महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-156, verse-15

कल्याणं कुरुते गाढं ह्रीमान्न श्लाघते क्वचित् ।
प्रशान्तवाङ्मना नित्यं ह्रीस्तु धर्मादवाप्यते ॥१५॥

15. kalyāṇaṁ kurute gāḍhaṁ hrīmānna ślāghate kvacit ,
praśāntavāṅmanā nityaṁ hrīstu dharmādavāpyate.

15. kalyāṇam kurute gāḍham hrīmān na ślāghate kvacit |
praśānta vāk manāḥ nityam hrīḥ tu dharmāt avāpyate

15. hrīmān praśānta vāk manāḥ nityam gāḍham kalyāṇam kurute,
kvacit na ślāghate tu hrīḥ dharmāt avāpyate

15. A person endowed with modesty (hrīmān), whose speech and mind are always peaceful, performs good deeds earnestly and never boasts. Modesty (hrī), however, is attained through adherence to natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - good, welfare, well-being, auspiciousness

• कुरुते (kurute) - does, makes, performs

• गाढम् (gāḍham) - firmly, deeply, earnestly, intensely

• ह्रीमान् (hrīmān) - modest, bashful, conscientious, a modest person

• न (na) - not, no

• श्लाघते (ślāghate) - boasts, praises oneself

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, ever, at any time (with na: never)

• प्रशान्त (praśānta) - peaceful, tranquil, calm, quiet

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

• मनाः (manāḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

• ह्रीः (hrīḥ) - modesty, bashfulness, shame, conscientiousness

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from natural law, from righteousness, from intrinsic nature

• अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is attained, is obtained, is reached

Words meanings and morphology

कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - good, welfare, well-being, auspiciousness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - beautiful, good, auspicious, excellent; welfare, good fortune

Root: kal (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The root kṛ (8th class) conjugates in both active and middle voices.

गाढम् (gāḍham) - firmly, deeply, earnestly, intensely

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root √gāh (to plunge).

Root: gāh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.

ह्रीमान् (hrīmān) - modest, bashful, conscientious, a modest person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hrīmat

hrīmat - modest, bashful, ashamed, conscientious

derived with suffix -mat from hrī

Note: Nominative singular of hrīmat.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

श्लाघते (ślāghate) - boasts, praises oneself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ślāgh

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice

Root: ślāgh (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, ever, at any time (with na: never)

(indeclinable)

प्रशान्त (praśānta) - peaceful, tranquil, calm, quiet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśānta

praśānta - quiet, tranquil, calm, peaceful

Past Passive Participle

From pra + śam (to calm).

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: First member of a Bahuvrīhi compound.

वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Part of a Bahuvrīhi compound.

मनाः (manāḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, spirit, heart, understanding

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Part of a Bahuvrīhi compound. The compound praśāntavāṅmanā means 'one whose speech and mind are peaceful'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

ह्रीः (hrīḥ) - modesty, bashfulness, shame, conscientiousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hrī

hrī - modesty, bashfulness, shame, diffidence, conscientiousness

Root: hrī (class 3)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from natural law, from righteousness, from intrinsic nature

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अवाप्यते (avāpyate) - is attained, is obtained, is reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of avāp

Present Passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)