महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-52

कच्चिन्मूलं दृढं कृत्वा यात्रां यासि विशां पते ।
तांश्च विक्रमसे जेतुं जित्वा च परिरक्षसि ॥५२॥

52. kaccinmūlaṁ dṛḍhaṁ kṛtvā yātrāṁ yāsi viśāṁ pate ,
tāṁśca vikramase jetuṁ jitvā ca parirakṣasi.

52. kaccit mūlam dṛḍham kṛtvā yātrām yāsi viśām pate
tān ca vikramase jetum jitvā ca parirakṣasi

52. O lord of the people, I trust that after firmly securing your base, you undertake your expeditions. Do you then exert yourself to conquer them (your enemies), and having conquered them, do you also protect them?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, whether, perhaps

• मूलम् (mūlam) - capital city, base of operations (root, foundation, origin, capital)

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm, strong, stable, secure

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having established firmly (having done, having made, having established)

• यात्राम् (yātrām) - military campaign (journey, expedition, campaign, procession)

• यासि (yāsi) - you undertake (an expedition) (you go, you proceed, you undertake)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• तान् (tān) - them

• च (ca) - and, also

• विक्रमसे (vikramase) - you strive, you attack (you exert yourself, you display valor, you attack)

• जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having won

• च (ca) - and, also

• परिरक्षसि (parirakṣasi) - you protect, you preserve

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, whether, perhaps

(indeclinable)

मूलम् (mūlam) - capital city, base of operations (root, foundation, origin, capital)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, foundation, origin, capital

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm, strong, stable, secure

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, stable, secure

Past Passive Participle

formed from root dṛh (to make firm, to be firm)

Root: dṛh

Note: Qualifies 'mūlam'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having established firmly (having done, having made, having established)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with suffix '-tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यात्राम् (yātrām) - military campaign (journey, expedition, campaign, procession)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yātrā

yātrā - journey, expedition, campaign, procession

Note: Object of 'yāsi'.

यासि (yāsi) - you undertake (an expedition) (you go, you proceed, you undertake)

(verb)

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

Present Active

2nd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

Note: Part of compound 'viśāṃpati'.

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

Note: Part of compound 'viśāṃpati' (lord of the people).

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to enemies, implicitly.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विक्रमसे (vikramase) - you strive, you attack (you exert yourself, you display valor, you attack)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

2nd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

formed with suffix '-tum'

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Purpose clause.

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, having won

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with suffix '-tvā'

Root: ji (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परिरक्षसि (parirakṣasi) - you protect, you preserve

(verb)

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

Present Active

2nd person singular

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)