महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-148, verse-4

धर्म एव रतिस्तेषामाचार्योपासनाद्भवेत् ।
देवलोकं प्रपद्यन्ते ये धर्मं पर्युपासते ॥४॥

4. dharma eva ratisteṣāmācāryopāsanādbhavet ,
devalokaṁ prapadyante ye dharmaṁ paryupāsate.

4. dharmaḥ eva ratiḥ teṣām ācārya upāsanāt bhavet
devalokam prapadyante ye dharmam pari upāsate

4. ye dharmam pari upāsate,
teṣām dharmaḥ eva ratiḥ (bhavati).
(sā ca ratiḥ) ācāryopāsanāt bhavet.
(tataḥ te) devalokam prapadyante.

4. For those who devoutly practice the natural law (dharma), that very (dharma) becomes their delight, and this is fostered by revering their teachers. Such people attain the world of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

• एव (eva) - itself, indeed (indeed, just, only)

• रतिः (ratiḥ) - delight (delight, pleasure, attachment)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (of them, for them)

• आचार्य (ācārya) - teacher (teacher, preceptor)

• उपासनात् (upāsanāt) - from reverence (to teachers) (from worship, from reverence, from attendance)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it is fostered (may it be, it would be, it should be)

• देवलोकम् (devalokam) - the world of the gods (world of gods, heaven)

• प्रपद्यन्ते (prapadyante) - they attain (they attain, they reach)

• ये (ye) - those people who (those who, which)

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

• परि (pari) - (prefix indicating completion or devotion) (around, about, fully)

• उपासते (upāsate) - they devoutly practice (they worship, they attend, they practice)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root dhṛ 'to hold, support'.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - itself, indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Intensifying particle.

रतिः (ratiḥ) - delight (delight, pleasure, attachment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - pleasure, delight, enjoyment, love, attachment

From root ram (to delight, to be pleased).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (of them, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Genitive plural, referring to 'ye dharmaṃ paryupāsate'.

आचार्य (ācārya) - teacher (teacher, preceptor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master

From ā-car (to practice, to conduct).

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Forms part of a compound.

उपासनात् (upāsanāt) - from reverence (to teachers) (from worship, from reverence, from attendance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of upāsana

upāsana - worship, reverence, attendance, practice

From upa-ās (to sit near, to worship).

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Source of the delight.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it is fostered (may it be, it would be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवलोकम् (devalokam) - the world of the gods (world of gods, heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devaloka

devaloka - world of the gods, divine realm

Tatpuruṣa compound: deva (god) + loka (world).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+loka)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  From root lok (to see).
  Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Object of prapadyante.

प्रपद्यन्ते (prapadyante) - they attain (they attain, they reach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of pra-pad

present tense, middle voice, 3rd person plural

Derived from root pad with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

ये (ye) - those people who (those who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root dhṛ 'to hold, support'.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of the verb.

परि (pari) - (prefix indicating completion or devotion) (around, about, fully)

(indeclinable)

Preposition or verbal prefix.

Note: Acts as an upasarga to the following verb.

उपासते (upāsate) - they devoutly practice (they worship, they attend, they practice)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of upa-ās

present tense, middle voice, 3rd person plural

Derived from root ās with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Modified by preceding pari.