महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-22

धर्म एव प्लवो नान्यः स्वर्गं द्रौपदि गच्छताम् ।
सैव नौः सागरस्येव वणिजः पारमृच्छतः ॥२२॥

22. dharma eva plavo nānyaḥ svargaṁ draupadi gacchatām ,
saiva nauḥ sāgarasyeva vaṇijaḥ pāramṛcchataḥ.

22. dharmaḥ eva plavaḥ na anyaḥ svargam draupadi gacchatām
sā eva nauḥ sāgarasya iva vaṇijaḥ pāram ṛcchataḥ

22. O Draupadi, the natural law (dharma) alone is the vessel, no other, for those who wish to go to heaven. Indeed, it is like the ship for a merchant who desires to reach the other shore of the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• प्लवः (plavaḥ) - a boat, raft, float

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven, heaven

• द्रौपदि (draupadi) - O Draupadi

• गच्छताम् (gacchatām) - of those going, for those going

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

• नौः (nauḥ) - a ship, boat

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - for a merchant, of a merchant

• पारम् (pāram) - the other shore, the opposite bank, the end

• ऋच्छतः (ṛcchataḥ) - desiring to reach, reaching, obtaining

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'dharmaḥ'.

प्लवः (plavaḥ) - a boat, raft, float

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plava

plava - boat, raft, float

from root plu (to float, swim)

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different

Note: 'na anyaḥ' means "no other".

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

Note: Object of motion for 'gacchatām'.

द्रौपदि (draupadi) - O Draupadi

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of draupadi

draupadi - Draupadi (proper noun, daughter of Drupada)

Note: Address to Draupadi.

गच्छताम् (gacchatām) - of those going, for those going

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to "those who are going".

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'dharma' conceptually as 'nauḥ'.

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sā'.

नौः (nauḥ) - a ship, boat

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - ship, boat

Note: Predicate nominative, feminine, hence 'sā eva'.

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Pertaining to the ocean.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - for a merchant, of a merchant

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vaṇij

vaṇij - merchant, trader

Note: Possessive or dative sense.

पारम् (pāram) - the other shore, the opposite bank, the end

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāra

pāra - the other side, the further shore, end, limit

Note: Object of 'ṛcchataḥ'.

ऋच्छतः (ṛcchataḥ) - desiring to reach, reaching, obtaining

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛcchat

ṛcchat - reaching, going, obtaining, moving towards

Present Active Participle

from root ṛch (to go, reach, obtain) + śatṛ suffix

Root: ṛch (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'vaṇijaḥ'.