महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-184, verse-5

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
किं कस्य धर्मचरणं किं वा धर्मस्य लक्षणम् ।
धर्मः कतिविधो वापि तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥५॥

5. bharadvāja uvāca ,
kiṁ kasya dharmacaraṇaṁ kiṁ vā dharmasya lakṣaṇam ,
dharmaḥ katividho vāpi tadbhavānvaktumarhati.

5. bharadvāja uvāca kim kasya dharmacaraṇam kim vā dharmasya
lakṣaṇam dharmaḥ katividhaḥ vā api tat bhavān vaktum arhati

5. bharadvāja uvāca bhavān tat vaktum arhati kim kasya
dharmacaraṇam vā dharmasya kim lakṣaṇam vā dharmaḥ katividhaḥ api

5. Bhāradvāja said: "What is the proper conduct of one's intrinsic nature (dharma) for each person, or what is the definition of intrinsic nature (dharma)? And how many types of intrinsic nature (dharma) are there? You, revered sir, are qualified to explain that."

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bhāradvāja (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

• कस्य (kasya) - of whom, for whom

• धर्मचरणम् (dharmacaraṇam) - the practice of one's intrinsic nature, the performance of duty

• किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

• वा (vā) - or

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of intrinsic nature, of duty

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, definition, mark, sign

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic nature, natural law, duty

• कतिविधः (katividhaḥ) - of how many kinds/types

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

• तत् (tat) - that

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful address), venerable sir

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

• अर्हति (arhati) - is able, is fit, deserves

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bhāradvāja (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - a descendant of Bharadvāja; name of a famous Vedic sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

perfect (liṭ)

root 'vac' with reduplication, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

(interrogative pronoun)

कस्य (kasya) - of whom, for whom

(interrogative pronoun)

धर्मचरणम् (dharmacaraṇam) - the practice of one's intrinsic nature, the performance of duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmacaraṇa

dharmacaraṇa - practice of dharma, performance of duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+caraṇa)

• dharma – intrinsic nature, natural law, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• caraṇa – act of moving, walking, practice, performance, conduct
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from root 'car' + -ana
  Root: car (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

(interrogative pronoun)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of intrinsic nature, of duty

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - intrinsic nature, natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, definition, mark, sign

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, definition, token

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic nature, natural law, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - intrinsic nature, natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कतिविधः (katividhaḥ) - of how many kinds/types

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of katividha

katividha - of how many kinds, of how many sorts

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful address), venerable sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), venerable, worthy

Note: Used as a respectful pronoun for 'you'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root 'vac' + -tum suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हति (arhati) - is able, is fit, deserves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present (laṭ)

root 'arh', 3rd person singular active

Root: arh (class 1)