महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-6

धर्म एव कृतः श्रेयानिह लोके परत्र च ।
तस्माद्धि परमं नास्ति यथा प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ॥६॥

6. dharma eva kṛtaḥ śreyāniha loke paratra ca ,
tasmāddhi paramaṁ nāsti yathā prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ.

6. dharma eva kṛtaḥ śreyān iha loke paratra ca
tasmāt hi paramam na asti yathā prāhuḥ manīṣiṇaḥ

6. manīṣiṇaḥ yathā prāhuḥ iha loke paratra ca kṛtaḥ
dharmaḥ eva śreyān hi tasmāt paramam na asti

6. Adherence to natural law (dharma) alone brings welfare and prosperity in this world and the next. Indeed, there is nothing superior to it, as the wise declare.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्म (dharma) - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteous conduct, duty, virtue

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

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed, practiced

• श्रेयान् (śreyān) - superior, better, more auspicious, welfare

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• परत्र (paratra) - in the next world, elsewhere, beyond

• च (ca) - and

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, than that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent thing

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones, thinkers, sagacious persons

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म (dharma) - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteous conduct, duty, virtue

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteous conduct, duty, virtue

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - done, made, performed, practiced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

श्रेयान् (śreyān) - superior, better, more auspicious, welfare

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreyas

śreyas - superior, better, more auspicious, welfare

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

परत्र (paratra) - in the next world, elsewhere, beyond

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, than that

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent thing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of pra-ah

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones, thinkers, sagacious persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, thoughtful, intelligent, a sage