महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-21, verse-2

संतोषो वै स्वर्गतमः संतोषः परमं सुखम् ।
तुष्टेर्न किंचित्परतः सुसम्यक्परितिष्ठति ॥२॥

2. saṁtoṣo vai svargatamaḥ saṁtoṣaḥ paramaṁ sukham ,
tuṣṭerna kiṁcitparataḥ susamyakparitiṣṭhati.

2. saṃtoṣaḥ vai svargatamaḥ saṃtoṣaḥ paramaṃ sukham
tuṣṭeḥ na kiṃcit parataḥ susamyak paritiṣṭhati

2. saṃtoṣaḥ vai svargatamaḥ saṃtoṣaḥ paramaṃ sukham
tuṣṭeḥ parataḥ kiṃcit na susamyak paritiṣṭhati

2. Contentment (saṃtoṣa) is indeed the highest heaven; contentment is the supreme happiness. Nothing superior to perfect satisfaction (tuṣṭi) is truly well-established.

Words meanings summery:

• संतोषः (saṁtoṣaḥ) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction, gladness)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

• स्वर्गतमः (svargatamaḥ) - highest heaven (highest heaven, best of heaven)

• संतोषः (saṁtoṣaḥ) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction, gladness)

• परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme (supreme, highest, best, ultimate)

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

• तुष्टेः (tuṣṭeḥ) - from satisfaction (from satisfaction, from contentment)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

• परतः (parataḥ) - beyond (superior to) it (beyond, after, from afar)

• सुसमयक् (susamayak) - truly well (perfectly, very well, thoroughly, rightly)

• परितिष्ठति (paritiṣṭhati) - is established (stands firm, remains, is established, surrounds)

Words meanings and morphology

संतोषः (saṁtoṣaḥ) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction, gladness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtoṣa

saṁtoṣa - contentment, satisfaction, gladness

from sam- + tuṣ (to be pleased), literally 'complete satisfaction'

Prefix: sam

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गतमः (svargatamaḥ) - highest heaven (highest heaven, best of heaven)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svargatama

svargatama - highest heaven, best heaven

superlative adjective formed by adding the -tama suffix to 'svarga' (heaven)

संतोषः (saṁtoṣaḥ) - contentment (contentment, satisfaction, gladness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtoṣa

saṁtoṣa - contentment, satisfaction, gladness

from sam- + tuṣ (to be pleased), literally 'complete satisfaction'

Prefix: sam

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme (supreme, highest, best, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, best, ultimate

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease, pleasure

from su- (good) + kha (axle-hole, space); originally 'having a good axle-hole' (of a chariot), hence 'comfortable, easy'

तुष्टेः (tuṣṭeḥ) - from satisfaction (from satisfaction, from contentment)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of tuṣṭi

tuṣṭi - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

from root tuṣ (to be pleased, satisfied) with ktin suffix

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - anything, something, a little, perhaps

indeclinable pronoun formed from the interrogative pronoun 'kim' and the indefinite particle 'cit'

परतः (parataḥ) - beyond (superior to) it (beyond, after, from afar)

(indeclinable)

from 'para' (other, beyond) + 'tasil' suffix

सुसमयक् (susamayak) - truly well (perfectly, very well, thoroughly, rightly)

(indeclinable)

adverbial formation from 'su-' (good, well) combined with 'samyak' (properly, rightly)

परितिष्ठति (paritiṣṭhati) - is established (stands firm, remains, is established, surrounds)

(verb)

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

present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of pari-√sthā

Prefix: pari

Root: sthā (class 1)