महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-37, verse-15

दश वा वेदशास्त्रज्ञास्त्रयो वा धर्मपाठकाः ।
यद्ब्रूयुः कार्य उत्पन्ने स धर्मो धर्मसंशये ॥१५॥

15. daśa vā vedaśāstrajñāstrayo vā dharmapāṭhakāḥ ,
yadbrūyuḥ kārya utpanne sa dharmo dharmasaṁśaye.

15. daśa vā vedaśāstrajñāḥ trayaḥ vā dharmapāṭhakāḥ
yat brūyuḥ kārye utpanne saḥ dharmaḥ dharmasaṃśaye

15. dharmasaṃśaye kārye utpanne daśa vedaśāstrajñāḥ vā
trayaḥ vā dharmapāṭhakāḥ yat brūyuḥ saḥ dharmaḥ

15. When a doubt arises concerning natural law (dharma), whatever ten experts in Vedic scriptures or three expounders of natural law (dharma) declare regarding a specific matter, that is indeed the natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वेदशास्त्रज्ञाः (vedaśāstrajñāḥ) - experts in Vedic scriptures (knowers of Vedic scriptures)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• वा (vā) - or, either

• धर्मपाठकाः (dharmapāṭhakāḥ) - expounders of natural law (dharma) (reciters/expounders of natural law)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they declare (they might say/declare)

• कार्ये (kārye) - regarding a specific matter (in a matter, in an action, in a duty)

• उत्पन्ने (utpanne) - when it arises (arisen, produced, happened, occurred)

• सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

• धर्मसंशये (dharmasaṁśaye) - in a doubt concerning natural law (dharma) (in a doubt concerning natural law)

Words meanings and morphology

दश (daśa) - ten

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

वेदशास्त्रज्ञाः (vedaśāstrajñāḥ) - experts in Vedic scriptures (knowers of Vedic scriptures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedaśāstrajña

vedaśāstrajña - knower of Vedic scriptures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+śāstra+jña)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• jña – knower, expert
  noun (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know) + suffix -a
  Root: jñā (class 9)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

धर्मपाठकाः (dharmapāṭhakāḥ) - expounders of natural law (dharma) (reciters/expounders of natural law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmapāṭhaka

dharmapāṭhaka - reciter/expounder of natural law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+pāṭhaka)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• pāṭhaka – reader, reciter, teacher
  noun (masculine)
  From root paṭh (to read) + -aka suffix
  Root: paṭh (class 1)

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Acts as a relative pronoun/conjunction here.

ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they declare (they might say/declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

Optative 3rd plural, root brū/vac

Root: brū (class 2)

कार्ये (kārye) - regarding a specific matter (in a matter, in an action, in a duty)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, matter, action, business

Gerundive

From root kṛ + yaṭ suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

उत्पन्ने (utpanne) - when it arises (arisen, produced, happened, occurred)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, happened, born

Past Passive Participle

From root pad with upasarga ut

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धर्मसंशये (dharmasaṁśaye) - in a doubt concerning natural law (dharma) (in a doubt concerning natural law)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharmasaṃśaya

dharmasaṁśaya - doubt concerning natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃśaya)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  From root śi with upasarga saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi (class 7)