महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-148, verse-35

युगेष्वावर्तमानेषु धर्मो व्यावर्तते पुनः ।
धर्मे व्यावर्तमाने तु लोको व्यावर्तते पुनः ॥३५॥

35. yugeṣvāvartamāneṣu dharmo vyāvartate punaḥ ,
dharme vyāvartamāne tu loko vyāvartate punaḥ.

35. yugeṣu āvartamāneṣu dharmaḥ vyāvartate punaḥ
dharme vyāvartamāne tu lokaḥ vyāvartate punaḥ

35. As the cosmic ages (yuga) continue to revolve, natural law (dharma) recedes again. And when natural law (dharma) recedes, then the world (loka) also declines again.

Words meanings summery:

• युगेषु (yugeṣu) - in the ages, among the ages

• आवर्तमानेषु (āvartamāneṣu) - while revolving, as they turn, existing in rotation

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

• व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - it recedes, it turns away, it declines

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma), when natural law (dharma)

• व्यावर्तमाने (vyāvartamāne) - while declining, as it recedes, existing in decline

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

• व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - it recedes, it turns away, it declines

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

Words meanings and morphology

युगेषु (yugeṣu) - in the ages, among the ages

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yuga

yuga - age, era, period

आवर्तमानेषु (āvartamāneṣu) - while revolving, as they turn, existing in rotation

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of āvartamāna

āvartamāna - revolving, turning, existing

Present Middle Participle

from root vṛt with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - it recedes, it turns away, it declines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vyāvṛt

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma), when natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

व्यावर्तमाने (vyāvartamāne) - while declining, as it recedes, existing in decline

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyāvartamāna

vyāvartamāna - receding, declining, turning away

Present Middle Participle

from root vṛt with prefixes vi and ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, universe

Root: lok (class 1)

व्यावर्तते (vyāvartate) - it recedes, it turns away, it declines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vyāvṛt

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)