महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-27

ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च गन्धर्वासुरराक्षसाः ।
ईश्वराः कस्य हेतोस्ते चरेयुर्धर्ममादृताः ॥२७॥

27. ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca gandharvāsurarākṣasāḥ ,
īśvarāḥ kasya hetoste careyurdharmamādṛtāḥ.

27. ṛṣayaḥ ca eva devāḥ ca gandharvāsura-rākṣasāḥ
īśvarāḥ kasya hetoḥ te careyuḥ dharmam ādṛtāḥ

27. Sages, gods, Gandharvas, Asuras, and Rakshasas, and other powerful beings — for what reason would they, with such reverence, adhere to the natural law (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• च (ca) - and, also

• गन्धर्वासुर-राक्षसाः (gandharvāsura-rākṣasāḥ) - Gandharvas, Asuras, and Rakshasas

• ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - powerful beings, lords, masters, controllers

• कस्य (kasya) - of whom, of what

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for what reason (for the reason, cause, for the sake)

• ते (te) - they, those

• चरेयुः (careyuḥ) - they would follow, they would practice, they would behave

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue)

• आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - with reverence, being revered (respected, revered, honored, devoted, careful)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - a sage, seer, inspired poet, Vedic singer

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - a god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गन्धर्वासुर-राक्षसाः (gandharvāsura-rākṣasāḥ) - Gandharvas, Asuras, and Rakshasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharvāsura-rākṣasa

gandharvāsura-rākṣasa - Gandharvas, Asuras, and Rakshasas (as a collective group)

Compound type : dvandva (gandharva+asura+rākṣasa)

• gandharva – a class of celestial beings, heavenly musicians
  noun (masculine)
• asura – a demon, an anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – a demon, a goblin, a malevolent being
  noun (masculine)

ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - powerful beings, lords, masters, controllers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īśvara

īśvara - a lord, master, ruler, powerful being, God

Root: īś (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - of whom, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Genitive singular of `kim`, agreeing with `hetoḥ`

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for what reason (for the reason, cause, for the sake)

(noun)

masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Root: hi (class 5)

Note: Used here in genitive sense 'for the sake of' or ablative 'from the cause of', implying 'for what reason'

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the sages, gods, etc. previously mentioned.

चरेयुः (careyuḥ) - they would follow, they would practice, they would behave

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of car

Optative

3rd person plural optative active

Root: car (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

आदृताः (ādṛtāḥ) - with reverence, being revered (respected, revered, honored, devoted, careful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādṛta

ādṛta - respected, honored, revered, regarded, devoted, careful

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root `dṛ` with prefix `ā`

Prefix: ā

Root: dṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with `ṛṣayaḥ`, `devāḥ`, `gandharvāsura-rākṣasāḥ`, `īśvarāḥ`.