महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-67, verse-15

अदासः क्रियते दासो ह्रियन्ते च बलात्स्त्रियः ।
एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवाः प्रजापालान्प्रचक्रिरे ॥१५॥

15. adāsaḥ kriyate dāso hriyante ca balātstriyaḥ ,
etasmātkāraṇāddevāḥ prajāpālānpracakrire.

15. adāsaḥ kriyate dāsaḥ hriyante ca balāt striyaḥ
etasmāt kāraṇāt devāḥ prajāpālān pracakrire

15. adāsaḥ dāsaḥ kriyate ca striyaḥ balāt hriyante
etasmāt kāraṇāt devāḥ prajāpālān pracakrire

15. A free person is made a slave, and women are forcibly abducted. For this reason, the gods created protectors of the people.

Words meanings summery:

• अदासः (adāsaḥ) - a free person (not a slave, a free person)

• क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed

• दासः (dāsaḥ) - a slave, a servant

• ह्रियन्ते (hriyante) - they are abducted (they are carried off, they are stolen)

• च (ca) - and

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this, for this

• कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - reason (from a cause, by reason of)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods

• प्रजापालान् (prajāpālān) - protectors of the people, rulers

• प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they created, they made

Words meanings and morphology

अदासः (adāsaḥ) - a free person (not a slave, a free person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adāsa

adāsa - not a slave, free (person)

Negation 'a-' + 'dāsa' (slave).

क्रियते (kriyate) - is made, is done, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Indicative Passive

Root 'kṛ' (class 8, ubhayapada) in present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दासः (dāsaḥ) - a slave, a servant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāsa

dāsa - slave, servant, devotee

ह्रियन्ते (hriyante) - they are abducted (they are carried off, they are stolen)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of hṛ

Present Indicative Passive

Root 'hṛ' (class 1, parasmaipada) in present tense, 3rd person plural, passive voice.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - force, strength, power

Note: Used as an adverbial ablative meaning 'by force'.

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

एतस्मात् (etasmāt) - from this, for this

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Governs 'kāraṇāt'.

कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - reason (from a cause, by reason of)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From root 'kṛ' (to do) + suffix 'ana'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used with 'etasmāt' to mean 'for this reason'.

देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

प्रजापालान् (prajāpālān) - protectors of the people, rulers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prajāpāla

prajāpāla - protector of the people, ruler, king

Compound of 'prajā' (people) and 'pāla' (protector).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (prajā+pāla)

• prajā – offspring, people, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pā' (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they created, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect indicative (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Indicative

Root 'kṛ' (class 8, ubhayapada) with upasarga 'pra' in perfect tense, 3rd person plural, ātmanepada.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)