महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-8, verse-23

नाधनो धर्मकृत्यानि यथावदनुतिष्ठति ।
धनाद्धि धर्मः स्रवति शैलाद्गिरिनदी यथा ॥२३॥

23. nādhano dharmakṛtyāni yathāvadanutiṣṭhati ,
dhanāddhi dharmaḥ sravati śailādgirinadī yathā.

23. na adhanaḥ dharmakṛtyāni yathāvat anutiṣṭhati
dhanāt hi dharmaḥ sravati śailāt girinadī yathā

23. adhanaḥ dharmakṛtyāni yathāvat na anutiṣṭhati
hi dharmaḥ dhanāt sravati yathā girinadī śailāt

23. One who lacks wealth cannot properly perform the duties prescribed by natural law (dharma). Indeed, natural law (dharma) flows from wealth, just as a mountain river flows from a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अधनः (adhanaḥ) - one without wealth (moneyless, poor, one without wealth)

• धर्मकृत्यानि (dharmakṛtyāni) - duties prescribed by natural law (dharma) (duties of natural law (dharma), religious rites)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly (properly, accurately, in due manner, as it should be)

• अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - performs (he/she/it performs, observes, practices)

• धनात् (dhanāt) - from wealth (from wealth, from riches)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, for)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (duty, righteousness, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature)

• स्रवति (sravati) - flows (it flows, streams, drips)

• शैलात् (śailāt) - from a mountain (from a rock, from a mountain)

• गिरिनदी (girinadī) - mountain river

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अधनः (adhanaḥ) - one without wealth (moneyless, poor, one without wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhana

adhana - poor, moneyless, without wealth

Nominative singular masculine of 'adhana'. Compound 'a' (negation) + 'dhana' (wealth).

धर्मकृत्यानि (dharmakṛtyāni) - duties prescribed by natural law (dharma) (duties of natural law (dharma), religious rites)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dharmakṛtya

dharmakṛtya - religious duty, righteous act, moral obligation

Nominative/accusative plural neuter. Compound 'dharma' + 'kṛtya'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+kṛtya)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• kṛtya – duty, act, action, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root √kṛ 'to do', expresses obligation or fitness.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly (properly, accurately, in due manner, as it should be)

(indeclinable)

Suffix '-vat' to 'yathā' (as).

अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - performs (he/she/it performs, observes, practices)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Active voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

धनात् (dhanāt) - from wealth (from wealth, from riches)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

Root: dhā (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing emphasis or cause.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (duty, righteousness, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्रवति (sravati) - flows (it flows, streams, drips)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Active voice, 3rd person singular.

Root: sru (class 1)

शैलात् (śailāt) - from a mountain (from a rock, from a mountain)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - rock, mountain, hill

Ablative singular.

Root: śil (class 1)

गिरिनदी (girinadī) - mountain river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of girinadī

girinadī - mountain river

Feminine noun. Compound 'giri' + 'nadī'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+nadī)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which way)

(indeclinable)