महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-353, verse-8

तदेष परमो धर्मो यन्मां पृच्छसि भारत ।
असन्नधीरनाकाङ्क्षी धर्मार्थकरणे नृप ॥८॥

8. tadeṣa paramo dharmo yanmāṁ pṛcchasi bhārata ,
asannadhīranākāṅkṣī dharmārthakaraṇe nṛpa.

8. tat eṣa paramaḥ dharmaḥ yat mām pṛcchasi bhārata
asannadhīḥ anākāṅkṣī dharma artha karaṇe nṛpa

8. bhārata yat mām pṛcchasi tat eṣa paramaḥ dharmaḥ
nṛpa dharma artha karaṇe asannadhīḥ anākāṅkṣī

8. Therefore, this, O Bhārata, is the supreme natural law (dharma), that you ask me; for a king (nṛpa) should not be dispirited or devoid of desire in fulfilling natural law (dharma) and pursuing prosperity (artha).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore, that, then

• एष (eṣa) - this, this one

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, utmost

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

• यत् (yat) - that, which, because

• माम् (mām) - me

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

• असन्नधीः (asannadhīḥ) - not disheartened, not despondent

• अनाकाङ्क्षी (anākāṅkṣī) - not desirous, unlonging, indifferent

• धर्म (dharma) - natural law, duty

• अर्थ (artha) - purpose, prosperity, wealth

• करणे (karaṇe) - in the doing, in the performance, in the matter of

• नृप (nṛpa) - king, ruler

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore, that, then

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, utmost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, best

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that, which, because

(conjunction)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

First person pronoun

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pracch

Root: pracch (class 6)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a name of Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira

असन्नधीः (asannadhīḥ) - not disheartened, not despondent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asannadhī

asannadhī - not disheartened, whose intellect is not near, dispirited

Bahuvrīhi compound: a- (not) + sanna (sunken, depressed) + dhī (intellect, mind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+sanna+dhī)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sanna – sunken, depressed, withered, exhausted
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sad (to sit, sink) + -ta suffix
  Root: sad (class 1)
• dhī – intellect, mind, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhyai (class 1)

अनाकाङ्क्षी (anākāṅkṣī) - not desirous, unlonging, indifferent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anākāṅkṣin

anākāṅkṣin - not desirous, unlonging, free from desire

Compound of an- (not) + ākāṅkṣin (desirous)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ākāṅkṣin)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ākāṅkṣin – desiring, longing for, wishing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root kāṅkṣ (to desire) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

धर्म (dharma) - natural law, duty

(noun)

of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound dharmārthakaraṇe

अर्थ (artha) - purpose, prosperity, wealth

(noun)

of artha

artha - purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material well-being

Note: Part of a compound dharmārthakaraṇe

करणे (karaṇe) - in the doing, in the performance, in the matter of

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karaṇa

karaṇa - doing, making, action, instrument, cause

From root kṛ (to do, make) + -ana suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of a compound dharmārthakaraṇe

नृप (nṛpa) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

Compound: nṛ (man) + pa (protector, one who drinks)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver, one who drinks
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā (to protect or to drink)
  Root: pā (class 2)