महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-290, verse-79

प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्यामि परमं नृप ।
मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किं नु दुःखतरं भवेत् ॥७९॥

79. pravṛttilakṣaṇaṁ dharmaṁ paśyāmi paramaṁ nṛpa ,
magnasya hi pare jñāne kiṁ nu duḥkhataraṁ bhavet.

79. pravṛtti lakṣaṇam dharmam paśyāmi paramam nṛpa
magnasya hi pare jñāne kim nu duḥkhataram bhavet

79. nṛpa,
(aham) pravṛtti lakṣaṇam dharmam paramam paśyāmi.
hi,
pare jñāne magnasya (janasya kṛte) kim nu duḥkhataram bhavet?

79. O King, I consider the natural law (dharma) characterized by active engagement (pravṛtti) to be supreme. Indeed, for one immersed in supreme knowledge, what could possibly be more distressing (than inactivity)?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्ति (pravṛtti) - active engagement (activity, engagement, tendency, manifestation)

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characterized by (characteristic, mark, sign, definition)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I consider (I see, I observe, I consider)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, utmost)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King

• मग्नस्य (magnasya) - for one immersed (of one who is immersed, absorbed, sunk)

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

• परे (pare) - in supreme (in supreme, in higher)

• ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in knowledge (in knowledge, in wisdom)

• किम् (kim) - what (what?)

• नु (nu) - possibly (indeed, surely (particle, often interrogative or emphatic))

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more distressing (more painful, more distressing, more sorrowful)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - could be (may be, would be, should be)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्ति (pravṛtti) - active engagement (activity, engagement, tendency, manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, engagement, tendency, manifestation

From pra-vṛt-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characterized by (characteristic, mark, sign, definition)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - characteristic, mark, sign, definition

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I consider (I see, I observe, I consider)

(verb)

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

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice (from root dṛś, but using paśya stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, utmost)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

नृप (nṛpa) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

Compound of nṛ 'man' and pa 'protector'

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

मग्नस्य (magnasya) - for one immersed (of one who is immersed, absorbed, sunk)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, absorbed, sunk, plunged

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of majj-

Root: majj (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in supreme (in supreme, in higher)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, beyond, other

ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in knowledge (in knowledge, in wisdom)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom, understanding

Root: jñā (class 9)

किम् (kim) - what (what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

नु (nu) - possibly (indeed, surely (particle, often interrogative or emphatic))

(indeclinable)

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more distressing (more painful, more distressing, more sorrowful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more painful, more distressing, more sorrowful

Comparative form of duḥkha-

भवेत् (bhavet) - could be (may be, would be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)