महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-259, verse-5

द्युमत्सेन उवाच ।
अथ चेदवधो धर्मो धर्मः को जातु चिद्भवेत् ।
दस्यवश्चेन्न हन्येरन्सत्यवन्संकरो भवेत् ॥५॥

5. dyumatsena uvāca ,
atha cedavadho dharmo dharmaḥ ko jātu cidbhavet ,
dasyavaścenna hanyeransatyavansaṁkaro bhavet.

5. dyumatsena uvāca atha cet avadhaḥ dharmaḥ dharmaḥ kaḥ jātu
cit bhavet dasyavaḥ cet na hanyeran satyavan saṃkaraḥ bhavet

5. dyumatsena uvāca atha cet avadhaḥ dharmaḥ,
kaḥ dharmaḥ jātu cit bhavet? satyavan,
cet dasyavaḥ na hanyeran,
saṃkaraḥ bhavet.

5. Dyumatsena said: Now, if non-killing is considered natural law (dharma), then what sort of natural law (dharma) would there ever be? Satyavan, if robbers are not killed, then there will be utter chaos (saṃkara).

Words meanings summery:

• द्युमत्सेन (dyumatsena) - King Dyumatsena, father of Satyavan (Dyumatsena (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

• अथ (atha) - now, then (introduces a new point) (now, then, moreover)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अवधः (avadhaḥ) - non-killing (non-killing, not slaying)

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

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

• कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

• जातु (jātu) - ever (ever, at any time)

• चित् (cit) - (with jātu) intensifying 'ever' (any, even, whatsoever)

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

• दस्यवः (dasyavaḥ) - robbers (robbers, thieves, enemies)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हन्येरन् (hanyeran) - they are killed (in a hypothetical conditional) (they would be killed, they should be slain)

• सत्यवन् (satyavan) - (addressing) Satyavan (Satyavan (proper noun, vocative form))

• संकरः (saṁkaraḥ) - utter chaos, confusion of established order (mixture, confusion, chaos, intermixture of castes)

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

Words meanings and morphology

द्युमत्सेन (dyumatsena) - King Dyumatsena, father of Satyavan (Dyumatsena (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dyumatsena

dyumatsena - Dyumatsena (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, irregular form

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - now, then (introduces a new point) (now, then, moreover)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अवधः (avadhaḥ) - non-killing (non-killing, not slaying)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avadha

avadha - not slaying, security from attack

a (negation) + vadha (killing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vadha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix va, or root badh (to bind, kill)
  Root: han / badh (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)

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)

कः (kaḥ) - what (kind of) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

interrogative pronoun

जातु (jātu) - ever (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - (with jātu) intensifying 'ever' (any, even, whatsoever)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

दस्यवः (dasyavaḥ) - robbers (robbers, thieves, enemies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dasyu

dasyu - robber, thief, foe, barbarian

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हन्येरन् (hanyeran) - they are killed (in a hypothetical conditional) (they would be killed, they should be slain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Optative mood, passive voice, 3rd person plural

Root: han (class 2)

सत्यवन् (satyavan) - (addressing) Satyavan (Satyavan (proper noun, vocative form))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of satyavat

satyavat - truthful, possessing truth; (as proper noun) Satyavan

From satya (truth) + -vat (possessing)

संकरः (saṁkaraḥ) - utter chaos, confusion of established order (mixture, confusion, chaos, intermixture of castes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkara

saṁkara - mixture, confusion, chaos, intermixture of castes

From sam (together) + kṛ (to do, make) + a (suffix)

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)