महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-44, verse-32

तच्च तां च ददात्येव न शुल्कं विक्रयो न सः ।
प्रतिगृह्य भवेद्देयमेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥३२॥

32. tacca tāṁ ca dadātyeva na śulkaṁ vikrayo na saḥ ,
pratigṛhya bhaveddeyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

32. tat ca tām ca dadāti eva na śulkam vikrayaḥ na
saḥ pratigṛhya bhavet deyam eṣaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

32. eva saḥ tat ca tām ca dadāti na śulkam na vikrayaḥ
pratigṛhya deyam bhavet eṣaḥ sanātanaḥ dharmaḥ

32. He (the father) indeed gives both that (adornment) and her (the daughter). This is not a payment, nor is it a sale. What has been received (i.e., the daughter), should be treated as a valuable gift to be honored (lit. 'that which is to be given'). This is the eternal natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (adornment/favorable giving from previous verse) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताम् (tām) - her (the daughter) (her, that (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ददाति (dadāti) - he (the father) gives (he gives, he offers)

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शुल्कम् (śulkam) - a payment for the bride (payment, bride price, dowry, toll, tax)

• विक्रयः (vikrayaḥ) - a sale (sale, selling)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• सः (saḥ) - it (referring to the giving) (he, that (masculine))

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the daughter) (having received, after taking)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be (it should be, it may be, it might be)

• देयम् (deyam) - that which is to be given (in return, or as due honor/care) (to be given, what is to be given, a gift, a duty)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (principle) (this, this one)

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

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, ancient, perpetual)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (adornment/favorable giving from previous verse) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'dadāti'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

ताम् (tām) - her (the daughter) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Feminine accusative singular of 'tad'.

Note: Object of 'dadāti'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

ददाति (dadāti) - he (the father) gives (he gives, he offers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √dā

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject is the father/giver from previous verse.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शुल्कम् (śulkam) - a payment for the bride (payment, bride price, dowry, toll, tax)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śulka

śulka - payment, bride price, dowry, toll, tax, duty

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'this is not'.

विक्रयः (vikrayaḥ) - a sale (sale, selling)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikraya

vikraya - sale, selling

From √krī with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: krī (class 9)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'this is not'.

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - it (referring to the giving) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'.

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the daughter) (having received, after taking)

(indeclinable participle)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be (it should be, it may be, it might be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √bhū

optative

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

देयम् (deyam) - that which is to be given (in return, or as due honor/care) (to be given, what is to be given, a gift, a duty)

(gerundive)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (principle) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Nominative singular masculine of 'etad'.

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From √dhṛ (to support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal (eternal, ancient, perpetual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, perpetual, everlasting

From sanā (always) + tana suffix.

Note: Qualifies 'dharmaḥ'.