महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-10

धर्मशीला जनपदाः सुसंतोषाश्च साधवः ।
न च मिथ्याप्रलापोऽत्र स्वैरेष्वपि कुतोऽन्यथा ॥१०॥

10. dharmaśīlā janapadāḥ susaṁtoṣāśca sādhavaḥ ,
na ca mithyāpralāpo'tra svaireṣvapi kuto'nyathā.

10. dharmaśīlāḥ janapadāḥ susaṃtoṣāḥ ca sādhavaḥ na
ca mithyāpralāpaḥ atra svaireṣu api kutaḥ anyathā

10. The people of these lands are virtuous and good, highly content. There is no false talk here, not even among themselves; how could it be otherwise?

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मशीलाः (dharmaśīlāḥ) - righteous, of virtuous conduct (righteous, virtuous, of religious conduct)

• जनपदाः (janapadāḥ) - people of the lands (people of a country, inhabitants of a region)

• सुसंतोषाः (susaṁtoṣāḥ) - highly content (very content, highly satisfied)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - good people, virtuous people (good people, righteous people, sages)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मिथ्याप्रलापः (mithyāpralāpaḥ) - false talk (false talk, idle chatter, senseless speech)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in these lands) (here, in this place)

• स्वैरेषु (svaireṣu) - even among themselves, in their informal conversations (among themselves, in their own affairs/discussions, freely)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how could there be? (implying impossibility) (from where, why, how)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (i.e., how could it be anything but virtuous/truthful?) (otherwise, in a different way)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मशीलाः (dharmaśīlāḥ) - righteous, of virtuous conduct (righteous, virtuous, of religious conduct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmaśīla

dharmaśīla - practicing dharma, virtuous, righteous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dharma+śīla)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• śīla – character, habit, conduct, virtue, custom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śīl (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'janapadāḥ' and 'sādhavaḥ'

जनपदाः (janapadāḥ) - people of the lands (people of a country, inhabitants of a region)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janapada

janapada - country, district, people inhabiting a country

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+pada)

• jana – person, people, creature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pada – foot, step, place, mark, position
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'are'

सुसंतोषाः (susaṁtoṣāḥ) - highly content (very content, highly satisfied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of susaṃtoṣa

susaṁtoṣa - very content, highly satisfied

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+saṃtoṣa)

• su – good, well, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• saṃtoṣa – contentment, satisfaction
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  derived from root tuṣ with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'janapadāḥ' and 'sādhavaḥ'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - good people, virtuous people (good people, righteous people, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy, straight, correct, a sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'are'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

मिथ्याप्रलापः (mithyāpralāpaḥ) - false talk (false talk, idle chatter, senseless speech)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mithyāpralāpa

mithyāpralāpa - false speech, idle chatter

compound of mithyā and pralāpa

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+pralāpa)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, in vain
  indeclinable
• pralāpa – talk, chatter, lamentation, meaningless speech
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  derived from root lap with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Subject of the negative statement

अत्र (atra) - here (in these lands) (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative adverb

स्वैरेषु (svaireṣu) - even among themselves, in their informal conversations (among themselves, in their own affairs/discussions, freely)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of svaira

svaira - self-willed, free, unrestrained, informal, casual

Note: Refers to situations among people when they are 'free' or 'informal'

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how could there be? (implying impossibility) (from where, why, how)

(indeclinable)

ablative of kim

Note: Interrogative particle, used here rhetorically

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (i.e., how could it be anything but virtuous/truthful?) (otherwise, in a different way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb