महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-9, verse-14

अमात्यानुपधातीतान्पितृपैतामहाञ्शुचीन् ।
दान्तान्कर्मसु सर्वेषु मुख्यान्मुख्येषु योजयेः ॥१४॥

14. amātyānupadhātītānpitṛpaitāmahāñśucīn ,
dāntānkarmasu sarveṣu mukhyānmukhyeṣu yojayeḥ.

14. amātyān upadhāatītān pitṛpaitāmahān śucīn
dāntān karmasu sarveṣu mukhyān mukhyeṣu yojayeḥ

14. (tvam) upadhāatītān pitṛpaitāmahān śucīn dāntān amātyān,
sarveṣu mukhyeṣu karmasu mukhyān (rūpeṇa) yojayeḥ.

14. You should appoint those ministers—who have passed tests of integrity, who are hereditary, pure, and self-controlled—as chief officials in all important matters (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers, counselors, companions

• उपधाअतीतान् (upadhāatītān) - who have passed a test of integrity, beyond temptations

• पितृपैतामहान् (pitṛpaitāmahān) - hereditary, ancestral, paternal and grandparental

• शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, honest, clean

• दान्तान् (dāntān) - self-controlled, disciplined, subdued

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in affairs (in actions, in duties, in works)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in every

• मुख्यान् (mukhyān) - as chief (officials) (chief, principal, primary)

• मुख्येषु (mukhyeṣu) - in important matters (in chief, in principal (matters))

• योजयेः (yojayeḥ) - you should employ, appoint, harness

Words meanings and morphology

अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers, counselors, companions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, counselor, colleague

From amā (together) + -tya (related to √i 'to go' or √tan 'to extend')

Note: Object of 'yojayeḥ'.

उपधाअतीतान् (upadhāatītān) - who have passed a test of integrity, beyond temptations

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upadhāatīta

upadhāatīta - one who has passed a test of integrity, gone beyond deceit/temptation

Compound of upadhā (test, temptation) and atīta (passed, gone beyond).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upadhā+atīta)

• upadhā – test, temptation, stratagem, fraud
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix upa- + root dhā (to place, put)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• atīta – passed, gone by, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ati- + root i (to go)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies "amātyān".

पितृपैतामहान् (pitṛpaitāmahān) - hereditary, ancestral, paternal and grandparental

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛpaitāmaha

pitṛpaitāmaha - belonging to fathers and grandfathers, hereditary, ancestral

Compound of pitṛ (father) and paitāmaha (grandfathers, paternal ancestors).

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+paitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• paitāmaha – belonging to a grandfather, ancestral
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from pitāmaha (grandfather)

Note: Qualifies "amātyān".

शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, honest, clean

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, honest, virtuous

Note: Qualifies "amātyān".

दान्तान् (dāntān) - self-controlled, disciplined, subdued

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dānta

dānta - self-controlled, disciplined, subdued, tamed

Past Passive Participle

From root dam (to tame, control, subdue)

Root: dam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies "amātyān".

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in duties, in affairs (in actions, in duties, in works)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty, (karma)

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in every

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: Qualifies "karmasu".

मुख्यान् (mukhyān) - as chief (officials) (chief, principal, primary)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost, primary

From mukha (face, front, chief part) + -ya suffix.

Note: Used as a substantive, referring to the "amātyān" appointed as chief.

मुख्येषु (mukhyeṣu) - in important matters (in chief, in principal (matters))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost, primary

From mukha (face, front, chief part) + -ya suffix.

Note: Qualifies "karmasu" (implicitly, or used substantively as "in the chief [affairs]").

योजयेः (yojayeḥ) - you should employ, appoint, harness

(verb)

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

Optative Mood (Causative)

From causative stem of root yuj (to join, harness)

Root: yuj (class 7)