महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-262, verse-11

सत्यं हि धर्ममास्थाय दुराधर्षतमा मताः ।
न मात्रामनुरुध्यन्ते न धर्मच्छलमन्ततः ॥११॥

11. satyaṁ hi dharmamāsthāya durādharṣatamā matāḥ ,
na mātrāmanurudhyante na dharmacchalamantataḥ.

11. satyam hi dharmam āsthāya durādharṣatamāḥ matāḥ
na mātrām anurudhyante na dharmacchalam antataḥ

11. satyam hi dharmam āsthāya durādharṣatamāḥ matāḥ
mātrām na anurudhyante antataḥ dharmacchalam na

11. Indeed, having taken recourse in the natural law (dharma) of truth, they are considered most invincible. They do not follow mere externals, nor, ultimately, any pretense of natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, true

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

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

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken recourse in, having based oneself on

• दुराधर्षतमाः (durādharṣatamāḥ) - most irresistible, most unconquerable, most difficult to overcome

• मताः (matāḥ) - considered, thought, believed

• न (na) - not, no

• मात्राम् (mātrām) - a measure, a small portion, mere externals

• अनुरुध्यन्ते (anurudhyante) - they follow, they comply with, they conform to

• न (na) - not, no

• धर्मच्छलम् (dharmacchalam) - any pretense of natural law (dharma) (pretense of natural law (dharma), hypocrisy in natural law (dharma))

• अन्ततः (antataḥ) - ultimately, finally, from the end

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, true

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

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

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken recourse in, having based oneself on

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ā', forms 'āsthā', then Absolutive with 'ya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

दुराधर्षतमाः (durādharṣatamāḥ) - most irresistible, most unconquerable, most difficult to overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durādharṣatama

durādharṣatama - most irresistible, most unconquerable

Superlative form of 'durādharṣa' (difficult to overcome). 'durādharṣa' is formed from 'dus' (bad, difficult) + 'ā' (towards) + 'dhṛṣ' (to dare, attack) + 'a' suffix.

Prefixes: dus+ā

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

मताः (matāḥ) - considered, thought, believed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mata

mata - considered, thought, believed, opinion

Past Passive Participle

Root 'man' (to think, believe), PPP 'mata'.

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मात्राम् (mātrām) - a measure, a small portion, mere externals

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātrā

mātrā - measure, quantity, element, particle, mere

अनुरुध्यन्ते (anurudhyante) - they follow, they comply with, they conform to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of rudh

Prefix: anu

Root: rudh (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

धर्मच्छलम् (dharmacchalam) - any pretense of natural law (dharma) (pretense of natural law (dharma), hypocrisy in natural law (dharma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmacchala

dharmacchala - pretense of dharma, hypocrisy in dharma

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dharma+cchala)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom
  noun (masculine)
• cchala – trick, deceit, fraud, pretense, delusion
  noun (neuter)

अन्ततः (antataḥ) - ultimately, finally, from the end

(indeclinable)