महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-316, verse-12

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः क्षमा च परमं बलम् ।
आत्मज्ञानं परं ज्ञानं न सत्याद्विद्यते परम् ॥१२॥

12. ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmaḥ kṣamā ca paramaṁ balam ,
ātmajñānaṁ paraṁ jñānaṁ na satyādvidyate param.

12. ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ kṣamā ca paramam balam
ātmajñānam param jñānam na satyāt vidyate param

12. ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ kṣamā ca paramam balam
ātmajñānam param jñānam satyāt param na vidyate

12. Non-cruelty is the highest righteous conduct (dharma); forgiveness is the supreme strength. Knowledge of the self (ātman) is the supreme knowledge, and nothing higher than truth exists.

Words meanings summery:

• आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteous conduct, duty, natural law, intrinsic nature

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - forgiveness, patience, endurance

• च (ca) - and, also

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• आत्मज्ञानम् (ātmajñānam) - knowledge of the self, self-knowledge

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• परम् (param) - higher, superior

Words meanings and morphology

आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness

abstract noun from anṛśaṃsa (not cruel)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteous conduct, duty, natural law, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteous conduct, duty, natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution

from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

क्षमा (kṣamā) - forgiveness, patience, endurance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - forgiveness, patience, endurance, the earth

from root kṣam (to be patient, endure)

Root: kṣam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Agrees with 'balam'

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

आत्मज्ञानम् (ātmajñānam) - knowledge of the self, self-knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātmajñāna

ātmajñāna - self-knowledge, knowledge of the self (ātman)

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+jñāna)

• ātman – self, soul, breath, essence
  noun (masculine)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

Note: Agrees with 'jñānam'

ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, wisdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, wisdom

from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality

from sat (being, existing)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, present indicative, from root vid (to be, exist)

Root: vid (class 4)

परम् (param) - higher, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, higher

Note: Often used adverbially or as a neuter nominative describing 'something higher'.