महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-50, verse-15

क्षत्रियस्य महाराज जये वृत्तिः समाहिता ।
स वै धर्मोऽस्त्वधर्मो वा स्ववृत्तौ भरतर्षभ ॥१५॥

15. kṣatriyasya mahārāja jaye vṛttiḥ samāhitā ,
sa vai dharmo'stvadharmo vā svavṛttau bharatarṣabha.

15. kṣatriyasya mahārāja jaye vṛttiḥ samāhitā sa vai
dharmaḥ astu adharmaḥ vā svavṛttau bharatarṣabha

15. O great king, O best of the Bharatas, a kshatriya's very existence is found in victory. Whether it is considered proper conduct (dharma) or improper conduct (adharma), this is his intrinsic nature (dharma) according to his specific role.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a kshatriya, for a kshatriya

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• जये (jaye) - in victory, in conquest

• वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, profession, function, mode of existence

• समाहिता (samāhitā) - established, placed, fixed, concentrated

• स (sa) - that, he

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - proper conduct, or intrinsic nature (natural law, duty, constitution, proper conduct)

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, improper conduct, not natural law

• वा (vā) - or

• स्ववृत्तौ (svavṛttau) - according to one's own prescribed duties/role (in one's own conduct/profession, in one's own way of life)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a kshatriya, for a kshatriya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

जये (jaye) - in victory, in conquest

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, conquest, triumph

Root: ji (class 1)

वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, profession, function, mode of existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - existence, mode of life, livelihood, profession, function

From root vṛt (to be, to exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

समाहिता (samāhitā) - established, placed, fixed, concentrated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - placed, fixed, established, concentrated, composed

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā with prefixes sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - proper conduct, or intrinsic nature (natural law, duty, constitution, proper conduct)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, improper conduct, not natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

स्ववृत्तौ (svavṛttau) - according to one's own prescribed duties/role (in one's own conduct/profession, in one's own way of life)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of svavṛtti

svavṛtti - one's own conduct, one's own profession, one's own way of life

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vṛtti)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (feminine)
• vṛtti – conduct, profession, existence, way of life
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to be, to exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas (an epithet for eminent warriors or kings from the Bharata lineage)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a dynasty, a people, or an individual)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)