महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-114, verse-3

हन्त निःश्रेयसं जन्तोरहं वक्ष्याम्यनुत्तमम् ।
अहिंसापाश्रयं धर्मं यः साधयति वै नरः ॥३॥

3. hanta niḥśreyasaṁ jantorahaṁ vakṣyāmyanuttamam ,
ahiṁsāpāśrayaṁ dharmaṁ yaḥ sādhayati vai naraḥ.

3. hanta niḥśreyasam jantoḥ aham vakṣyāmi anuttamam
ahiṃsāpāśrayam dharmam yaḥ sādhayati vai naraḥ

3. hanta aham jantoḥ anuttamam niḥśreyasam vakṣyāmi
yaḥ naraḥ vai ahiṃsāpāśrayam dharmam sādhayati

3. "Indeed, I shall declare the unsurpassed ultimate good (niḥśreyasa) for living beings: that person who truly practices the principle (dharma) founded on non-violence (ahiṃsā)."

Words meanings summery:

• हन्त (hanta) - Indeed (introduces an important statement) (indeed, oh, alas (exclamation))

• निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - ultimate good (niḥśreyasa) (supreme welfare, ultimate good, liberation)

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - for a living being (of a living being, of a creature)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall declare (I will speak, I will declare)

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed (unsurpassed, excellent, supreme)

• अहिंसापाश्रयम् (ahiṁsāpāśrayam) - founded on non-violence (ahiṃsā) (based on non-violence, having non-violence as its refuge)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - the principle (dharma) (dharma, righteousness, principle)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• साधयति (sādhayati) - practices (accomplishes, perfects, practices, causes to succeed)

• वै (vai) - truly (indeed, verily (emphatic particle))

• नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्त (hanta) - Indeed (introduces an important statement) (indeed, oh, alas (exclamation))

(indeclinable)

निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - ultimate good (niḥśreyasa) (supreme welfare, ultimate good, liberation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥśreyasa

niḥśreyasa - supreme welfare, highest good, liberation

From niḥ + śreyas (comparative of śrī)

Note: Object of 'vakṣyāmi'.

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - for a living being (of a living being, of a creature)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man

From √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Indicates purpose or relationship 'for a living being'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular pronoun

Note: Subject of 'vakṣyāmi'.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall declare (I will speak, I will declare)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active

From √vac (2nd class), future tense

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed (unsurpassed, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent

From an + uttara/uttama

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+uttama)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• uttama – highest, best, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of ud
  Prefix: ud

Note: Adjective modifying 'niḥśreyasam'.

अहिंसापाश्रयम् (ahiṁsāpāśrayam) - founded on non-violence (ahiṃsā) (based on non-violence, having non-violence as its refuge)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahiṃsāpāśraya

ahiṁsāpāśraya - having non-violence as refuge/support, based on non-violence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ahiṃsā+āśraya)

• ahiṃsā – non-violence, non-injury
  noun (feminine)
  From a + hiṃsā
  Prefix: a
  Root: hiṃs (class 10)
• āśraya – refuge, support, abode, basis
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + √śri
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'dharmam'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the principle (dharma) (dharma, righteousness, principle)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

From √dhṛ to uphold, sustain

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'sādhayati'.

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

Note: Subject of 'sādhayati', referring to 'naraḥ'.

साधयति (sādhayati) - practices (accomplishes, perfects, practices, causes to succeed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sādh

Present Active

Causative of √sādh (5th class)

Root: sādh (class 5)

वै (vai) - truly (indeed, verily (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

Note: Subject of the relative clause, agreeing with 'yaḥ'.