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12,37

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-37, verse-14

जातिश्रेण्यधिवासानां कुलधर्मांश्च सर्वतः ।
वर्जयेन्न हि तं धर्मं येषां धर्मो न विद्यते ॥१४॥
14. jātiśreṇyadhivāsānāṁ kuladharmāṁśca sarvataḥ ,
varjayenna hi taṁ dharmaṁ yeṣāṁ dharmo na vidyate.
14. jātiśreṇyadhivāsānām kuladharmān ca sarvataḥ
varjayet na hi tam dharmam yeṣām dharmaḥ na vidyate
14. sarvataḥ jātiśreṇyadhivāsānām kuladharmān ca varjayet
yeṣām dharmaḥ na vidyate tam dharmam na hi varjayet
14. One should completely renounce the inherent practices (kuladharma) of various communities – castes (jāti), guilds (śreṇi), and settlements (adhivāsa). Nevertheless, one should certainly not renounce that natural law (dharma) pertaining to those for whom (their own specific) natural law (dharma) does not exist (or is not applicable).

Words meanings summery:

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  • जातिश्रेण्यधिवासानाम् (jātiśreṇyadhivāsānām) - of various communities – castes (jāti), guilds (śreṇi), and settlements (adhivāsa) (of castes, guilds, and residents/settlements)
  • कुलधर्मान् (kuladharmān) - inherent practices (kuladharma) (family customs/duties, traditions of a family/community)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, in all respects, from all sides)
  • वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should completely renounce (one should avoid, one should abandon, one should shun)
  • (na) - not, no
  • हि (hi) - certainly (indeed, for, because (an emphatic or causal particle))
  • तम् (tam) - that natural law (that)
  • धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
  • येषाम् (yeṣām) - pertaining to those for whom (of those, for whom)
  • धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - (their own specific) natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
  • (na) - not, no
  • विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (or is not applicable) (it exists, it is found, it is present)

Words meanings and morphology

जातिश्रेण्यधिवासानाम् (jātiśreṇyadhivāsānām) - of various communities – castes (jāti), guilds (śreṇi), and settlements (adhivāsa) (of castes, guilds, and residents/settlements)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of jātiśreṇyadhivāsa
jātiśreṇyadhivāsa - castes, guilds, and settlements/residents
Compound type : dvandva (jāti+śreṇi+adhivāsa)
  • jāti – birth, lineage, caste, community
    noun (feminine)
    Root: jan (class 4)
  • śreṇi – line, row, series, guild, corporation
    noun (feminine)
    Root: śri (class 1)
  • adhivāsa – dwelling, residence, settlement, inhabitant
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: adhi
    Root: vas (class 1)
कुलधर्मान् (kuladharmān) - inherent practices (kuladharma) (family customs/duties, traditions of a family/community)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kuladharma
kuladharma - family custom, family duty, tradition of a community (dharma)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+dharma)
  • kula – family, race, community, lineage
    noun (neuter)
  • dharma – duty, law, righteousness, intrinsic nature (dharma)
    noun (masculine)
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - completely (entirely, completely, in all respects, from all sides)
(indeclinable)
वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should completely renounce (one should avoid, one should abandon, one should shun)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vṛj
Optative, Paras. 3rd Singular (causative of √vṛj)
Root: vṛj (class 1)
Note: Implies a general agent 'one'.
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - certainly (indeed, for, because (an emphatic or causal particle))
(indeclinable)
तम् (tam) - that natural law (that)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'.
धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - duty, law, righteousness, virtue, natural law (dharma), constitution
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
येषाम् (yeṣām) - pertaining to those for whom (of those, for whom)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
Note: Relative pronoun, referring to implicit groups of people.
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - (their own specific) natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - duty, law, righteousness, virtue, natural law (dharma), constitution
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
विद्यते (vidyate) - does not exist (or is not applicable) (it exists, it is found, it is present)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid
Present Indicative, Ātmanepada, 3rd Singular
Root: vid (class 4)