महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-39

न संवत्सरसत्राणि तिष्ठेयुरकुतोभयाः ।
विधिवद्दक्षिणावन्ति यदि दण्डो न पालयेत् ॥३९॥

39. na saṁvatsarasatrāṇi tiṣṭheyurakutobhayāḥ ,
vidhivaddakṣiṇāvanti yadi daṇḍo na pālayet.

39. na saṃvatsarasatrāṇi tiṣṭeyuḥ akutobhayāḥ
vidhivat dakṣiṇāvanti yadi daṇḍaḥ na pālayet

39. yadi daṇḍaḥ na pālayet akutobhayāḥ vidhivat
dakṣiṇāvanti saṃvatsarasatrāṇi na tiṣṭeyuḥ

39. People would not fearlessly perform year-long sacrificial sessions (sattra), complete with prescribed fees and rituals, if the law (daṇḍa) did not offer protection.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• संवत्सरसत्राणि (saṁvatsarasatrāṇi) - year-long sacrifices, annual sacrificial sessions

• तिष्टेयुः (tiṣṭeyuḥ) - they would perform (sacrifices) (they would stand, they would remain, they would perform/exist)

• अकुतोभयाः (akutobhayāḥ) - fearless, without fear from any quarter

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, ritually

• दक्षिणावन्ति (dakṣiṇāvanti) - having sacrificial fees, endowed with fees

• यदि (yadi) - if

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - the enforcing power of the state or law (punishment, rod, staff, rule, law, authority)

• न (na) - not, no

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - would protect (the order, enabling such activities) (would protect, would govern, would maintain)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संवत्सरसत्राणि (saṁvatsarasatrāṇi) - year-long sacrifices, annual sacrificial sessions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṃvatsarasattra

saṁvatsarasattra - annual sacrificial session, year-long sacrifice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃvatsara+sattra)

• saṃvatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
• sattra – sacrificial session, sacrifice, session
  noun (neuter)

तिष्टेयुः (tiṣṭeyuḥ) - they would perform (sacrifices) (they would stand, they would remain, they would perform/exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The optative mood suggests a hypothetical or conditional action.

अकुतोभयाः (akutobhayāḥ) - fearless, without fear from any quarter

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akutobhaya

akutobhaya - fearless, safe from all quarters

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kutaḥ+bhaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kutaḥ – whence, from where
  indeclinable
• bhaya – fear
  noun (neuter)

Note: It qualifies an unmentioned agent, implicitly 'people' or 'performers'.

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, ritually

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat denoting 'having, like'

दक्षिणावन्ति (dakṣiṇāvanti) - having sacrificial fees, endowed with fees

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dakṣiṇāvat

dakṣiṇāvat - possessing sacrificial fees, accompanied by gifts

suffix -vat denoting 'having'

Note: Qualifies 'saṃvatsarasatrāṇi'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - the enforcing power of the state or law (punishment, rod, staff, rule, law, authority)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, chastisement, dominion, authority, law

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पालयेत् (pālayet) - would protect (the order, enabling such activities) (would protect, would govern, would maintain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pāl

Causative of root 'pā' (to protect) or denominal from 'pāla' (protector)

Root: pāl (class 10)