महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-188, verse-8

न चाप्याचरितः पूर्वैरयं धर्मो महात्मभिः ।
न च धर्मोऽप्यनेकस्थश्चरितव्यः सनातनः ॥८॥

8. na cāpyācaritaḥ pūrvairayaṁ dharmo mahātmabhiḥ ,
na ca dharmo'pyanekasthaścaritavyaḥ sanātanaḥ.

8. na ca api ācaritaḥ pūrvaiḥ ayam dharmaḥ mahātmabhiḥ
na ca dharmaḥ api anekasthaḥ caritavyaḥ sanātanaḥ

8. Furthermore, this natural law (dharma) has not been practiced by great souls (mahātman) of the past. Nor should an eternal (sanātana) natural law (dharma) be followed if it applies to many (husbands for one wife).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• आचरितः (ācaritaḥ) - practiced, performed, observed

• पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by the former ones, by the ancestors, by those in the past

• अयम् (ayam) - this

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

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble persons

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

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

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• अनेकस्थः (anekasthaḥ) - residing in many, belonging to many, being in many places

• चरितव्यः (caritavyaḥ) - to be practiced, to be followed, to be observed

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

आचरितः (ācaritaḥ) - practiced, performed, observed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācarita

ācarita - practiced, performed, observed, custom

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root car with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

पूर्वैः (pūrvaiḥ) - by the former ones, by the ancestors, by those in the past

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, earlier, ancient, prior

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

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)

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble persons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble person, magnanimous, great-souled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

अनेकस्थः (anekasthaḥ) - residing in many, belonging to many, being in many places

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anekastha

anekastha - residing in many, belonging to many, being in many places

Compound type : tatpurusha (aneka+stha)

• aneka – not one, many, numerous
  adjective
• stha – standing, staying, residing, being in
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

चरितव्यः (caritavyaḥ) - to be practiced, to be followed, to be observed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caritavya

caritavya - to be practiced, to be followed, to be observed

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from root car with suffix -tavya

Root: car (class 1)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, everlasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, perpetual, ancient, primeval