महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-68, verse-28

न लभेद्धर्मसंश्लेषं हतविप्रहतो जनः ।
कर्ता स्वेच्छेन्द्रियो गच्छेद्यदि राजा न पालयेत् ॥२८॥

28. na labheddharmasaṁśleṣaṁ hataviprahato janaḥ ,
kartā svecchendriyo gacchedyadi rājā na pālayet.

28. na labhet dharmasaṃśleṣam hataviprahataḥ janaḥ
kartā svecchendriyaḥ gacchet yadi rājā na pālayet

28. yadi rājā na pālayet hataviprahataḥ janaḥ
dharmasaṃśleṣam na labhet svecchendriyaḥ kartā gacchet

28. If the king does not protect, the people, ruined when brahmins are harmed, would not attain adherence to the natural law (dharma). A perpetrator, acting according to his own uncontrolled senses, would proceed (unchecked).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• लभेत् (labhet) - would attain (would obtain, might obtain, should obtain)

• धर्मसंश्लेषम् (dharmasaṁśleṣam) - adherence to the natural law (dharma) (connection with natural law, adherence to duty, union with righteousness)

• हतविप्रहतः (hataviprahataḥ) - people ruined when brahmins are harmed/neglected (afflicted due to harmed brahmins, one whose brahmins are harmed and is thus harmed)

• जनः (janaḥ) - people (person, people, man)

• कर्ता (kartā) - a perpetrator (doer, agent, creator, perpetrator)

• स्वेच्छेन्द्रियः (svecchendriyaḥ) - acting according to his own uncontrolled senses (whose senses are according to his own will, uncontrolled senses)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would proceed (unchecked) (would go, might go, should go)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - does not protect (would protect, would rule, should protect)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

लभेत् (labhet) - would attain (would obtain, might obtain, should obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhi liṅ) of labh

Potential Mood

3rd person, singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: labh (class 1)

धर्मसंश्लेषम् (dharmasaṁśleṣam) - adherence to the natural law (dharma) (connection with natural law, adherence to duty, union with righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmasaṃśleṣa

dharmasaṁśleṣa - adherence to (dharma), connection with duty/righteousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃśleṣa)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃśleṣa – union, contact, adherence, embrace
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-śliṣ (to cling, embrace)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śliṣ (class 1)

हतविप्रहतः (hataviprahataḥ) - people ruined when brahmins are harmed/neglected (afflicted due to harmed brahmins, one whose brahmins are harmed and is thus harmed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hataviprahata

hataviprahata - one whose brahmins are harmed, and is himself consequently harmed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+vipra+hata)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, harmed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• vipra – brahmin, priest, learned man
  noun (masculine)
• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, harmed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'janaḥ'

जनः (janaḥ) - people (person, people, man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man

कर्ता (kartā) - a perpetrator (doer, agent, creator, perpetrator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

agent noun

from kṛ (to do, make) + tṛc suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वेच्छेन्द्रियः (svecchendriyaḥ) - acting according to his own uncontrolled senses (whose senses are according to his own will, uncontrolled senses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svecchendriya

svecchendriya - one whose senses are at his own will, self-willed with respect to senses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+icchā+indriya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• icchā – will, desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  from iṣ (to wish, desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'kartā'

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would proceed (unchecked) (would go, might go, should go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhi liṅ) of gam

Potential Mood

3rd person, singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: gam (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - the king (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

पालयेत् (pālayet) - does not protect (would protect, would rule, should protect)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (vidhi liṅ) of pāl

Potential Mood

3rd person, singular, active voice (causative stem of pṛ)

Root: pṛ (class 1)