महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-188, verse-11

न तु धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मत्वाद्गतिं विद्मः कथंचन ।
अधर्मो धर्म इति वा व्यवसायो न शक्यते ॥११॥

11. na tu dharmasya sūkṣmatvādgatiṁ vidmaḥ kathaṁcana ,
adharmo dharma iti vā vyavasāyo na śakyate.

11. na tu dharmasya sūkṣmatvāt gatim vidmaḥ kathaṃcana
adharmaḥ dharmaḥ iti vā vyavasāyaḥ na śakyate

11. However, we do not at all know the true nature of natural law (dharma) because of its subtlety. Therefore, it is impossible to definitively determine "this is unrighteousness (adharma)" or "this is natural law (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of righteousness, of constitution

• सूक्ष्मत्वात् (sūkṣmatvāt) - due to subtlety, because of minuteness

• गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, nature, true meaning, understanding

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by no means, not at all, somehow

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, what is contrary to natural law

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation or thought)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - determination, decision, conclusion, undertaking

• न (na) - not, no

• शक्यते (śakyate) - it is possible, can be done

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of righteousness, of constitution

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सूक्ष्मत्वात् (sūkṣmatvāt) - due to subtlety, because of minuteness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sūkṣmatva

sūkṣmatva - subtlety, minuteness, fineness, profoundness

Derived from sūkṣma (subtle) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, nature, true meaning, understanding

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, way, path, state, condition, true nature, understanding

Root: gam (class 1)

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by no means, not at all, somehow

(indeclinable)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, what is contrary to natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, what is contrary to natural law

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - determination, decision, conclusion, undertaking

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, decision, conclusion, undertaking, effort

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शक्यते (śakyate) - it is possible, can be done

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)