महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-3

एतान्येव पदान्याहुः पञ्च वृद्धाः प्रशान्तये ।
एष स्वर्गश्च धर्मश्च सुखं चानुत्तमं सताम् ॥३॥

3. etānyeva padānyāhuḥ pañca vṛddhāḥ praśāntaye ,
eṣa svargaśca dharmaśca sukhaṁ cānuttamaṁ satām.

3. etāni eva padāni āhuḥ pañca vṛddhāḥ praśāntaye eṣaḥ
svargaḥ ca dharmaḥ ca sukham ca anuttamam satām

3. pañca vṛddhāḥ etāni eva padāni praśāntaye āhuḥ eṣaḥ
svargaḥ ca dharmaḥ ca anuttamam sukham ca satām

3. The five elders declare these very principles to be for ultimate peace. This indeed is heaven, righteousness (dharma), and unsurpassed happiness for the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• पदानि (padāni) - steps, words, principles

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders, old ones, wise ones

• प्रशान्तये (praśāntaye) - for tranquility, for peace

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (is)

• स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven, celestial realm

• च (ca) - and

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

• च (ca) - and

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

• च (ca) - and

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of the good

Words meanings and morphology

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

पदानि (padāni) - steps, words, principles

(noun)

neuter, plural of pada

pada - step, foot, word, principle, state

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ā-hū

Prefix: ā

Root: hū (class 3)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders, old ones, wise ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, grown, wise, elder

Past Passive Participle

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

प्रशान्तये (praśāntaye) - for tranquility, for peace

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of praśānti

praśānti - tranquility, peace, calm

Prefix: pra

Root: śam

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (is)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven, celestial realm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial realm

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, duty, natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, supreme, best

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+uttama)

• an – not
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best
  adjective
  superlative suffix -tama
  Prefix: ut
  Root: ud-tam

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous, of the good

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Root: as (class 2)