महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-62, verse-9

धर्म्याः स्त्रियः सभां पूर्वं न नयन्तीति नः श्रुतम् ।
स नष्टः कौरवेयेषु पूर्वो धर्मः सनातनः ॥९॥

9. dharmyāḥ striyaḥ sabhāṁ pūrvaṁ na nayantīti naḥ śrutam ,
sa naṣṭaḥ kauraveyeṣu pūrvo dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

9. dharmyāḥ striyaḥ sabhām pūrvam na nayanti iti naḥ śrutam
| saḥ naṣṭaḥ kauraveyeṣu pūrvaḥ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

9. We have heard that, in the past, righteous women were not brought into the assembly. That ancient and eternal natural law (dharma) has been lost among the Kauravas.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्म्याः (dharmyāḥ) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• सभाम् (sabhām) - to the assembly

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, before

• न (na) - not

• नयन्ति (nayanti) - they lead

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• नः (naḥ) - by us

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - lost, destroyed

• कौरवेयेषु (kauraveyeṣu) - among the Kauravas

• पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - ancient, former, prior

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

• सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म्याः (dharmyāḥ) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, proper, conforming to natural law

Derivation from dharma

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

सभाम् (sabhām) - to the assembly

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, court

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, before

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, ancient, eastern

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नयन्ति (nayanti) - they lead

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned

Past Passive Participle

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - lost, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

from root naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

कौरवेयेषु (kauraveyeṣu) - among the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kauraveya

kauraveya - descendant of Kuru, a Kaurava

Patronymic from Kuru

पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - ancient, former, prior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, ancient, eastern

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, ancient, perpetual