महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-3, verse-12

वधे चैव परो धर्मस्तथाधर्मः पलायने ।
ते स्म घोरां समापन्ना जीविकां जीवितार्थिनः ॥१२॥

12. vadhe caiva paro dharmastathādharmaḥ palāyane ,
te sma ghorāṁ samāpannā jīvikāṁ jīvitārthinaḥ.

12. vadhe ca eva paraḥ dharmaḥ tathā adharmaḥ palāyane
te sma ghorām samāpannāḥ jīvikām jīvitārthinaḥ

12. vadhe ca eva paraḥ dharmaḥ tathā palāyane adharmaḥ
te jīvitārthinaḥ ghorām jīvikām samāpannāḥ sma

12. Indeed, killing is the supreme natural law (dharma), while fleeing is unrighteousness (adharma). They, desiring to live, have resorted to a dreadful livelihood.

Words meanings summery:

• वधे (vadhe) - in killing, at slaughter, concerning killing

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

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

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest, best

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way, similarly

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, unconstitutionality, non-duty, injustice

• पलायने (palāyane) - in fleeing, at flight, in running away

• ते (te) - they

• स्म (sma) - indeed, surely, verily; (used with present tense to denote past action)

• घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, fearful, awful

• समापन्नाः (samāpannāḥ) - having obtained, having reached, having incurred, having fallen into

• जीविकाम् (jīvikām) - livelihood, means of subsistence, profession

• जीवितार्थिनः (jīvitārthinaḥ) - desirous of life, seeking life

Words meanings and morphology

वधे (vadhe) - in killing, at slaughter, concerning killing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, stroke, blow

Root: vadh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, greatest, best, ultimate

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion, quality

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way, similarly

(indeclinable)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, unconstitutionality, non-duty, injustice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, unconstitutionality, non-duty, injustice, vice, demerit

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पलायने (palāyane) - in fleeing, at flight, in running away

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of palāyana

palāyana - fleeing, flight, escape, retreat

Derived from root 'palāy' (to flee) with suffix '-ana'

Root: palāy (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

स्म (sma) - indeed, surely, verily; (used with present tense to denote past action)

(indeclinable)

घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, fearful, awful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, awful, violent, fierce

समापन्नाः (samāpannāḥ) - having obtained, having reached, having incurred, having fallen into

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāpanna

samāpanna - obtained, reached, incurred, fallen into, happened

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'pad' (to go, move) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'ā-'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: pad (class 4)

जीविकाम् (jīvikām) - livelihood, means of subsistence, profession

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīvikā

jīvikā - livelihood, means of subsistence, profession, living

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

जीवितार्थिनः (jīvitārthinaḥ) - desirous of life, seeking life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvitārthin

jīvitārthin - desirous of life, seeking life

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīvita+arthin)

• jīvita – life, livelihood, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'jīv' (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• arthin – desirous of, seeking, requesting, petitioner
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'artha' (purpose, meaning, wealth)