

Past Passive Participle

from √kṣi (to waste away)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: agrees with mitram

अकोशवत् (akośavat) - without a treasury, lacking resources, poor

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akośavat

akośavat - without a treasury; lacking wealth or resources

a (negation) + kośa (treasury) + vat (possessive suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kośa+vat)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• kośa – treasury, store, treasure
  noun (masculine)
• vat – having, possessing; like
  suffix
  possessive suffix

Note: agrees with mitram

विपरीतात् (viparītāt) - from an adverse situation (referring to accepting such wealth/ally) (from the contrary, from the opposite, from the adverse)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of viparīta

viparīta - reversed, contrary, opposite, adverse

Past Passive Participle

from vi-pari-ī (√i, to go)

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)

Note: implies 'from an adverse source/situation'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गृह्णीयात् (gṛhṇīyāt) - one should accept, one should take

(verb)

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

Root: grah (class 9)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

सन्धिविशारदः (sandhiviśāradaḥ) - expert in treaties/alliances

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhiviśārada

sandhiviśārada - expert in treaties, skillful in alliances

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sandhi+viśārada)

• sandhi – treaty, alliance, union, conjunction
  noun (masculine)
• viśārada – skilled, expert, proficient
  adjective (masculine)

Note: subject of gṛhṇīyāt