महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-5

यो ददाति सहस्राणि गवामश्वशतानि च ।
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यस्तद्दानमतिवर्तते ॥५॥

5. yo dadāti sahasrāṇi gavāmaśvaśatāni ca ,
abhayaṁ sarvabhūtebhyastaddānamativartate.

5. yaḥ dadāti sahasrāṇi gavām aśvaśatāni ca |
abhayam sarvabhūtebhyaḥ tat dānam ativartate

5. sarvabhūtebhyaḥ abhayam tat dānam sahasrāṇi
gavām ca aśvaśatāni (dānam) ativartate

5. The gift of fearlessness (abhayam) to all beings surpasses even the giving of thousands of cows and hundreds of horses.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• ददाति (dadāti) - gives (gives, bestows)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows (of cows, of cattle)

• अश्वशतानि (aśvaśatāni) - hundreds of horses

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभयम् (abhayam) - fearlessness (abhayam) (fearlessness, security, safety)

• सर्वभूतेभ्यः (sarvabhūtebhyaḥ) - to all beings (to all beings/creatures)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the gift of fearlessness) (that, this)

• दानम् (dānam) - gift (gift, giving, donation)

• अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - surpasses (surpasses, excels, exceeds, passes over)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, inasmuch as

ददाति (dadāti) - gives (gives, bestows)

(verb)

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

Root verb of class 3 (Juhotyādi)

Root: dā (class 3)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand; very many

Note: Object of 'dadāti'

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows (of cows, of cattle)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

अश्वशतानि (aśvaśatāni) - hundreds of horses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aśvaśata

aśvaśata - hundred of horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+śata)

• aśva – horse, steed
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'dadāti'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभयम् (abhayam) - fearlessness (abhayam) (fearlessness, security, safety)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhaya

abhaya - freedom from fear, security, safety, protection

From 'a' (negation) + 'bhaya' (fear)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+bhaya)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negating prefix
• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of an implied 'dadāti' or the subject of 'ativartate' when combined with 'dānam'

सर्वभूतेभ्यः (sarvabhūtebhyaḥ) - to all beings (to all beings/creatures)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, everything created

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Recipient of 'abhayam'

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the gift of fearlessness) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'dānam'

दानम् (dānam) - gift (gift, giving, donation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - act of giving, gift, donation, liberality

Derived from root 'dā' (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'ativartate'

अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - surpasses (surpasses, excels, exceeds, passes over)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ativṛt

From prefix 'ati' + root 'vṛt'

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Middle voice ending '-te'