महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-48, verse-14

ऋषय ऊचुः ।
किं स्विदेवेह धर्माणामनुष्ठेयतमं स्मृतम् ।
व्याहतामिव पश्यामो धर्मस्य विविधां गतिम् ॥१४॥

14. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ,
kiṁ svideveha dharmāṇāmanuṣṭheyatamaṁ smṛtam ,
vyāhatāmiva paśyāmo dharmasya vividhāṁ gatim.

14. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ kim svid eva iha dharmāṇām anuṣṭheyatamam
smṛtam vyāhatām iva paśyāmaḥ dharmasya vividhām gatim

14. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ iha dharmāṇām kim svid eva anuṣṭheyatamam
smṛtam? vayam dharmasya vividhām gatim vyāhatām iva paśyāmaḥ

14. The Rishis said: "What, indeed, among the (dharma)s here, is considered the most to be practiced? We perceive the diverse courses of (dharma) as if contradictory."

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what? which?

• स्विद् (svid) - indeed, pray, I wonder (particle expressing doubt or emphasis)

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

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

• धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - among the (dharma)s, of the rules of conduct/righteousness

• अनुष्ठेयतमम् (anuṣṭheyatamam) - the most to be practiced/performed

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - considered (as prescriptive or traditional) (remembered, considered, laid down)

• व्याहताम् (vyāhatām) - contradictory, obstructed, struck down (accusative feminine singular)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see, we perceive

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of (dharma), of natural law/righteousness

• विविधाम् (vividhām) - various, diverse

• गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, destiny, state

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? (interrogative pronoun)

स्विद् (svid) - indeed, pray, I wonder (particle expressing doubt or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) - among the (dharma)s, of the rules of conduct/righteousness

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharma

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

अनुष्ठेयतमम् (anuṣṭheyatamam) - the most to be practiced/performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuṣṭheyatama

anuṣṭheyatama - most worthy of being performed/practiced

Superlative of Gerundive

Formed from gerundive anuṣṭheya with superlative suffix -tama

Prefixes: anu+sthā

Root: sthā

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - considered (as prescriptive or traditional) (remembered, considered, laid down)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, traditional, considered

Past Passive Participle

Formed with kta suffix

Root: smṛ

व्याहताम् (vyāhatām) - contradictory, obstructed, struck down (accusative feminine singular)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyāhata

vyāhata - contradictory, inconsistent, obstructed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Formed with kta suffix

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: han

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see, we perceive

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of (dharma), of natural law/righteousness

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

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

विविधाम् (vividhām) - various, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

गतिम् (gatim) - course, path, destiny, state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, course, path, state, destiny