महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-35

यदि धर्मं यथाशक्ति जन्मप्रभृति सेवते ।
ततः स पुरुषो भूत्वा सेवते नित्यदा सुखम् ॥३५॥

35. yadi dharmaṁ yathāśakti janmaprabhṛti sevate ,
tataḥ sa puruṣo bhūtvā sevate nityadā sukham.

35. yadi dharmam yathāśakti janmaprabhṛti sevate
tataḥ saḥ puruṣaḥ bhūtvā sevate nityadā sukham

35. yadi saḥ puruṣaḥ janmaprabhṛti yathāśakti
dharmam sevate tataḥ bhūtvā nityadā sukham sevate

35. If one practices natural law (dharma) to the best of one's ability from birth onwards, then that person, having become a (puruṣa) person, constantly experiences happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

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

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - to the best of one's ability (according to power, to the best of one's ability)

• जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth onwards

• सेवते (sevate) - practices, adheres to (serves, attends, practices, resorts to)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, therefore, thereupon)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a (puruṣa) person (man, human being, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (having been, having become)

• सेवते (sevate) - experiences, enjoys (serves, attends, practices, resorts to, enjoys)

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - to the best of one's ability (according to power, to the best of one's ability)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, ability, strength
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: A compound behaving as an indeclinable.

जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth onwards

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (janman+prabhṛti)

• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• prabhṛti – beginning, onwards from
  indeclinable (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as an indeclinable adverbial phrase.

सेवते (sevate) - practices, adheres to (serves, attends, practices, resorts to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

present indicative, ātmanepada

root 'sev' (1st class, ātmanepada)

Root: sev (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, therefore, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya (indeclinable) formed from 'tad'.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Nominative singular masculine of 'tad'.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a (puruṣa) person (man, human being, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (having been, having become)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root 'bhū' with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indeclinable participle (absolutive).

सेवते (sevate) - experiences, enjoys (serves, attends, practices, resorts to, enjoys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

present indicative, ātmanepada

root 'sev' (1st class, ātmanepada)

Root: sev (class 1)

नित्यदा (nityadā) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)

suffix -dā for 'time'

Note: Avyaya (indeclinable).

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort, ease

Note: Adverbial accusative, or direct object of 'sevate' (experiences).