महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-40, verse-5

इमाः प्रजा महाबाहो धार्मिका इति नः श्रुतम् ।
स्वयं गच्छन्ति देवत्वं ततो देवानियाद्भयम् ॥५॥

5. imāḥ prajā mahābāho dhārmikā iti naḥ śrutam ,
svayaṁ gacchanti devatvaṁ tato devāniyādbhayam.

5. imāḥ prajāḥ mahābāho dhārmikāḥ iti naḥ śrutam |
svayam gacchanti devatvam tataḥ devān iyāt bhayam

5. mahābāho imāḥ prajāḥ dhārmikāḥ iti naḥ śrutam svayam devatvam gacchanti,
tataḥ devān bhayam iyāt

5. O mighty-armed one, it is heard by us that these beings are righteous, upholding natural law (dhārmika). If they spontaneously attain godhood, then fear would come to the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these (beings/people) (these)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (creatures, subjects, people, progeny)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• धार्मिकाः (dhārmikāḥ) - righteous, upholding natural law (dhārmika) (righteous, virtuous, upholding dharma)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, this)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (we have heard) (to us, our, by us)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by us) (heard, known, revealed)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (oneself, spontaneously, by one's own accord)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they attain (they go, they move, they attain)

• देवत्वम् (devatvam) - godhood (divinity, godhood, divine nature)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• देवान् (devān) - to the gods (to the gods, the gods)

• इयात् (iyāt) - would come (upon), might befall (may go, should go, would come)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread, danger)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाः (imāḥ) - these (beings/people) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine nominative plural.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings (creatures, subjects, people, progeny)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, creatures, subjects, people

Feminine ā-stem.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Bahuvrīhi compound: `mahā` (great) + `bāhu` (arm). Vocative singular.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  From `mahat` (great), in compound form.
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

धार्मिकाः (dhārmikāḥ) - righteous, upholding natural law (dhārmika) (righteous, virtuous, upholding dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, conforming to dharma

Derived from `dharma` with `ika` suffix. Feminine nominative plural (agreeing with `prajāḥ`).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, this)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

नः (naḥ) - by us (we have heard) (to us, our, by us)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us (first person plural pronoun)

Enclitic form for Dative/Genitive/Ablative/Instrumental plural. Here effectively instrumental 'by us'.

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by us) (heard, known, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, known, revealed (from Veda)

Past Passive Participle

From root `śru` (to hear). Neuter nominative singular.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally.

स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously (oneself, spontaneously, by one's own accord)

(indeclinable)

Reflexive pronoun used adverbially.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they attain (they go, they move, they attain)

(verb)

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

Present Active, 3rd person plural

From root `gam` (1st class `gacchati`).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is `prajāḥ` (implied).

देवत्वम् (devatvam) - godhood (divinity, godhood, divine nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devatva

devatva - divinity, godhood, divine nature

From `deva` (god) + `tva` (abstract suffix). Neuter nominative/accusative singular.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

देवान् (devān) - to the gods (to the gods, the gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Masculine a-stem. Accusative plural.

Root: div (class 4)

इयात् (iyāt) - would come (upon), might befall (may go, should go, would come)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of i

Optative Active, 3rd person singular

From root `i` (2nd class `eti`). Optative stem `iyā-`, 3rd person singular active ending `t`.

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject is `bhayam`.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, dread, danger)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Neuter a-stem.

Root: bhī (class 3)