महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-160, verse-8

यमस्तु राजा धर्मात्मा सर्वप्राणभृतां प्रभुः ।
प्रेतसत्त्वगतीमेतां दक्षिणामाश्रितो दिशम् ॥८॥

8. yamastu rājā dharmātmā sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṁ prabhuḥ ,
pretasattvagatīmetāṁ dakṣiṇāmāśrito diśam.

8. yamaḥ tu rājā dharmātmā sarvaprāṇabhṛtām prabhuḥ
| pretasattvagatim etām dakṣiṇām āśritaḥ diśam

8. King Yama, who embodies righteousness (dharma) and is the lord of all living beings, has taken residence in the southern direction, which is the path of departed spirits.

Words meanings summery:

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous, whose nature is righteousness

• सर्वप्राणभृताम् (sarvaprāṇabhṛtām) - of all living beings, of all animate beings

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty, powerful

• प्रेतसत्त्वगतिम् (pretasattvagatim) - the path/state of departed spirits

• एताम् (etām) - this, this one

• दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, right (direction)

• आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, occupying

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region

Words meanings and morphology

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama, the god of death; restraint, control

Root: yam (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous, whose nature is righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous, virtuous, having a righteous (dharma) nature

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

सर्वप्राणभृताम् (sarvaprāṇabhṛtām) - of all living beings, of all animate beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvaprāṇabhṛt

sarvaprāṇabhṛt - all living beings, all animate beings

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+prāṇabhṛt)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• prāṇabhṛt – living being, creature (literally 'life-sustaining')
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, mighty, powerful

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful, mighty

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रेतसत्त्वगतिम् (pretasattvagatim) - the path/state of departed spirits

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pretasattvagatī

pretasattvagatī - path/state of departed spirits

Compound type : tatpurusha (preta+sattva+gati)

• preta – departed spirit, ghost, deceased
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pra-i (to go forth) + kta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• sattva – being, essence, existence, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)
• gati – going, motion, path, course, state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

एताम् (etām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one (near the speaker)

दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, right (direction)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - southern, right (direction), clever, dexterous

आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, occupying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, occupying, associated with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā-śri (to resort to, lean upon) + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region