महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-83, verse-23

त्वया हि कुर्वता शास्त्रं प्रमाणमिह पार्थिव ।
आत्मा धर्मः श्रुतं वेदाः पितरश्च महर्षिभिः ॥२३॥

23. tvayā hi kurvatā śāstraṁ pramāṇamiha pārthiva ,
ātmā dharmaḥ śrutaṁ vedāḥ pitaraśca maharṣibhiḥ.

23. tvayā hi kurvatā śāstram pramāṇam iha pārthiva
ātmā dharmaḥ śrutam vedāḥ pitaraḥ ca maharṣibhiḥ

23. O king, by treating scripture as an authority here, you also implicitly establish the self (ātman), natural law (dharma), the revealed tradition (śruta), the Vedas, and the ancestors (pitaraḥ) as authorities, as they are upheld by the great sages.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• कुर्वता (kurvatā) - by you who are making / establishing (by one doing, by one making, while acting)

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, rule, treatise

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - as an authority or valid source of knowledge (authority, evidence, standard)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O earthly ruler

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self or soul (the self, soul, spirit)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteous conduct, moral law, or intrinsic nature (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - the body of revealed knowledge, especially the Vedas (the revealed tradition, what is heard (as sacred knowledge))

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the sacred texts of Hinduism (the Vedas)

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased paternal ancestors, revered as authorities (the ancestors, fathers)

• च (ca) - and

• महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

Words meanings and morphology

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

कुर्वता (kurvatā) - by you who are making / establishing (by one doing, by one making, while acting)

(adjective)

Instrumental, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, acting, performing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √kṛ ('to do, to make')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture, rule, treatise

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, treatise, rule, instruction

Root: śās (class 2)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - as an authority or valid source of knowledge (authority, evidence, standard)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, proof, evidence, valid knowledge

Derived from root √mā ('to measure, to know') with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O earthly ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, ruler, prince (literally 'belonging to the earth')

derived from pṛthivī (earth)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self or soul (the self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteous conduct, moral law, or intrinsic nature (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - the body of revealed knowledge, especially the Vedas (the revealed tradition, what is heard (as sacred knowledge))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, revealed, sacred tradition, knowledge (what is heard from divine source)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śru ('to hear'), used as a noun

Root: śru (class 5)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the sacred texts of Hinduism (the Vedas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - knowledge, the Vedas (a collection of hymns, ritual texts, and philosophical treatises)

Derived from root √vid ('to know')

Root: vid (class 2)

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased paternal ancestors, revered as authorities (the ancestors, fathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, paternal ancestor

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, eminent seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)