महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-259, verse-4

अधर्मतां याति धर्मो यात्यधर्मश्च धर्मताम् ।
वधो नाम भवेद्धर्मो नैतद्भवितुमर्हति ॥४॥

4. adharmatāṁ yāti dharmo yātyadharmaśca dharmatām ,
vadho nāma bhaveddharmo naitadbhavitumarhati.

4. adharmatām yāti dharmaḥ yāti adharmaḥ ca dharmatām
vadhaḥ nāma bhavet dharmaḥ na etat bhavitum arhati

4. dharmaḥ adharmatām yāti ca adharmaḥ dharmatām yāti.
vadhaḥ nāma dharmaḥ bhavet.
etat na bhavitum arhati.

4. Natural law (dharma) turns into lawlessness (adharma), and lawlessness (adharma) turns into natural law (dharma). Killing would be called natural law (dharma). This ought not to happen.

Words meanings summery:

• अधर्मताम् (adharmatām) - to the state of being contrary to natural law (to the state of lawlessness, to impropriety)

• याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, moves, proceeds, becomes)

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

• याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, moves, proceeds, becomes)

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - lawlessness (adharma) (lawlessness, unrighteousness, that which is contrary to natural law)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• धर्मताम् (dharmatām) - to natural law (dharma) (to the state of natural law, to righteousness)

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (killing, slaying, destruction)

• नाम (nāma) - so-called (by name, indeed, it is true, so-called)

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

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this, that)

• भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to happen, to be (to be, to become)

• अर्हति (arhati) - ought to happen, deserves to be (is worthy of, ought, should, deserves)

Words meanings and morphology

अधर्मताम् (adharmatām) - to the state of being contrary to natural law (to the state of lawlessness, to impropriety)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of adharmatā

adharmatā - state of lawlessness, impropriety, unrighteousness

derived from adharma + suffix -tā (abstract noun forming suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+dharma+tā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• tā – state of, -ness
  noun (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, moves, proceeds, becomes)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

याति (yāti) - becomes, turns into (goes, moves, proceeds, becomes)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - lawlessness (adharma) (lawlessness, unrighteousness, that which is contrary to natural law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - lawlessness, unrighteousness, that which is contrary to natural law

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

धर्मताम् (dharmatām) - to natural law (dharma) (to the state of natural law, to righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dharmatā

dharmatā - state of natural law, righteousness, duty

derived from dharma + suffix -tā (abstract noun forming suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+tā)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• tā – state of, -ness
  noun (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (killing, slaying, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, destruction

from root han (to strike, kill) with suffix -a, or root badh (to bind, kill)

Root: han / badh (class 2)

नाम (nāma) - so-called (by name, indeed, it is true, so-called)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (situation) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etat

etat - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun

भवितुम् (bhavitum) - to happen, to be (to be, to become)

(verb)

infinitive

infinitive form of the root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अर्हति (arhati) - ought to happen, deserves to be (is worthy of, ought, should, deserves)

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)