महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-262, verse-10

संहत्य धर्मं चरतां पुरासीत्सुखमेव तत् ।
तेषां नासीद्विधातव्यं प्रायश्चित्तं कदाचन ॥१०॥

10. saṁhatya dharmaṁ caratāṁ purāsītsukhameva tat ,
teṣāṁ nāsīdvidhātavyaṁ prāyaścittaṁ kadācana.

10. saṃhatya dharmam caratām purā āsīt sukham eva tat
teṣām na āsīt vidhātavyam prāyaścittam kadācana

10. purā saṃhatya dharmam caratām tat sukham eva āsīt
teṣām kadācana prāyaścittam vidhātavyam na āsīt

10. For those who united to practice their natural law (dharma), that was indeed happiness in the past. For them, there was never any expiation (prāyaścitta) to be performed.

Words meanings summery:

• संहत्य (saṁhatya) - having united, having gathered, having composed oneself

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue)

• चरताम् (caratām) - of those practicing, for those moving

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, before

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, he/she/it existed

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, ease, comfort

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• तत् (tat) - that

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• न (na) - not, no

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, he/she/it existed

• विधातव्यम् (vidhātavyam) - to be performed, to be ordained, to be arranged

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation (prāyaścitta) (expiation, atonement, penance)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

Words meanings and morphology

संहत्य (saṁhatya) - having united, having gathered, having composed oneself

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root 'han' (to strike, join) with prefix 'sam', forms 'saṃhan', then Absolutive with 'ya'.

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

चरताम् (caratām) - of those practicing, for those moving

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of carat

carat - practicing, moving, performing

Present Active Participle

From root 'car' (to move, practice), present participle 'carat'.

Root: car (class 1)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, before

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, he/she/it existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, ease, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, ease, comfort, pleasure

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, he/she/it existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

विधातव्यम् (vidhātavyam) - to be performed, to be ordained, to be arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidhātavya

vidhātavya - to be performed, to be ordained, to be arranged

Gerundive

Root 'dhā' (to place, arrange) with prefix 'vi', forming 'vidhā', then Gerundive suffix 'tavya'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation (prāyaścitta) (expiation, atonement, penance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)