महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-191, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
धर्मस्यांशः प्रसूतोऽसि धर्मिष्ठोऽसि स्वभावतः ।
धर्ममूलाश्रयं वाक्यं शृणुष्वावहितोऽनघ ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
dharmasyāṁśaḥ prasūto'si dharmiṣṭho'si svabhāvataḥ ,
dharmamūlāśrayaṁ vākyaṁ śṛṇuṣvāvahito'nagha.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca dharmasya aṃśaḥ prasūtaḥ asi dharmiṣṭhaḥ asi
svabhāvataḥ dharmamūlāśrayam vākyaṃ śṛṇuṣva avahitaḥ anagha

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca anagha dharmasya aṃśaḥ prasūtaḥ asi svabhāvataḥ
dharmiṣṭhaḥ asi avahitaḥ dharmamūlāśrayam vākyaṃ śṛṇuṣva

2. Bhishma said: "You are born as a portion of (dharma), and by your intrinsic nature (svabhāva) you are most righteous. Therefore, O sinless one (anagha), listen attentively to these words, which are based on the foundation of (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of righteousness, of constitution (dharma)

• अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - a part, a portion

• प्रसूतः (prasūtaḥ) - born, sprung forth, produced

• असि (asi) - you are

• धर्मिष्ठः (dharmiṣṭhaḥ) - most righteous, most devoted to dharma

• असि (asi) - you are

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, inherently

• धर्ममूलाश्रयम् (dharmamūlāśrayam) - resting on the root of natural law, based on dharma as its foundation

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - word, statement, sentence

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, faultless one

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law, of righteousness, of constitution (dharma)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution (dharma)

अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - a part, a portion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśa

aṁśa - part, portion, share, division

प्रसूतः (prasūtaḥ) - born, sprung forth, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasūta

prasūta - born, produced, brought forth

Past Passive Participle

from pra-√sū (to give birth, produce)

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मिष्ठः (dharmiṣṭhaḥ) - most righteous, most devoted to dharma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmiṣṭha

dharmiṣṭha - most righteous, most virtuous, most observant of (dharma)

Superlative degree of dharmin (righteous)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by nature, inherently

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -tas from svabhāva

धर्ममूलाश्रयम् (dharmamūlāśrayam) - resting on the root of natural law, based on dharma as its foundation

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmamūlāśraya

dharmamūlāśraya - resting on the root of dharma, having dharma as its foundation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+mūla+āśraya)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• mūla – root, foundation, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)
• āśraya – support, refuge, resort, basis
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyaṃ'.

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - word, statement, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, careful, intent, concentrated

Past Passive Participle

from ava-√dhā (to fix, to place)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā (class 3)

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, innocent (anagha)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nagha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• nagha – sin, fault
  noun (neuter)