महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-5

इन्द्र उवाच ।
न संकीर्येत धर्मोऽयं पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते ।
तं पाहि धर्मो हि धृतः कृत्स्नं धारयते जगत् ॥५॥

5. indra uvāca ,
na saṁkīryeta dharmo'yaṁ pṛthivyāṁ pṛthivīpate ,
taṁ pāhi dharmo hi dhṛtaḥ kṛtsnaṁ dhārayate jagat.

5. indra uvāca na saṃkīryeta dharmaḥ ayam pṛthivyām pṛthivīpate
tam pāhi dharmaḥ hi dhṛtaḥ kṛtsnam dhārayate jagat

5. Indra spoke: "O lord of the earth, this Dharma should not be violated on Earth. Protect it, for Dharma, when upheld, sustains the entire world."

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (name of a deity)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• संकीर्येत (saṁkīryeta) - should be violated or confused (in terms of purity/order) (should be mixed, should be polluted, should be violated)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the established moral and cosmic order, righteousness (righteousness, duty, law, moral code)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (Dharma) (this (masculine))

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth

• पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth

• तम् (tam) - that (Dharma) (him, that (masculine acc.))

• पाहि (pāhi) - protect!

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Dharma (righteousness, duty, law, moral code)

• हि (hi) - for (indeed, because, for)

• धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - when upheld, sustained (held, borne, maintained, supported, upheld)

• कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - the entire (entire, whole, complete)

• धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains, supports, maintains

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, all that moves)

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra (name of a deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, the chief of the gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form of vac

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संकीर्येत (saṁkīryeta) - should be violated or confused (in terms of purity/order) (should be mixed, should be polluted, should be violated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of saṃ-kṝ

Prefix: sam

Root: kṝ (class 6)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the established moral and cosmic order, righteousness (righteousness, duty, law, moral code)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, moral code, virtue, religion

from dhṛ + man

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (Dharma) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the earth

पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

तम् (tam) - that (Dharma) (him, that (masculine acc.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to dharma.

पाहि (pāhi) - protect!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 2)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Dharma (righteousness, duty, law, moral code)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, moral code, virtue, religion

from dhṛ + man

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - for (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - when upheld, sustained (held, borne, maintained, supported, upheld)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, maintained, supported, upheld

past passive participle

from root dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying dharmaḥ.

कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - the entire (entire, whole, complete)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete

Note: Adjective modifying jagat.

धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains, supports, maintains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhāray

causative

causative of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

Note: From root dhṛ in 10th class or causative.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, all that moves)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves

present participle

from gam

Root: gam (class 1)