महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-20

नाहं शप्तः प्रतिशपामि किंचिद्दमं द्वारं ह्यमृतस्येह वेद्मि ।
गुह्यं ब्रह्म तदिदं वो ब्रवीमि न मानुषाच्छ्रेष्ठतरं हि किंचित् ॥२०॥

20. nāhaṁ śaptaḥ pratiśapāmi kiṁci;ddamaṁ dvāraṁ hyamṛtasyeha vedmi ,
guhyaṁ brahma tadidaṁ vo bravīmi; na mānuṣācchreṣṭhataraṁ hi kiṁcit.

20. na aham śaptaḥ pratiśapāmi kiñcit
damam dvāram hi amṛtasya iha vedmi
guhyam brahma tat idam vaḥ bravīmi
na mānuṣāt śreṣṭhataram hi kiñcit

20. aham śaptaḥ na pratiśapāmi kiñcit,
hi damam amṛtasya dvāram iha vedmi.
tat guhyam brahma idam vaḥ bravīmi: hi mānuṣāt kiñcit na śreṣṭhataram.

20. I do not curse back anyone who curses me, for I know that self-control (dama) is indeed the gateway to immortality in this world. This secret ultimate reality (brahman) I declare to you: nothing is superior to a human being.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed, reviled

• प्रतिशपामि (pratiśapāmi) - I curse back, I retaliate with a curse

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

• दमम् (damam) - self-control, restraint, subjugation

• द्वारम् (dvāram) - door, gate, entrance

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

• अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of immortality, of nectar

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

• वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

• गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden, mysterious

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural), your

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• मानुषात् (mānuṣāt) - than a human being, from a human being

• श्रेष्ठतरम् (śreṣṭhataram) - more excellent, superior, better

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine/feminine, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed, reviled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śapta

śapta - cursed, reviled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śap (to curse, revile)

Root: śap (class 1)

प्रतिशपामि (pratiśapāmi) - I curse back, I retaliate with a curse

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of pratiśap

Root śap with upasarga prati

Prefix: prati

Root: śap (class 1)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(indeclinable)

दमम् (damam) - self-control, restraint, subjugation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dama

dama - self-control, restraint, subjugation

Root: dam (class 1)

द्वारम् (dvāram) - door, gate, entrance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvāra

dvāra - door, gate, entrance

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

(indeclinable)

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of immortality, of nectar

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortality, nectar, ambrosia

Formed with prefix a (not) + mṛta (dead)

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

(indeclinable)

वेद्मि (vedmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden, mysterious

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of guhya

guhya - secret, hidden, mysterious

Gerundive

Derived from root guh (to hide)

Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with 'brahma'

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural), your

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Enclitic form

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

मानुषात् (mānuṣāt) - than a human being, from a human being

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, a human being, man

Derived from manu (man) + aṣ (suf)

श्रेष्ठतरम् (śreṣṭhataram) - more excellent, superior, better

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śreṣṭhatara

śreṣṭhatara - more excellent, superior, better

Comparative degree of śreṣṭha (best), formed with suffix -tara

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(indeclinable)