महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-330, verse-16

निर्वाणं परमं सौख्यं धर्मोऽसौ पर उच्यते ।
तस्मान्न च्युतपूर्वोऽहमच्युतस्तेन कर्मणा ॥१६॥

16. nirvāṇaṁ paramaṁ saukhyaṁ dharmo'sau para ucyate ,
tasmānna cyutapūrvo'hamacyutastena karmaṇā.

16. nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ saukhyaṃ dharmaḥ asau paraḥ ucyate
tasmāt na cyutapūrvaḥ aham acyutaḥ tena karmaṇā

16. nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ saukhyaṃ asau paraḥ dharmaḥ ucyate
tasmāt na cyutapūrvaḥ aham tena karmaṇā acyutaḥ

16. Supreme happiness is liberation (nirvāṇa); this is declared to be the highest natural law (dharma). Therefore, I have never fallen from it; by that action (karma), I am Acyuta, the unfailing one.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्वाणं (nirvāṇaṁ) - liberation, perfect tranquility, extinction of desires

• परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सौख्यं (saukhyaṁ) - happiness, joy, comfort

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness

• असौ (asau) - this, that

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, on that account

• न (na) - not, no

• च्युतपूर्वः (cyutapūrvaḥ) - one who has not fallen before, never fallen

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अच्युतः (acyutaḥ) - An epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (the unfailing one, never falling, imperishable)

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed

Words meanings and morphology

निर्वाणं (nirvāṇaṁ) - liberation, perfect tranquility, extinction of desires

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - extinction, cessation; liberation, ultimate freedom, perfect tranquility

Prefix: nir

Root: vā (class 2)

परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, ultimate

सौख्यं (saukhyaṁ) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saukhya

saukhya - happiness, well-being, pleasure, comfort

Derived from 'sukha' (ease, happiness)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, religion, essential quality

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

असौ (asau) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun, referring to something far or not present)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, other

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate; other, distant, subsequent

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, on that account

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial conjunction meaning 'therefore'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च्युतपूर्वः (cyutapūrvaḥ) - one who has not fallen before, never fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyutapūrva

cyutapūrva - fallen before, one for whom falling is a thing of the past

Compound type : tatpurusha (cyuta+pūrva)

• cyuta – fallen, deviated, moved from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root cyu
  Root: cyu (class 1)
• pūrva – before, prior, former
  adjective (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अच्युतः (acyutaḥ) - An epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (the unfailing one, never falling, imperishable)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - unfallen, imperishable, firm, steady; an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cyuta)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• cyuta – fallen, deviated, moved from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root cyu
  Root: cyu (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'karmaṇā'

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)