महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-110, verse-2

सत्यं चैवानृतं चोभे लोकानावृत्य तिष्ठतः ।
तयोः किमाचरेद्राजन्पुरुषो धर्मनिश्चितः ॥२॥

2. satyaṁ caivānṛtaṁ cobhe lokānāvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ ,
tayoḥ kimācaredrājanpuruṣo dharmaniścitaḥ.

2. satyam ca eva anṛtam ca ubhe lokān āvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ
tayoḥ kim ācāret rājan puruṣaḥ dharmaniścitaḥ

2. rājan,
satyam ca eva anṛtam ca ubhe lokān āvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ.
tayoḥ dharmaniścitaḥ puruṣaḥ kim ācāret?

2. Both truth and untruth encompass the worlds and endure. O King, what course of action should a person who is firmly committed to natural law (dharma) adopt concerning these two?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, genuineness

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even, just

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having enveloped, encompassing

• तिष्ठतः (tiṣṭhataḥ) - they stand, they remain, they persist

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of these two, concerning these two, in these two

• किम् (kim) - what, which, why

• आचारेत् (ācāret) - one should do, one should practice, one should act

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a man, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

• धर्मनिश्चितः (dharmaniścitaḥ) - firmly committed to natural law (dharma), determined by righteousness, resolute in duty

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, genuineness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, genuineness; true, real

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even, just

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood, lie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie; false, untrue

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Can also be accusative dual.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people, community

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered, having enveloped, encompassing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive (gerund) of ā-√vṛ (to cover)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तिष्ठतः (tiṣṭhataḥ) - they stand, they remain, they persist

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (lat) of √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of these two, concerning these two, in these two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be locative dual.

किम् (kim) - what, which, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, who

आचारेत् (ācāret) - one should do, one should practice, one should act

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of ā-√car

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a man, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, spirit, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

धर्मनिश्चितः (dharmaniścitaḥ) - firmly committed to natural law (dharma), determined by righteousness, resolute in duty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmaniścita

dharmaniścita - one who is determined in (or by) natural law (dharma)

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'one whose resolve is in dharma'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+niścita)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• niścita – determined, resolved, certain, decided
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of ni-√ci (to ascertain)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)