महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-70, verse-30

लोकस्य सीमन्तकरी मर्यादा लोकभावनी ।
सम्यङ्नीता दण्डनीतिर्यथा माता यथा पिता ॥३०॥

30. lokasya sīmantakarī maryādā lokabhāvanī ,
samyaṅnītā daṇḍanītiryathā mātā yathā pitā.

30. lokasya sīmantakarī maryādā lokabhāvanī
samyak nītā daṇḍanītiḥ yathā mātā yathā pitā

30. samyak nītā daṇḍanītiḥ lokasya sīmantakarī
maryādā lokabhāvanī yathā mātā yathā pitā

30. Properly executed, the science of governance (daṇḍanīti) establishes limits and sustains the people of the world, just like a mother and just like a father.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सीमन्तकरी (sīmantakarī) - that which establishes limits (creator of boundaries, boundary-maker, delimiting)

• मर्यादा (maryādā) - limits (boundary, limit, rule, moral law, propriety)

• लोकभावनी (lokabhāvanī) - sustainer of the people (sustainer of the world/people, cherisher of the world/people)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, rightly, completely)

• नीता (nītā) - executed (led, guided, executed)

• दण्डनीतिः (daṇḍanītiḥ) - the science of governance (daṇḍanīti) (the science of governance, polity)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, like, according to)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, like, according to)

• पिता (pitā) - father

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

सीमन्तकरी (sīmantakarī) - that which establishes limits (creator of boundaries, boundary-maker, delimiting)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sīmantakarī

sīmantakarī - boundary-maker, creating limits

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīmanta+karī)

• sīmanta – boundary, limit, demarcation line
  noun (masculine)
• karī – making, doing, causing (feminine form of kartṛ)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with daṇḍanītiḥ.

मर्यादा (maryādā) - limits (boundary, limit, rule, moral law, propriety)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maryādā

maryādā - boundary, limit, rule, custom, moral law, propriety

Note: Agrees with daṇḍanītiḥ.

लोकभावनी (lokabhāvanī) - sustainer of the people (sustainer of the world/people, cherisher of the world/people)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lokabhāvanī

lokabhāvanī - cherishing or supporting the world/people

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+bhāvanī)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvanī – causing to be, nourishing, sustaining (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun (from causative)
  from root bhū (causative bhāv)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with daṇḍanītiḥ.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, rightly, completely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies nītā.

नीता (nītā) - executed (led, guided, executed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīta

nīta - led, guided, conducted, executed

Past Passive Participle

from root nī

Root: nī (class 1)

दण्डनीतिः (daṇḍanītiḥ) - the science of governance (daṇḍanīti) (the science of governance, polity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of daṇḍanīti

daṇḍanīti - science of government, polity, administration of justice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍa+nīti)

• daṇḍa – staff, punishment, scepter, rule
  noun (masculine)
• nīti – conduct, policy, morality, guidance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, like, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with the second yathā.

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

यथा (yathā) - just like (just as, like, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with the first yathā.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father