महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-56, verse-6

अत्र वै संप्रमूढे तु धर्मे राजर्षिसेविते ।
लोकस्य संस्था न भवेत्सर्वं च व्याकुलं भवेत् ॥६॥

6. atra vai saṁpramūḍhe tu dharme rājarṣisevite ,
lokasya saṁsthā na bhavetsarvaṁ ca vyākulaṁ bhavet.

6. atra vai sampra-mūḍhe tu dharme rājarṣi-sevite
lokasya saṃsthā na bhavet sarvam ca vyākulam bhavet

6. atra vai rājarṣi-sevite dharme tu sampra-mūḍhe
lokasya saṃsthā na bhavet ca sarvam vyākulam bhavet

6. If this natural law (dharma), honored by royal sages, becomes confused or lost, then there will be no order among the people, and everything will become chaotic.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)

• सम्प्र-मूढे (sampra-mūḍhe) - if the dharma becomes lost/confused (utterly confused, perplexed, deluded, lost)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, then, on the other hand

• धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law (dharma), in duty, in righteousness

• राजर्षि-सेविते (rājarṣi-sevite) - served by royal sages, practiced by royal sages

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

• संस्था (saṁsthā) - order, stability, system, established rule

• न (na) - not

• भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be (would be, should be, may be)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्याकुलम् (vyākulam) - confused, agitated, disordered, chaotic

• भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be (would be, should be, may be)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

सम्प्र-मूढे (sampra-mūḍhe) - if the dharma becomes lost/confused (utterly confused, perplexed, deluded, lost)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sampra-mūḍha

sampra-mūḍha - utterly confused, greatly bewildered, lost, deluded

Past Passive Participle

from sam + pra + mūh ('to confuse, delude')

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: mūh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'dharme'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, then, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law (dharma), in duty, in righteousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

from dhṛ 'to uphold, support'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

राजर्षि-सेविते (rājarṣi-sevite) - served by royal sages, practiced by royal sages

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi-sevita

rājarṣi-sevita - practiced/served by royal sages

Past Passive Participle

from rājarṣi + sevita (served/practiced)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājarṣi+sevita)

• rājarṣi – royal sage, a king who is also a sage
  noun (masculine)
  compound of rājan (king) and ṛṣi (sage)
• sevita – served, worshipped, practiced, resorted to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sev
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'dharme'.

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, community

संस्था (saṁsthā) - order, stability, system, established rule

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthā

saṁsthā - standing together, arrangement, order, system, stability, constitution

from sam + sthā 'to stand'

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be (would be, should be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

3rd Person Singular Optative Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: Acts as a noun 'everything'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्याकुलम् (vyākulam) - confused, agitated, disordered, chaotic

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyākula

vyākula - confused, agitated, disordered, troubled, chaotic

from vi + ā + kul ('to be agitated')

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sarvam'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be (would be, should be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

3rd Person Singular Optative Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)