महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-168, verse-52

सुखं निराशः स्वपिति नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् ।
आशामनाशां कृत्वा हि सुखं स्वपिति पिङ्गला ॥५२॥

52. sukhaṁ nirāśaḥ svapiti nairāśyaṁ paramaṁ sukham ,
āśāmanāśāṁ kṛtvā hi sukhaṁ svapiti piṅgalā.

52. sukham nirāśaḥ svapiti nairāśyam paramam sukham
| āśām anāśām kṛtvā hi sukham svapiti piṅgalā

52. nirāśaḥ sukham svapiti; nairāśyam paramam sukham (asti).
hi piṅgalā āśām anāśām kṛtvā sukham svapiti.

52. One who is free from desires sleeps happily; indeed, freedom from desire is the supreme happiness. For instance, Piṅgalā, having transformed her hope into no-hope, slept happily.

Words meanings summery:

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happily, pleasantly, easily)

• निराशः (nirāśaḥ) - one who is free from desires or expectations (hopeless, free from desire, having no expectation)

• स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps peacefully (sleeps)

• नैराश्यम् (nairāśyam) - freedom from desires (hopelessness, freedom from desire/expectation)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, best)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, pleasure)

• आशाम् (āśām) - hope (hope, expectation, desire)

• अनाशाम् (anāśām) - no hope, freedom from hope (no hope, absence of hope, hopelessness)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having transformed, having turned (having done, having made)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for, because)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happily, pleasantly, easily)

• स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps peacefully (sleeps)

• पिङ्गला (piṅgalā) - Piṅgalā (a courtesan mentioned in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, known for finding peace by abandoning desires) (Piṅgalā (a proper name))

Words meanings and morphology

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happily, pleasantly, easily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

निराशः (nirāśaḥ) - one who is free from desires or expectations (hopeless, free from desire, having no expectation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāśa

nirāśa - hopeless, despairing, free from desire/expectation, without hope

From nis (without) + āśā (hope/desire).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āśā)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'svapiti'.

स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps peacefully (sleeps)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of svap

Root verb.

Root: svap (class 2)

नैराश्यम् (nairāśyam) - freedom from desires (hopelessness, freedom from desire/expectation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nairāśya

nairāśya - hopelessness, despair, freedom from desire/expectation

Abstract noun derived from nirāśa (hopeless) with suffix -ya.

Note: Subject of implied 'asti' (is).

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Modifies 'sukham'.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, pleasure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease, comfortable

Note: Predicate nominative for 'nairāśyam'.

आशाम् (āśām) - hope (hope, expectation, desire)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, expectation, desire

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

अनाशाम् (anāśām) - no hope, freedom from hope (no hope, absence of hope, hopelessness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anāśā

anāśā - no hope, absence of hope, hopelessness

From a (negation) + āśā (hope).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+āśā)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā' or predicate accusative.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having transformed, having turned (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

Absolutive form from root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Gerund/Absolutive.

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, peacefully (happily, pleasantly, easily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps peacefully (sleeps)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of svap

Root verb.

Root: svap (class 2)

पिङ्गला (piṅgalā) - Piṅgalā (a courtesan mentioned in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, known for finding peace by abandoning desires) (Piṅgalā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of piṅgalā

piṅgalā - Piṅgalā (name of a courtesan)

Note: Subject of the second clause.