महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-63, verse-28

मज्जेत्त्रयी दण्डनीतौ हतायां सर्वे धर्मा न भवेयुर्विरुद्धाः ।
सर्वे धर्माश्चाश्रमाणां गताः स्युः क्षात्रे त्यक्ते राजधर्मे पुराणे ॥२८॥

28. majjettrayī daṇḍanītau hatāyāṁ; sarve dharmā na bhaveyurviruddhāḥ ,
sarve dharmāścāśramāṇāṁ gatāḥ syuḥ; kṣātre tyakte rājadharme purāṇe.

28. majjet trayī daṇḍanītau hatāyām
sarve dharmāḥ na bhaveyuḥ viruddhāḥ
sarve dharmāḥ ca āśramāṇām gatāḥ
syuḥ kṣātre tyakte rājadharme purāṇe

28. The three Vedas (trayī) would perish if the science of governance (daṇḍanīti) were abolished. All other duties (dharma) would become conflicted, and all the duties (dharma) of the various stages of life (āśrama) would vanish, if the ancient royal duty (rājadharma) of a warrior (kṣātra dharma) were abandoned.

Words meanings summery:

• मज्जेत् (majjet) - would sink, would perish, would disappear

• त्रयी (trayī) - the triad, the three Vedas

• दण्डनीतौ (daṇḍanītau) - in the science of governance, in polity

• हतायाम् (hatāyām) - destroyed, abolished, killed

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - duties, natural laws

• न (na) - not, no

• भवेयुः (bhaveyuḥ) - they would be, they would become

• विरुद्धाः (viruddhāḥ) - would become conflicted or cease to exist harmoniously (opposed, conflicted, contrary, not maintained)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - duties, natural laws

• च (ca) - and, also

• आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām) - of the stages of life

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, departed, ceased to exist

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

• क्षात्रे (kṣātre) - in the (duty) pertaining to the warrior (in the warrior's, pertaining to the kṣatriya)

• त्यक्ते (tyakte) - abandoned, renounced, neglected

• राजधर्मे (rājadharme) - in royal duty, in the duty of a king

• पुराणे (purāṇe) - ancient, old, traditional

Words meanings and morphology

मज्जेत् (majjet) - would sink, would perish, would disappear

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhilin) of majj

root of 6th class

Root: majj (class 6)

त्रयी (trayī) - the triad, the three Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of trayī

trayī - a triad, a collection of three; specifically, the three Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama)

Feminine form of traya (triad)

दण्डनीतौ (daṇḍanītau) - in the science of governance, in polity

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of daṇḍanīti

daṇḍanīti - the science of government, polity, administration of justice

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍa+nīti)

• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment, scepter, governance
  noun (masculine)
• nīti – guidance, conduct, policy, ethics, science of (esp. government)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nī (class 1)

हतायाम् (hatāyām) - destroyed, abolished, killed

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed, ruined, abolished

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - duties, natural laws

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भवेयुः (bhaveyuḥ) - they would be, they would become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhilin) of bhū

root of 1st class

Root: bhū (class 1)

विरुद्धाः (viruddhāḥ) - would become conflicted or cease to exist harmoniously (opposed, conflicted, contrary, not maintained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viruddha

viruddha - opposed, obstructed, hindered, contrary, hostile

Past Passive Participle

From root rudh with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - duties, natural laws

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām) - of the stages of life

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastery; a stage of life or religious living (e.g., student, householder, forest dweller, renunciant)

Root: śram (class 4)

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, departed, ceased to exist

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived, obtained, passed away, ceased to exist

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they might be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhilin) of as

root of 2nd class

Root: as (class 2)

क्षात्रे (kṣātre) - in the (duty) pertaining to the warrior (in the warrior's, pertaining to the kṣatriya)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣātra

kṣātra - relating to a kṣatriya, royal, warlike, valorous

Note: Agrees with 'rājadharme'.

त्यक्ते (tyakte) - abandoned, renounced, neglected

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, forsaken, given up, left

Past Passive Participle

From root tyaj (to abandon, forsake)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rājadharme'.

राजधर्मे (rājadharme) - in royal duty, in the duty of a king

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rājadharma

rājadharma - royal duty, duty of a king, constitutional duty of a ruler

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+dharma)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, natural law
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पुराणे (purāṇe) - ancient, old, traditional

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, former, traditional; an ancient legend or tale

Note: Agrees with 'rājadharme'.