महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-76, verse-3

सर्वाश्चैव प्रजा नित्यं राजा धर्मेण पालयेत् ।
उत्थानेनाप्रमादेन पूजयेच्चैव धार्मिकान् ॥३॥

3. sarvāścaiva prajā nityaṁ rājā dharmeṇa pālayet ,
utthānenāpramādena pūjayeccaiva dhārmikān.

3. sarvāḥ ca eva prajā nityam rājā dharmeṇa pālayet
utthānena apramādena pūjayet ca eva dhārmikān

3. rājā ca eva nityam sarvāḥ prajāḥ dharmeṇa pālayet
ca eva utthānena apramādena dhārmikān pūjayet

3. Indeed, a king should always protect all his subjects according to natural law (dharma). With diligence and vigilance, he should also honor the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• प्रजा (prajā) - subjects, people, offspring

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• राजा (rājā) - king

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma), by righteousness

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - should protect, should guard

• उत्थानेन (utthānena) - by exertion, by effort, by rising

• अप्रमादेन (apramādena) - by non-negligence, by vigilance, by carefulness

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should honor, should worship

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• धार्मिकान् (dhārmikān) - the virtuous, righteous people

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: modifies 'prajāḥ' (subjects)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

प्रजा (prajā) - subjects, people, offspring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, people

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

used as an adverbial accusative

Note: Used adverbially here

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma), by righteousness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पालयेत् (pālayet) - should protect, should guard

(verb)

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

Optative Active

root 'pāl' in optative 3rd singular active

Root: pāl (class 10)

उत्थानेन (utthānena) - by exertion, by effort, by rising

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of utthāna

utthāna - rising, exertion, effort, diligence

Derived from root 'sthā' with upasargas 'ud' and 'ā'

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

अप्रमादेन (apramādena) - by non-negligence, by vigilance, by carefulness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of apramāda

apramāda - non-negligence, vigilance, carefulness

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'pramāda' (negligence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pramāda)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• pramāda – negligence, carelessness, error
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mad (class 4)

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should honor, should worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of pūj

Optative Active

root 'pūj' in optative 3rd singular active

Root: pūj (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

धार्मिकान् (dhārmikān) - the virtuous, righteous people

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, religious

Derived from dharma with suffix -ika

Note: Used as a noun, referring to 'righteous ones'.