महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-79, verse-31

भवत्यधर्मो धर्मो हि धर्माधर्मावुभावपि ।
कारणाद्देशकालस्य देशकालः स तादृशः ॥३१॥

31. bhavatyadharmo dharmo hi dharmādharmāvubhāvapi ,
kāraṇāddeśakālasya deśakālaḥ sa tādṛśaḥ.

31. bhavati adharmaḥ dharmaḥ hi dharma-adharmau ubhau
api kāraṇāt deśa-kālasya deśa-kālaḥ saḥ tādṛśaḥ

31. hi adharmaḥ dharmaḥ bhavati api ubhau dharma-adharmau (bhavataḥ)
deśa-kālasya kāraṇāt saḥ deśa-kālaḥ tādṛśaḥ (bhavati)

31. Indeed, what is considered unrighteousness (adharma) can become righteousness (dharma), and both righteousness and unrighteousness (dharma and adharma) themselves are determined by the specific circumstances of place and time. Such is the nature of that particular place and time.

Words meanings summery:

• भवति (bhavati) - it becomes, it is

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, unconstitutional act, injustice

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, natural law, duty

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• धर्म-अधर्मौ (dharma-adharmau) - righteousness and unrighteousness

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - due to the cause, on account of

• देश-कालस्य (deśa-kālasya) - of place and time, of circumstances

• देश-कालः (deśa-kālaḥ) - the place and time, the circumstances

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

Words meanings and morphology

भवति (bhavati) - it becomes, it is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, unconstitutional act, injustice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, wrong conduct, that which is contrary to dharma

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, natural law, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

धर्म-अधर्मौ (dharma-adharmau) - righteousness and unrighteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dharma-adharma

dharma-adharma - righteousness and unrighteousness

Compound type : Dvandva (dharma+adharma)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• adharma – unrighteousness, injustice, wrong conduct, that which is contrary to dharma
  noun (masculine)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

कारणात् (kāraṇāt) - due to the cause, on account of

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

देश-कालस्य (deśa-kālasya) - of place and time, of circumstances

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deśa-kāla

deśa-kāla - place and time, circumstances

Compound type : Dvandva (deśa+kāla)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

देश-कालः (deśa-kālaḥ) - the place and time, the circumstances

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa-kāla

deśa-kāla - place and time, circumstances

Compound type : Dvandva (deśa+kāla)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that sort, like that