महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-78

यानि चैवाप्यबद्धानि प्रवर्तन्ते च कामतः ।
कामप्रलापिनोऽन्योन्यं तेषु धर्मः कथं भवेत् ॥७८॥

78. yāni caivāpyabaddhāni pravartante ca kāmataḥ ,
kāmapralāpino'nyonyaṁ teṣu dharmaḥ kathaṁ bhavet.

78. yāni ca eva api abaddhāni pravartante ca kāmataḥ
kāmapralāpinaḥ anyonyam teṣu dharmaḥ katham bhavet

78. yāni ca eva api abaddhāni ca kāmatḥ pravartante
kāmapralāpinaḥ anyonyam teṣu katham dharmaḥ bhavet

78. And moreover, those who are unrestrained, acting according to their desires, senselessly babbling with each other—how can there be natural law (dharma) among them?

Words meanings summery:

• यानि (yāni) - which (things/persons)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, merely

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• अबद्धानि (abaddhāni) - unrestrained, unbound, incoherent

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they act, they occur

• च (ca) - and

• कामतः (kāmataḥ) - according to desire, senselessly, wantonly

• कामप्रलापिनः (kāmapralāpinaḥ) - babblers of desires, senselessly chattering

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, with each other

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may there be, should be, would be

Words meanings and morphology

यानि (yāni) - which (things/persons)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even, merely

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

अबद्धानि (abaddhāni) - unrestrained, unbound, incoherent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of abaddha

abaddha - unbound, unfettered, unrestrained, incoherent

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a' + baddha (bound). baddha is from root bandh (to bind)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+baddha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• baddha – bound, tied, restrained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they act, they occur

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravart

Present Middle

From root vṛt (to be, to turn) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कामतः (kāmataḥ) - according to desire, senselessly, wantonly

(indeclinable)

Formed from kāma (desire) with suffix -tas, indicating 'from/by/according to'

कामप्रलापिनः (kāmapralāpinaḥ) - babblers of desires, senselessly chattering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāmapralāpin

kāmapralāpin - one who babbles senselessly, one who talks foolishly due to desire

Agent Noun suffix -in

Compound of kāma (desire) and pralāpin (babbler, chatterer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+pralāpin)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• pralāpin – babbler, chatterer, one who laments
  adjective
  Agent Noun suffix -in
  From root lap (to speak) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lap (class 1)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, with each other

(indeclinable)

Reduplication of anya (other)

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

From root dhṛ (to uphold, to sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may there be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root: bhū (class 1)