महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-72

धर्मशीलः सदा राजा इति मां मानवा विदुः ।
स्वधर्मान्न चलिष्यामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥७२॥

72. dharmaśīlaḥ sadā rājā iti māṁ mānavā viduḥ ,
svadharmānna caliṣyāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu.

72. dharmaśīlaḥ sadā rājā iti mām mānavāḥ viduḥ |
svadharmāt na caliṣyāmi nakulaḥ yakṣa jīvatu

72. People always know me as a king who is righteous (dharma). I will not stray from my own intrinsic nature (dharma). O yakṣa, may Nakula live.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मशीलः (dharmaśīlaḥ) - righteous, virtuous

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• इति (iti) - introducing direct speech or a thought (thus, so)

• माम् (mām) - me

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

• स्वधर्मात् (svadharmāt) - from one's own duty/natural law

• न (na) - not, no

• चलिष्यामि (caliṣyāmi) - I will deviate/stray

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)

• यक्ष (yakṣa) - Addressed to the Yakṣa who is testing Yudhiṣṭhira (O Yakṣa!)

• जीवतु (jīvatu) - may he live

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मशीलः (dharmaśīlaḥ) - righteous, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmaśīla

dharmaśīla - one whose nature (śīla) is righteousness (dharma), virtuous, righteous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+śīla)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
• śīla – nature, disposition, character, conduct
  noun (neuter)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

इति (iti) - introducing direct speech or a thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, pertaining to Manu, man

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

स्वधर्मात् (svadharmāt) - from one's own duty/natural law

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own (sva) duty/natural law (dharma), intrinsic nature

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चलिष्यामि (caliṣyāmi) - I will deviate/stray

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (name of a Pāṇḍava), a mongoose

यक्ष (yakṣa) - Addressed to the Yakṣa who is testing Yudhiṣṭhira (O Yakṣa!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of semi-divine beings, a Yakṣa

जीवतु (jīvatu) - may he live

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)