महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-35

जनक उवाच ।
कानि कर्माणि धर्म्याणि लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विजसत्तम ।
न हिंसन्तीह भूतानि क्रियमाणानि सर्वदा ॥३५॥

35. janaka uvāca ,
kāni karmāṇi dharmyāṇi loke'smindvijasattama ,
na hiṁsantīha bhūtāni kriyamāṇāni sarvadā.

35. janaka uvāca | kāni karmāṇi dharmyāṇi loke asmin
dvijasattama | na hiṃsanti iha bhūtāni kriyamāṇāni sarvadā

35. janaka uvāca dvijasattama asmin loke kāni dharmyāṇi
karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni iha bhūtāni sarvadā na hiṃsanti?

35. Janaka said: 'O best among the twice-born, what are those righteous actions (karma), conforming to natural law (dharma), in this world, which, when performed, never harm any beings (bhūta)?'

Words meanings summery:

• जनक (janaka) - Janaka (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कानि (kāni) - what, which (plural neuter)

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds (karma)

• धर्म्याणि (dharmyāṇi) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

• न (na) - not

• हिंसन्ति (hiṁsanti) - they injure, they harm

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - when performed (referring to actions) (being performed, while being done)

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

Words meanings and morphology

जनक (janaka) - Janaka (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - Janaka (father of Sītā), father

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कानि (kāni) - what, which (plural neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - what, which, who

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

धर्म्याणि (dharmyāṇi) - righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dharmya

dharmya - lawful, righteous, just, conforming to dharma (dharma)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: agreeing with loke

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; or bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हिंसन्ति (hiṁsanti) - they injure, they harm

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of hiṃs

Root: hiṃs (class 10)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - when performed (referring to actions) (being performed, while being done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being performed

Present Passive Participle

root kṛ + yak (passive sign) + śānac suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)