महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-32

कच्चिन्मुख्या महत्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः ।
जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः ॥३२॥

32. kaccinmukhyā mahatsveva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ ,
jaghanyāśca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ.

32. kaccit mukhyāḥ mahatsu eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ
jaghanyāḥ ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ

32. Are your principal servants employed only in important tasks, the average ones in medium tasks, and the lowest in inferior tasks?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that, perchance, perhaps

• मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal (servants) (principal, chief, foremost)

• महत्सु (mahatsu) - in important (tasks) (in great, in important)

• एव (eva) - only (only, indeed, just)

• मध्यमेषु (madhyameṣu) - in medium (tasks) (in middle, in mediocre)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मध्यमाः (madhyamāḥ) - average (servants) (mediocre, middle, average)

• जघन्याः (jaghanyāḥ) - lowest (servants) (lowest, inferior, vile, hindmost)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जघन्येषु (jaghanyeṣu) - in inferior (tasks) (in lowest, in inferior)

• भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants (servants, employees, dependants)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks (in actions, in deeds, in duties, in tasks)

• योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - employed, assigned (engaged, appointed, employed, yoked)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that, perchance, perhaps

(indeclinable)

मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - principal (servants) (principal, chief, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, foremost, primary, relating to the mouth

From mukha (face, mouth) + ya suffix.

महत्सु (mahatsu) - in important (tasks) (in great, in important)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty, noble

Present Active Participle

From √mah (to be great) + śatṛ suffix. Functions as an adjective.

Root: mah (class 1)

एव (eva) - only (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

मध्यमेषु (madhyameṣu) - in medium (tasks) (in middle, in mediocre)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of madhyama

madhyama - middle, mediocre, average, intermediate

From madhya (middle) + ma suffix.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मध्यमाः (madhyamāḥ) - average (servants) (mediocre, middle, average)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhyama

madhyama - middle, mediocre, average, intermediate

From madhya (middle) + ma suffix.

जघन्याः (jaghanyāḥ) - lowest (servants) (lowest, inferior, vile, hindmost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaghanya

jaghanya - lowest, inferior, vile, hindmost, last, born from the loins

From jaghan (buttocks, hind part) + ya suffix.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जघन्येषु (jaghanyeṣu) - in inferior (tasks) (in lowest, in inferior)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of jaghanya

jaghanya - lowest, inferior, vile, hindmost

From jaghan (buttocks, hind part) + ya suffix.

भृत्याः (bhṛtyāḥ) - servants (servants, employees, dependants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, employee, dependant, one to be maintained

Gerundive

From √bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain) + ya suffix. Denotes one who is to be supported or hired.

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in tasks (in actions, in deeds, in duties, in tasks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, destiny (karma)

From √kṛ (to do) + man suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governed by 'yojitāḥ'.

योजिताः (yojitāḥ) - employed, assigned (engaged, appointed, employed, yoked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yojita

yojita - engaged, appointed, employed, yoked, united, prepared

Past Passive Participle

From the causative stem of √yuj (to join, to yoke) + kta suffix.

Root: yuj (class 7)