महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-91, verse-38

ममैतदिति नैकस्य मनुष्येष्ववतिष्ठते ।
त्यक्त्वा धर्मं यदा राजा प्रमादमनुतिष्ठति ॥३८॥

38. mamaitaditi naikasya manuṣyeṣvavatiṣṭhate ,
tyaktvā dharmaṁ yadā rājā pramādamanutiṣṭhati.

38. mama etat iti na ekasya manuṣyeṣu avatiṣṭhate
tyaktvā dharmam yadā rājā pramādam anutiṣṭhati

38. yadā rājā dharmam tyaktvā pramādam anutiṣṭhati,
mama etat iti ekasya manuṣyeṣu na avatiṣṭhate

38. When a king, abandoning natural law (dharma), indulges in negligence, the concept of "This is mine" no longer holds true for anyone among men.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

• न (na) - not, no

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, for one, for any single person

• मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among men, among human beings

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - holds true, is upheld (remains, stands firm, exists)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• प्रमादम् (pramādam) - negligence, carelessness, error

• अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - indulges in (practices, performs, engages in, falls into)

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, for one, for any single person

(numeral)

मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among men, among human beings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - holds true, is upheld (remains, stands firm, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ava-sthā

Root sthā (1st class) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of the root tyaj (1st class).

Root: tyaj (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

प्रमादम् (pramādam) - negligence, carelessness, error

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - negligence, carelessness, inadvertence, error

अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - indulges in (practices, performs, engages in, falls into)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anu-sthā

Root sthā (1st class) with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)