महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-91, verse-4

राजा चरति वै धर्मं देवत्वायैव गच्छति ।
न चेद्धर्मं स चरति नरकायैव गच्छति ॥४॥

4. rājā carati vai dharmaṁ devatvāyaiva gacchati ,
na ceddharmaṁ sa carati narakāyaiva gacchati.

4. rājā carati vai dharmam devatvāya eva gacchati
na cet dharmam saḥ carati narakāya eva gacchati

4. rājā vai dharmam carati devatvāya eva gacchati
cet saḥ dharmam na carati narakāya eva gacchati

4. A king who indeed upholds his constitutional duty (dharma) certainly attains divinity. If he does not uphold his constitutional duty (dharma), he undoubtedly goes to hell.

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• चरति (carati) - practices, performs, moves, goes, walks

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature

• देवत्वाय (devatvāya) - for divinity, for godhood

• एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

• न (na) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• चरति (carati) - practices, performs, moves, goes, walks

• नरकाय (narakāya) - for hell, to hell

• एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

चरति (carati) - practices, performs, moves, goes, walks

(verb)

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

root 'car' (to move), present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: car (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitutional duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature, virtue, cosmic order

from root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

देवत्वाय (devatvāya) - for divinity, for godhood

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of devatva

devatva - divinity, godhood, divine nature

derived from 'deva' (god) + 'tva' (abstract suffix)

एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

root 'gam' (to go), present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitutional duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature, virtue, cosmic order

from root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

चरति (carati) - practices, performs, moves, goes, walks

(verb)

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

root 'car' (to move), present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: car (class 1)

नरकाय (narakāya) - for hell, to hell

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, abode of torment

एव (eva) - certainly, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

root 'gam' (to go), present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)