महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-186, verse-31

एक एव चरेद्धर्मं नास्ति धर्मे सहायता ।
केवलं विधिमासाद्य सहायः किं करिष्यति ॥३१॥

31. eka eva careddharmaṁ nāsti dharme sahāyatā ,
kevalaṁ vidhimāsādya sahāyaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati.

31. एकः एव चरेत् धर्मम् न अस्ति धर्मे सहायता
केवलम् विधिम् आसाद्य सहायः किम् करिष्यति

31. एकः एव धर्मम् चरेत् धर्मे सहायता न अस्ति
केवलम् विधिम् आसाद्य सहायः किम् करिष्यति?

31. One should follow their natural law (dharma) alone; there is no true assistance in (the path of) dharma. Having merely acquired the method or rule, what real help can an assistant provide?

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

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

• चरेत् (caret) - should practice, should follow, should perform

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• धर्मे (dharme) - in (the matter of) dharma, in duty

• सहायता (sahāyatā) - help, assistance, companionship

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

• विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, method, injunction, ordinance

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached, having accomplished

• सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper, assistant, companion

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will perform, will make

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, sole, alone

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

(indeclinable)

चरेत् (caret) - should practice, should follow, should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of caret

Optative active

Root: car (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of asti

Present active indicative

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मे (dharme) - in (the matter of) dharma, in duty

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सहायता (sahāyatā) - help, assistance, companionship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sahāyatā

sahāyatā - help, assistance, companionship

Derived from 'sahāya' (helper)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

(indeclinable)

विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, method, injunction, ordinance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, injunction, ordinance, destiny

From root 'dhā' (to place, put) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached, having accomplished

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root 'sad' (to sit, to reach) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper, assistant, companion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahāya

sahāya - helper, assistant, companion

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will perform, will make

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kariṣyati

Future active indicative

Root: kṛ (class 8)