महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-23

अपत्यं नाम लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठा धर्मसंहिता ।
इति कुन्ति विदुर्धीराः शाश्वतं धर्ममादितः ॥२३॥

23. apatyaṁ nāma lokeṣu pratiṣṭhā dharmasaṁhitā ,
iti kunti vidurdhīrāḥ śāśvataṁ dharmamāditaḥ.

23. apatyam nāma lokeṣu pratiṣṭhā dharma-saṃhitā
iti kunti viduḥ dhīrāḥ śāśvatam dharmam āditaḥ

23. O Kunti, an offspring (apatyam) is truly regarded among people in this world as an establishment (pratiṣṭhā) consistent with natural law (dharma). Thus, the wise (dhīrāḥ) have known this eternal law (dharma) from the very beginning.

Words meanings summery:

• अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, child

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name

• लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - among people in this world (among people, in the worlds)

• प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - establishment, foundation, support, reputation

• धर्म-संहिता (dharma-saṁhitā) - consistent with natural law, endowed with righteousness

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they have known

• धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - the wise, discerning ones

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, constant

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - this eternal law (natural law, duty, righteousness)

• आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, primarily

Words meanings and morphology

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, child

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - offspring, child, progeny

नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name

(indeclinable)

लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - among people in this world (among people, in the worlds)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, people, community

प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) - establishment, foundation, support, reputation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhā

pratiṣṭhā - establishment, foundation, support, reputation, dignity

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

धर्म-संहिता (dharma-saṁhitā) - consistent with natural law, endowed with righteousness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharma-saṃhitā

dharma-saṁhitā - consistent with dharma, joined with dharma, lawful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃhitā)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃhitā – joined, connected, composed, collection
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb saṃ-dhā (to join, connect)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - name of a princess, wife of Pāṇḍu

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they have known

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - the wise, discerning ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhīra

dhīra - wise, discerning, steady, firm

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, perpetual, constant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, everlasting

धर्मम् (dharmam) - this eternal law (natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

आदितः (āditaḥ) - from the beginning, primarily

(indeclinable)