महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-45, verse-9

असदेव हि धर्मस्य प्रमादो धर्म आसुरः ।
नानुशुश्रुम जात्वेतामिमां पूर्वेषु जन्मसु ॥९॥

9. asadeva hi dharmasya pramādo dharma āsuraḥ ,
nānuśuśruma jātvetāmimāṁ pūrveṣu janmasu.

9. asat eva hi dharmasya pramādaḥ dharmaḥ āsuraḥ
na anuśuśruma jātu etām imām pūrveṣu janmasu

9. hi dharmasya asat eva pramādaḥ āsuraḥ dharmaḥ
pūrveṣu janmasu etām imām jātu na anuśuśruma

9. Indeed, a disregard for the natural law (dharma) is a demonic form of conduct (dharma). We have certainly never heard of such a thing in previous lives (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - non-existent, bad, wicked, false

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, truly

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law, of righteousness, of duty

• प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - error, negligence, carelessness

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - a form of conduct (constitution, natural law, conduct)

• आसुरः (āsuraḥ) - demonic, belonging to Asuras

• न (na) - not

• अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have heard, we have listened

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

• एताम् (etām) - this (feminine accusative)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine accusative)

• पूर्वेषु (pūrveṣu) - in previous, in former

• जन्मसु (janmasu) - in births, in lives

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - non-existent, bad, wicked, false

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, bad, wicked, unreal, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

From root `as` (to be) with negative prefix `a-`

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - only, certainly, truly

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, because, for

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law, of righteousness, of duty

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)

प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - error, negligence, carelessness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - error, negligence, carelessness, intoxication, inadvertence

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - a form of conduct (constitution, natural law, conduct)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)

आसुरः (āsuraḥ) - demonic, belonging to Asuras

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsura

āsura - demonic, belonging to Asuras, relating to demons

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have heard, we have listened

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of anu-śru

Prefix: anu

Root: śru (class 5)

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

एताम् (etām) - this (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

पूर्वेषु (pūrveṣu) - in previous, in former

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of pūrva

pūrva - previous, former, prior, eastern

जन्मसु (janmasu) - in births, in lives

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, life, existence, origin, (saṃsāra)

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