महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-55

कच्चित्स्वपरराष्ट्रेषु बहवोऽधिकृतास्तव ।
अर्थान्समनुतिष्ठन्ति रक्षन्ति च परस्परम् ॥५५॥

55. kaccitsvapararāṣṭreṣu bahavo'dhikṛtāstava ,
arthānsamanutiṣṭhanti rakṣanti ca parasparam.

55. kaccit sva-para-rāṣṭreṣu bahavaḥ adhikṛtāḥ tava
arthān samanutiṣṭhanti rakṣanti ca parasparam

55. I hope that many of your appointed officials, both in your own kingdom and in others, are properly managing affairs and mutually protecting each other.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (indicating a question with an expectation) (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

• स्व-पर-राष्ट्रेषु (sva-para-rāṣṭreṣu) - in your own and other kingdoms (in one's own and other kingdoms/states)

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (many, much)

• अधिकृताः (adhikṛtāḥ) - appointed officials (authorized, appointed, entrusted)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• अर्थान् (arthān) - affairs (objects, purposes, wealth, affairs, interests)

• समनुतिष्ठन्ति (samanutiṣṭhanti) - they properly manage/execute (they stand by, maintain, perform, execute)

• रक्षन्ति (rakṣanti) - they protect (they protect, guard)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually (referring to the officials protecting each other) (mutually, reciprocally, each other)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (indicating a question with an expectation) (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

स्व-पर-राष्ट्रेषु (sva-para-rāṣṭreṣu) - in your own and other kingdoms (in one's own and other kingdoms/states)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sva-para-rāṣṭra

sva-para-rāṣṭra - one's own and other's kingdom/state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+para+rāṣṭra)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• para – other, alien, hostile
  adjective
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, state, country
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rāj

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (many, much)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'adhikṛtāḥ'.

अधिकृताः (adhikṛtāḥ) - appointed officials (authorized, appointed, entrusted)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhikṛta

adhikṛta - authorized, appointed, entrusted, an official

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'adhikaroti' (to authorize, appoint), root 'kṛ' with 'adhi'.

Prefix: adhi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'samanutiṣṭhanti' and 'rakṣanti'.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, referring to the king being addressed.

अर्थान् (arthān) - affairs (objects, purposes, wealth, affairs, interests)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

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

Note: Object of 'samanutiṣṭhanti'.

समनुतिष्ठन्ति (samanutiṣṭhanti) - they properly manage/execute (they stand by, maintain, perform, execute)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root 'sthā' (1st class) with upasargas 'sam' and 'anu'.

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

रक्षन्ति (rakṣanti) - they protect (they protect, guard)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of rakṣ

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root 'rakṣ' (1st class).

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two verbs 'samanutiṣṭhanti' and 'rakṣanti'.

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually (referring to the officials protecting each other) (mutually, reciprocally, each other)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative, means 'mutually' or 'each other'.