महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-89, verse-3

यथा तासां च मन्येत श्रेय आत्मन एव च ।
तथा धर्म्याणि सर्वाणि राजा राष्ट्रे प्रवर्तयेत् ॥३॥

3. yathā tāsāṁ ca manyeta śreya ātmana eva ca ,
tathā dharmyāṇi sarvāṇi rājā rāṣṭre pravartayet.

3. yathā tāsām ca manyeta śreyaḥ ātmanaḥ eva ca
tathā dharmyāṇi sarvāṇi rājā rāṣṭre pravartayet

3. yathā rājā tāsām ca ātmanaḥ eva ca śreyaḥ manyeta
tathā rājā rāṣṭre sarvāṇi dharmyāṇi pravartayet

3. And just as he considers what is good for his subjects and also for himself (ātman), so should the king enforce all regulations conforming to natural law (dharma) throughout his kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

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

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of the subjects (prajā) (of them (feminine plural))

• च (ca) - and

• मन्येत (manyeta) - he should think, he should consider

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good (welfare, good, prosperity, better)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself (of the self, of oneself, of the soul (ātman))

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• धर्म्याणि (dharmyāṇi) - (regulations) conforming to natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (regulations) (all, whole, every)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the country, in the nation

• प्रवर्तयेत् (pravartayet) - should enforce (should implement, should enforce, should cause to proceed)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

तासाम् (tāsām) - of the subjects (prajā) (of them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Feminine genitive plural of the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मन्येत (manyeta) - he should think, he should consider

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of man

Optative Middle

3rd person singular Optative middle of the root √man

Root: man (class 4)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good (welfare, good, prosperity, better)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, prosperity, excellent (comparative of 'śrī')

Neuter noun (or adjective) from the root √śrī, meaning 'to shine, to be prosperous'

Root: śrī (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself (of the self, of oneself, of the soul (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence

Masculine n-stem noun, genitive singular form

Root: an (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

धर्म्याणि (dharmyāṇi) - (regulations) conforming to natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, in accordance with dharma, proper

Derived from 'dharma' with the suffix -ya, meaning 'related to dharma'

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (regulations) (all, whole, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Neuter accusative plural of the pronoun/adjective 'sarva'

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Masculine n-stem noun

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pravartayet'.

राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the country, in the nation

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, country, nation, realm

Neuter noun, locative singular form

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रवर्तयेत् (pravartayet) - should enforce (should implement, should enforce, should cause to proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pra-vṛt

Optative Active (Causative stem)

3rd person singular Optative active of the causative stem of the root √vṛt (to turn, to exist) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)