महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-36

पराशर उवाच ।
शृणु मेऽत्र महाराज यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
यानि कर्माण्यहिंस्राणि नरं त्रायन्ति सर्वदा ॥३६॥

36. parāśara uvāca ,
śṛṇu me'tra mahārāja yanmāṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi ,
yāni karmāṇyahiṁsrāṇi naraṁ trāyanti sarvadā.

36. parāśara uvāca | śṛṇu me atra mahārāja yat mām tvam
paripṛcchasi | yāni karmāṇi ahiṃsrāṇi naram trāyanti sarvadā

36. parāśara uvāca mahārāja,
tvam yat mām paripṛcchasi,
atra me śṛṇu yāni ahiṃsrāṇi karmāṇi naram sarvadā trāyanti

36. Parāśara said: 'O great king, listen to me concerning what you have asked me. (I will tell you) which non-injurious actions (karma) always protect a person.'

Words meanings summery:

• पराशर (parāśara) - Parāśara (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

• परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

• यानि (yāni) - which (plural neuter)

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

• अहिंस्राणि (ahiṁsrāṇi) - non-injurious, non-violent

• नरम् (naram) - man, person

• त्रायन्ति (trāyanti) - they protect, they save

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

Words meanings and morphology

पराशर (parāśara) - Parāśara (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parāśara

parāśara - Parāśara (a sage, father of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

imperative form of root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: object of paripṛcchasi

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pracch

root pracch with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: pracch (class 6)

यानि (yāni) - which (plural neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

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

अहिंस्राणि (ahiṁsrāṇi) - non-injurious, non-violent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ahiṃsra

ahiṁsra - non-injurious, harmless, non-violent

nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (negation) and 'hiṃsra' (injurious)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• hiṃsra – injuring, harmful, violent
  adjective (neuter)
  root hiṃs + ra suffix
  Root: hiṃs (class 10)

नरम् (naram) - man, person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person

त्रायन्ति (trāyanti) - they protect, they save

(verb)

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

Root: trā (class 2)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)