महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-37, verse-17

आपदर्थं धनं रक्षेद्दारान्रक्षेद्धनैरपि ।
आत्मानं सततं रक्षेद्दारैरपि धनैरपि ॥१७॥

17. āpadarthaṁ dhanaṁ rakṣeddārānrakṣeddhanairapi ,
ātmānaṁ satataṁ rakṣeddārairapi dhanairapi.

17. āpadartham dhanam rakṣet dārān rakṣet dhanaiḥ
api ātmānam satatam rakṣet dāraiḥ api dhanaiḥ api

17. One should protect wealth for times of distress. One should protect one's wives even by sacrificing that wealth. However, one should always protect one's own self (ātman), even by sacrificing both wives and wealth.

Words meanings summery:

• आपदर्थम् (āpadartham) - for the sake of distress, for calamity, for emergency

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

• रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

• दारान् (dārān) - wives

• रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

• धनैः (dhanaiḥ) - by means of wealth, with wealth

• अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self, the soul

• सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

• दारैः (dāraiḥ) - by means of wives, with wives

• अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

• धनैः (dhanaiḥ) - by means of wealth, with wealth

• अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

आपदर्थम् (āpadartham) - for the sake of distress, for calamity, for emergency

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpadartha

āpadartha - for the sake of distress, for calamity, for emergency

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpad+artha)

• āpad – distress, calamity, misfortune
  noun (feminine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, thing, sake
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of rakṣ

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

दारान् (dārān) - wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (always plural in this sense)

रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of rakṣ

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

धनैः (dhanaiḥ) - by means of wealth, with wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self, the soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath

सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative of neuter adjective.

रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - one should protect, he should guard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of rakṣ

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

दारैः (dāraiḥ) - by means of wives, with wives

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (always plural in this sense)

अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

धनैः (dhanaiḥ) - by means of wealth, with wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

अपि (api) - here implies 'even at the cost of' or 'by sacrificing' (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)