महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-24

कच्चित्सहस्रैर्मूर्खाणामेकं क्रीणासि पण्डितम् ।
पण्डितो ह्यर्थकृच्छ्रेषु कुर्यान्निःश्रेयसं परम् ॥२४॥

24. kaccitsahasrairmūrkhāṇāmekaṁ krīṇāsi paṇḍitam ,
paṇḍito hyarthakṛcchreṣu kuryānniḥśreyasaṁ param.

24. kaccit sahasraiḥ mūrkhāṇām ekam krīṇāsi paṇḍitam |
paṇḍitaḥ hi arthakṛcchreṣu kuryāt niḥśreyasam param

24. I hope that you would acquire one wise person (paṇḍita) in exchange for a thousand fools. Indeed, a wise person (paṇḍita) can achieve the supreme benefit (niḥśreyasa) in times of financial or circumstantial difficulty.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, whether

• सहस्रैः (sahasraiḥ) - with thousands

• मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools, ignorant ones

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• क्रीणासि (krīṇāsi) - you buy, you purchase, you acquire

• पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - a learned man, a scholar, a wise person (paṇḍita)

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a learned man, a scholar, a wise person (paṇḍita)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अर्थकृच्छ्रेषु (arthakṛcchreṣu) - in difficulties concerning wealth/affairs, in financial distress

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he would do, he should do, he would make

• निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - ultimate good, supreme benefit, prosperity (niḥśreyasa)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, whether

(indeclinable)

सहस्रैः (sahasraiḥ) - with thousands

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

मूर्खाणाम् (mūrkhāṇām) - of fools, ignorant ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mūrkha

mūrkha - fool, ignorant person, idiot

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(numeral)

क्रीणासि (krīṇāsi) - you buy, you purchase, you acquire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of krī

Root: krī (class 9)

पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - a learned man, a scholar, a wise person (paṇḍita)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, scholar, wise person (paṇḍita)

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a learned man, a scholar, a wise person (paṇḍita)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, scholar, wise person (paṇḍita)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अर्थकृच्छ्रेषु (arthakṛcchreṣu) - in difficulties concerning wealth/affairs, in financial distress

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of arthakṛcchra

arthakṛcchra - difficulty in wealth, financial distress, trouble in affairs

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (artha+kṛcchra)

• artha – wealth, purpose, meaning, object, affair
  noun (masculine)
• kṛcchra – difficulty, distress, trouble, pain
  noun (neuter)

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - he would do, he should do, he would make

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - ultimate good, supreme benefit, prosperity (niḥśreyasa)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥśreyasa

niḥśreyasa - ultimate good, supreme benefit, final emancipation, prosperity (niḥśreyasa)

From nis (without) + śreyas (better, good)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant