महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-121, verse-33

न स्याद्यदीह दण्डो वै प्रमथेयुः परस्परम् ।
भयाद्दण्डस्य चान्योन्यं घ्नन्ति नैव युधिष्ठिर ॥३३॥

33. na syādyadīha daṇḍo vai pramatheyuḥ parasparam ,
bhayāddaṇḍasya cānyonyaṁ ghnanti naiva yudhiṣṭhira.

33. na syāt yadi iha daṇḍaḥ vai pramatheyuḥ parasparam
bhayāt daṇḍasya ca anyonyam ghnanti na eva yudhiṣṭhira

33. yudhiṣṭhira,
yadi iha daṇḍaḥ vai na syāt,
(janāḥ) parasparam pramatheyuḥ.
ca daṇḍasya bhayāt (janāḥ) anyonyam na eva ghnanti.

33. If indeed there were no coercion (daṇḍa) here, people would oppress each other. And it is certainly out of fear of coercion (daṇḍa), O Yudhishthira, that they do not kill each other.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• यदि (yadi) - if

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - coercion, punishment, governing power

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• प्रमथेयुः (pramatheyuḥ) - they would oppress, they would crush, they would harass

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

• दण्डस्य (daṇḍasya) - of coercion, of punishment, of the governing power

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

• न (na) - not, no

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

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (vocative)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - coercion, punishment, governing power

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, punishment, coercion, governing power, authority

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

प्रमथेयुः (pramatheyuḥ) - they would oppress, they would crush, they would harass

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of math

Prefix: pra

Root: math (class 1)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

Root: bhī (class 3)

दण्डस्य (daṇḍasya) - of coercion, of punishment, of the governing power

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, punishment, coercion, governing power, authority

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'anya' (other) and 'anya' (other), forming 'one another'.

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira (vocative)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

Compound 'yudhi' (in battle) + 'sthira' (firm).