महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-297, verse-6

धर्मः सतां हितः पुंसां धर्मश्चैवाश्रयः सताम् ।
धर्माल्लोकास्त्रयस्तात प्रवृत्ताः सचराचराः ॥६॥

6. dharmaḥ satāṁ hitaḥ puṁsāṁ dharmaścaivāśrayaḥ satām ,
dharmāllokāstrayastāta pravṛttāḥ sacarācarāḥ.

6. dharmaḥ satām hitaḥ puṃsām dharmaḥ ca eva āśrayaḥ
satām dharmāt lokāḥ trayaḥ tāta pravṛttāḥ sacarācarāḥ

6. dharmaḥ satām puṃsām hitaḥ; ca eva dharmaḥ satām āśrayaḥ.
tāta,
dharmāt trayaḥ sacarācarāḥ lokāḥ pravṛttāḥ.

6. Right conduct (dharma) is beneficial for good people, and indeed, right conduct (dharma) is the support of the virtuous. O dear one, from right conduct (dharma) the three worlds, along with their animate and inanimate beings, have originated.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - right conduct (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, constitution)

• सताम् (satām) - of good people (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing ones)

• हितः (hitaḥ) - beneficial (beneficial, well-disposed, placed, good)

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - for human beings (of men, for men, of males, of human beings)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - right conduct (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, constitution)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - support (refuge, support, shelter, reliance)

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing ones)

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from right conduct (dharma) (from natural law, from intrinsic nature, from righteousness, from duty, from constitution)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (worlds, realms, people)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (father, dear one, friend, son)

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have originated (originated, started, proceeded, engaged in)

• सचराचराः (sacarācarāḥ) - along with their animate and inanimate beings (with moving and non-moving (beings), animate and inanimate)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - right conduct (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

सताम् (satām) - of good people (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sant

sant - being, existing, good, virtuous, noble

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'puṃsām'.

हितः (hitaḥ) - beneficial (beneficial, well-disposed, placed, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, salutary, placed, put, enjoined, good

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, hold), irregular formation.

Root: dhā (class 3)

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - for human beings (of men, for men, of males, of human beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, spirit

Note: Dative sense of "for men".

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - right conduct (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, constitution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects the two clauses about dharma.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - support (refuge, support, shelter, reliance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśraya

āśraya - refuge, support, shelter, resort, seat

From root 'śri' (to resort to, cling to) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for 'dharmaḥ'.

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existing ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sant

sant - being, existing, good, virtuous, noble

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'āśrayaḥ'.

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from right conduct (dharma) (from natural law, from intrinsic nature, from righteousness, from duty, from constitution)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates source or origin.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people, community

From root 'lok' (to see).

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Subject of the third clause.

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'lokāḥ'.

तात (tāta) - O dear one (father, dear one, friend, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, friend (term of endearment, often used by elders addressing younger people or equals)

Vocative.

Note: Addressee.

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have originated (originated, started, proceeded, engaged in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - originated, started, begun, engaged in, active

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛt' (to turn, exist) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Implies an active sense of "have come into being."

सचराचराः (sacarācarāḥ) - along with their animate and inanimate beings (with moving and non-moving (beings), animate and inanimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sacarācara

sacarācara - consisting of animate and inanimate, with moving and non-moving

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'sa' (with) + 'cara' (moving) + 'acara' (non-moving).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+cara+acara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'.
• cara – moving, animate, mobile
  adjective
  agent noun
  Derived from root car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – non-moving, inanimate, immobile
  adjective
  Compound of 'a' (not) and 'cara' (moving).

Note: Modifies 'lokāḥ'.