महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-62, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
शिवान्सुखान्महोदर्कानहिंस्राँल्लोकसंमतान् ।
ब्रूहि धर्मान्सुखोपायान्मद्विधानां सुखावहान् ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
śivānsukhānmahodarkānahiṁsrāँllokasaṁmatān ,
brūhi dharmānsukhopāyānmadvidhānāṁ sukhāvahān.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca śivān sukhān mahodarkān ahiṃsrān
lokasaṃmatān brūhi dharmān sukhopāyān madvidhānām sukhāvahān

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca madvidhānām sukhāvahān,
śivān,
sukhān,
mahodarkān,
ahiṃsrān,
lokasaṃmatān,
sukhopāyān dharmān brūhi

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Please tell me about the sacred duties (dharma) that are auspicious, pleasant, have great results, are non-violent, approved by the people, easy to practice, and bring happiness to those like me."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शिवान् (śivān) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious

• सुखान् (sukhān) - pleasant, happy, comfortable

• महोदर्कान् (mahodarkān) - having great consequences/results

• अहिंस्रान् (ahiṁsrān) - non-violent

• लोकसंमतान् (lokasaṁmatān) - approved by people, popular

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• धर्मान् (dharmān) - sacred duties, laws, principles, inherent qualities (dharma)

• सुखोपायान् (sukhopāyān) - easy to practice, having pleasant means/methods

• मद्विधानाम् (madvidhānām) - for those like me, of those like me

• सुखावहान् (sukhāvahān) - bringing happiness, conducive to happiness

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (a famous king, eldest of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शिवान् (śivān) - auspicious, benevolent, propitious

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śiva

śiva - auspicious, propitious, benevolent, prosperous

सुखान् (sukhān) - pleasant, happy, comfortable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukha

sukha - pleasant, happy, comfortable; happiness, ease

महोदर्कान् (mahodarkān) - having great consequences/results

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahodarka

mahodarka - having great consequences or results

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+udarka)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• udarka – consequence, result, end, future
  noun (masculine)

अहिंस्रान् (ahiṁsrān) - non-violent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ahiṃsra

ahiṁsra - non-injurious, non-violent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• hiṃsra – injurious, violent, harmful
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: hiṃs

लोकसंमतान् (lokasaṁmatān) - approved by people, popular

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of lokasaṃmata

lokasaṁmata - approved by the people, popular, agreeable to the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+saṃmata)

• loka – world, people, community
  noun (masculine)
• saṃmata – approved, esteemed, honored, agreed upon
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: man

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

धर्मान् (dharmān) - sacred duties, laws, principles, inherent qualities (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ

सुखोपायान् (sukhopāyān) - easy to practice, having pleasant means/methods

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukhopāya

sukhopāya - easy means, easy to perform

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+upāya)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• upāya – means, method, resource, stratagem
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa

मद्विधानाम् (madvidhānām) - for those like me, of those like me

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of madvidha

madvidha - like me, of my kind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+vidha)

• mad – me (stem form of aham)
  pronoun (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, like
  noun (masculine)

सुखावहान् (sukhāvahān) - bringing happiness, conducive to happiness

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukhāvaha

sukhāvaha - bringing happiness, causing pleasure, conducive to welfare

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+āvaha)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• āvaha – bringing, causing, producing
  adjective (masculine)
  from verb root vah
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vah