महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-98

दत्त्वाभयं यः स्म राजा प्रमाणं कुरुते सदा ।
स सर्वसुखकृज्ज्ञेयः प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥९८॥

98. dattvābhayaṁ yaḥ sma rājā pramāṇaṁ kurute sadā ,
sa sarvasukhakṛjjñeyaḥ prajā dharmeṇa pālayan.

98. dattvā abhayam yaḥ sma rājā pramāṇam kurute sadā
saḥ sarvasukhakṛt jñeyaḥ prajāḥ dharmeṇa pālayan

98. yaḥ rājā dattvā abhayam sadā pramāṇam kurute,
saḥ dharmeṇa prajāḥ pālayan sarvasukhakṛt jñeyaḥ.

98. The king who, having granted protection, always establishes it as a standard, he is to be known as a benefactor of all happiness, protecting his subjects according to natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having granted

• अभयम् (abhayam) - protection, fearlessness, safety

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (indicating past tense with present verbs)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - guiding principle or established norm (standard, authority, measure, proof)

• कुरुते (kurute) - he establishes, he takes (as) (he does, he makes, he performs)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• सर्वसुखकृत् (sarvasukhakṛt) - creator of all happiness, benefactor of all joy

• ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - to be known, knowable, understandable

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, offspring, creatures

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - according to natural law (dharma) (by dharma, according to natural law, by duty, by virtue)

• पालयन् (pālayan) - protecting, guarding, governing

Words meanings and morphology

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given, having granted

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'dā' with suffix -tvā

Root: dā (class 3)

अभयम् (abhayam) - protection, fearlessness, safety

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhaya

abhaya - fearlessness, safety, protection

Prefix: a

Root: bhī (class 3)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (indicating past tense with present verbs)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, monarch, ruler

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - guiding principle or established norm (standard, authority, measure, proof)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - standard, authority, measure, proof, criterion

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

कुरुते (kurute) - he establishes, he takes (as) (he does, he makes, he performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वसुखकृत् (sarvasukhakṛt) - creator of all happiness, benefactor of all joy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvasukhakṛt

sarvasukhakṛt - doer of all happiness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+sukha+kṛt)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• sukha – happiness, joy, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doer, maker, performing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix -kvip
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - to be known, knowable, understandable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, fit to be known

gerundive

Derived from root 'jñā' with suffix -eya

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people, offspring, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, subjects, people, creatures

Root: jan (class 4)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - according to natural law (dharma) (by dharma, according to natural law, by duty, by virtue)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पालयन् (pālayan) - protecting, guarding, governing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pālayat

pālayat - protecting, guarding, cherishing

present active participle

Derived from root 'pāl' (causative of pā) with suffix -śatṛ

Root: pāl (class 10)