महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-26

अमृतस्येव संतृप्येदवमानस्य वै द्विजः ।
सुखं ह्यवमतः शेते योऽवमन्ता स नश्यति ॥२६॥

26. amṛtasyeva saṁtṛpyedavamānasya vai dvijaḥ ,
sukhaṁ hyavamataḥ śete yo'vamantā sa naśyati.

26. amṛtasya iva santṛpyet avamānasya vai dvijaḥ
sukham hi avamataḥ śete yaḥ avamantā saḥ naśyati

26. dvijaḥ vai amṛtasya iva avamānasya santṛpyet hi
avamataḥ sukham śete yaḥ avamantā saḥ naśyati

26. Indeed, a twice-born (dvija) should be as satisfied by insult as if it were nectar. For one who is insulted sleeps happily, while the insulter himself perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar (of nectar, of immortality)

• इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as, as if)

• सन्तृप्येत् (santṛpyet) - one should be satisfied (one should be satisfied, one should be content)

• अवमानस्य (avamānasya) - by insult (of insult, by insult, from insult)

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

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - a twice-born (dvija) (a twice-born, a Brahmin, a bird)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily (happily, easily, joyfully)

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

• अवमतः (avamataḥ) - one who is insulted (despised, insulted, humiliated (person))

• शेते (śete) - sleeps, rests (sleeps, rests, lies down)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• अवमन्ता (avamantā) - the insulter (the insulter, the despiser)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the insulter) (he, that)

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, is lost)

Words meanings and morphology

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar (of nectar, of immortality)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, immortality, imperishable

From 'a' (negation) and 'mṛta' (dead).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Indicates comparison or source.

इव (iva) - as if, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

सन्तृप्येत् (santṛpyet) - one should be satisfied (one should be satisfied, one should be content)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of santṛp

From root √tṛp (to be satisfied) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Expresses a prescriptive command or moral imperative.

अवमानस्य (avamānasya) - by insult (of insult, by insult, from insult)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of avamāna

avamāna - insult, disrespect, contempt, slight

action noun

Derived from root √man (to think) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The genitive with santṛpyet can indicate the object of satisfaction.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - a twice-born (dvija) (a twice-born, a Brahmin, a bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth

Compound of dvi (two) and ja (born).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix
  From root √jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The implied subject of santṛpyet.

सुखम् (sukham) - happily (happily, easily, joyfully)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Explanatory particle.

अवमतः (avamataḥ) - one who is insulted (despised, insulted, humiliated (person))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avamata

avamata - despised, insulted, humiliated

Past Passive Participle

From root √man (to think) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Functions as a noun, 'the insulted one'.

शेते (śete) - sleeps, rests (sleeps, rests, lies down)

(verb)

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

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: The verb of avamataḥ.

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

अवमन्ता (avamantā) - the insulter (the insulter, the despiser)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avamantṛ

avamantṛ - insulter, despiser

agent noun

Derived from root √man (to think) with prefix ava- and suffix -tṛ.

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The agent noun, subject of naśyati.

सः (saḥ) - he (the insulter) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to yaḥ.

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, is lost)

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: The consequence for the insulter.