महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-20

कच्चिदर्थान्विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलान्महोदयान् ।
क्षिप्रमारभसे कर्तुं न विघ्नयसि तादृशान् ॥२०॥

20. kaccidarthānviniścitya laghumūlānmahodayān ,
kṣipramārabhase kartuṁ na vighnayasi tādṛśān.

20. kaccit arthān viniścitya laghumūlān mahodayān
kṣipram ārabhasē kartum na vighnayasi tādṛśān

20. I hope that, having thoroughly ascertained those affairs that require little initial investment but yield great results, you quickly begin to implement them, and do not obstruct such endeavors.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

• अर्थान् (arthān) - undertakings, matters, projects (objectives, affairs, purposes, things)

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having thoroughly examined and decided upon (having ascertained, having decided, having determined)

• लघुमूलान् (laghumūlān) - requiring little initial investment (having small roots, of small origin/cost)

• महोदयान् (mahodayān) - yielding great profits or benefits (having great rise, yielding great results, leading to great prosperity)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• आरभसे (ārabhasē) - you undertake (to implement) (you begin, you undertake, you commence)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to implement, to carry out (to do, to make, to perform, to accomplish)

• न (na) - not, no

• विघ्नयसि (vighnayasi) - you obstruct, you hinder, you impede

• तादृशान् (tādṛśān) - such (undertakings/affairs) (such, of that kind)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, is it that

(indeclinable)

अर्थान् (arthān) - undertakings, matters, projects (objectives, affairs, purposes, things)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, affair, matter

From √ṛ (to go, to reach) with suffix -tha.

Root: ṛ

Note: Object of 'viniścitya' and 'ārabhasē'.

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having thoroughly examined and decided upon (having ascertained, having decided, having determined)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni' + root √ci + suffix -tya.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

लघुमूलान् (laghumūlān) - requiring little initial investment (having small roots, of small origin/cost)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of laghumūla

laghumūla - having small roots, of small origin, of small cost

Compound word.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (laghu+mūla)

• laghu – light, small, quick, insignificant
  adjective (masculine)
• mūla – root, origin, foundation, capital
  noun (neuter)

महोदयान् (mahodayān) - yielding great profits or benefits (having great rise, yielding great results, leading to great prosperity)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahodaya

mahodaya - having a great rise, yielding great results/profit, of great prosperity

Compound word.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+udaya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• udaya – rise, ascent, prosperity, dawn, origin
  noun (masculine)
  From ud-√i (to go up).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of 'kṣipra', functioning adverbially.

Note: Modifies 'ārabhasē'.

आरभसे (ārabhasē) - you undertake (to implement) (you begin, you undertake, you commence)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rabh

Present Tense, Middle Voice

From root rabh with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to implement, to carry out (to do, to make, to perform, to accomplish)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root √kṛ with suffix -tum.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Complement to 'ārabhasē'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

विघ्नयसि (vighnayasi) - you obstruct, you hinder, you impede

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ghnā

Present Tense, Active Voice

Denominative verb from 'vighna' (obstruction) or from vi-√ghnā (to strike, obstruct).

Prefix: vi

Root: ghnā (class 10)

Note: Second main verb, implicitly contrasted with 'ārabhasē'.

तादृशान् (tādṛśān) - such (undertakings/affairs) (such, of that kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that kind, similar

From 'tad' (that) + 'dṛśa' (like, resembling).

Note: Object of 'vighnayasi'.