महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-129, verse-5

वेदोक्तः परमो धर्मः स्मृतिशास्त्रगतोऽपरः ।
शिष्टाचीर्णः परः प्रोक्तस्त्रयो धर्माः सनातनाः ॥५॥

5. vedoktaḥ paramo dharmaḥ smṛtiśāstragato'paraḥ ,
śiṣṭācīrṇaḥ paraḥ proktastrayo dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ.

5. vedoktaḥ paramaḥ dharmaḥ smṛtiśāstragataḥ aparaḥ
śiṣṭācīrṇaḥ paraḥ proktaḥ trayaḥ dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ

5. The supreme natural law (dharma) is that declared in the Vedas. Another is that which is found in the Smṛti scriptures. The next is declared to be that practiced by the disciplined ones. These are the three eternal natural laws (dharmas).

Words meanings summery:

• वेदोक्तः (vedoktaḥ) - declared in the Vedas, stated by the Vedas

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

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

• स्मृतिशास्त्रगतः (smṛtiśāstragataḥ) - pertaining to the Smṛti scriptures, found in the Smṛti texts

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - the second (dharma) (the other, a second one, inferior)

• शिष्टाचीर्णः (śiṣṭācīrṇaḥ) - practiced by the disciplined/cultured, observed by the virtuous

• परः (paraḥ) - the third (dharma) (the other, the next, supreme)

• प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, stated, proclaimed

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - natural laws, duties, righteous conducts

• सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

Words meanings and morphology

वेदोक्तः (vedoktaḥ) - declared in the Vedas, stated by the Vedas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vedokta

vedokta - declared in the Veda

Past Passive Participle

Compound of Veda (Veda) and ukta (said/declared, PPP of vac)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+ukta)

• veda – Veda (sacred texts), knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• ukta – said, declared, spoken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vac (to speak), formed with suffix -ta
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmaḥ'.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost

Note: Agrees with 'dharmaḥ'.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्मृतिशास्त्रगतः (smṛtiśāstragataḥ) - pertaining to the Smṛti scriptures, found in the Smṛti texts

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛtiśāstragata

smṛtiśāstragata - found in Smṛti scriptures

Compound of smṛti (tradition), śāstra (scripture), and gata (gone to/contained)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (smṛti+śāstra+gata)

• smṛti – tradition, memory, post-Vedic texts
  noun (feminine)
  from root smṛ (to remember)
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, instruction
  noun (neuter)
  from root śās (to teach)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• gata – gone to, contained in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam (to go), formed with suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'dharmaḥ'.

अपरः (aparaḥ) - the second (dharma) (the other, a second one, inferior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, different, secondary

Note: Refers to the second type of dharma.

शिष्टाचीर्णः (śiṣṭācīrṇaḥ) - practiced by the disciplined/cultured, observed by the virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiṣṭācīrṇa

śiṣṭācīrṇa - practiced by the disciplined

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śiṣṭa (disciplined/virtuous) and ācīrṇa (practiced/observed, PPP of ā-car)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiṣṭa+ācīrṇa)

• śiṣṭa – disciplined, learned, virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śiṣ (to teach, discipline), formed with suffix -ta
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)
• ācīrṇa – practiced, observed, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root car (to move, behave) with prefix ā, formed with suffix -ta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'dharmaḥ'.

परः (paraḥ) - the third (dharma) (the other, the next, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme

Note: Refers to the third type of dharma.

प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, stated, proclaimed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, stated

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak) with prefix pra, formed with suffix -ta

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied 'dharmaḥ'.

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'dharmāḥ'.

धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - natural laws, duties, righteous conducts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सनातनाः (sanātanāḥ) - eternal, everlasting, ancient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient

from sanā (from of yore) + suffix -tana