महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-233, verse-5

अस्ति धर्म इति प्रोक्तं नास्तीत्यत्रैव यो वदेत् ।
तस्य पक्षस्य सदृशमिदं मम भवेदथ ॥५॥

5. asti dharma iti proktaṁ nāstītyatraiva yo vadet ,
tasya pakṣasya sadṛśamidaṁ mama bhavedatha.

5. asti dharmaḥ iti proktam na asti iti atra eva yaḥ
vadet tasya pakṣasya sadṛśam idam mama bhavet atha

5. dharmaḥ asti iti proktam ca yaḥ atra eva na asti iti vadet,
atha tasya pakṣasya sadṛśam idam mama bhavet

5. It is declared that there is natural law (dharma). And whoever, in this very context, would say 'there is not,' then my stance would be similar to his view.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared (declared, said, spoken)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

• अत्र (atra) - in this very context (here, in this (context))

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

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

• वदेत् (vadet) - would say (should speak, would say)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, that)

• पक्षस्य (pakṣasya) - of his view/position (of the side, of the party, of the opinion)

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar (similar, like, resembling)

• इदम् (idam) - this (stance/view) (this, this (neuter))

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be (would be, should be, may be)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P.P. (Parasmaipada) of root as-

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared (declared, said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - said, spoken, declared

past passive participle

Past passive participle from root vac- (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions predicatively for an implied 'it'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, P.P. (Parasmaipada) of root as-

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this very context (here, in this (context))

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'atra'.

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, subject of 'vadet'.

वदेत् (vadet) - would say (should speak, would say)

(verb)

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

optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, P.P. (Parasmaipada) of root vad-

Root: vad (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'yaḥ'.

पक्षस्य (pakṣasya) - of his view/position (of the side, of the party, of the opinion)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pakṣa

pakṣa - side, wing, party, opinion, view

Note: Governed by 'sadṛśam'.

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - similar (similar, like, resembling)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, resembling, like

Note: Agrees with 'idam'.

इदम् (idam) - this (stance/view) (this, this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Possessive pronoun for 'idam'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be (would be, should be, may be)

(verb)

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

optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice, P.P. (Parasmaipada) of root bhū-

Root: bhū (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.