महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-91, verse-6

राजा परमधर्मात्मा लक्ष्मीवान्पाप उच्यते ।
देवाश्च गर्हां गच्छन्ति धर्मो नास्तीति चोच्यते ॥६॥

6. rājā paramadharmātmā lakṣmīvānpāpa ucyate ,
devāśca garhāṁ gacchanti dharmo nāstīti cocyate.

6. rājā parama-dharmātmā lakṣmīvān pāpaḥ ucyate devāḥ
ca garhām gacchanti dharmaḥ na asti iti ca ucyate

6. rājā parama-dharmātmā lakṣmīvān pāpaḥ ucyate ca
devāḥ garhām gacchanti ca iti dharmaḥ na asti ucyate

6. A king, though possessing supreme adherence to natural law (dharma) and prosperity, is (still) called sinful. Consequently, the gods also incur blame, and it is proclaimed that natural law (dharma) no longer exists.

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• परम-धर्मात्मा (parama-dharmātmā) - supremely righteous soul, one whose nature is supreme righteousness

• लक्ष्मीवान् (lakṣmīvān) - prosperous, fortunate, endowed with beauty/wealth

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinful, wicked, evil; sin, evil

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• च (ca) - and, also

• गर्हाम् (garhām) - blame, reproach, censure

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - Incur blame. (go, attain, reach, incur)

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

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - Introduces the statement that 'dharma' does not exist. (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech or conclusion)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

परम-धर्मात्मा (parama-dharmātmā) - supremely righteous soul, one whose nature is supreme righteousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama-dharmātman

parama-dharmātman - one whose self is supreme righteousness, supremely righteous

Compound adjective, 'parama' (supreme) + 'dharma' (duty, righteousness) + 'ātman' (self).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parama+dharma+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative form of 'para'.
• dharma – constitutional duty, righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature, virtue, cosmic order
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, sustain)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)

लक्ष्मीवान् (lakṣmīvān) - prosperous, fortunate, endowed with beauty/wealth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmīvat

lakṣmīvat - possessing Lakṣmī, prosperous, fortunate, glorious, wealthy

Derived from 'lakṣmī' (fortune, prosperity) with the suffix '-vat' (possessing).

पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinful, wicked, evil; sin, evil

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sinful; (as noun) sin, evil deed, wicked man

Note: Used predicatively, referring to the king.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root 'vac' (to speak), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice. Irregular passive stem 'ucyā'.

Root: vac (class 2)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गर्हाम् (garhām) - blame, reproach, censure

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of garhā

garhā - blame, reproach, censure, scorn

From root 'garh' (to blame, censure).

Root: garh (class 1)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - Incur blame. (go, attain, reach, incur)

(verb)

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

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

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, 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)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

root 'as' (to be), present tense, 3rd person singular. Irregular.

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - Introduces the statement that 'dharma' does not exist. (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root 'vac' (to speak), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice. Irregular passive stem 'ucyā'.

Root: vac (class 2)