महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-114, verse-5

अहिंसकानि भूतानि दण्डेन विनिहन्ति यः ।
आत्मनः सुखमन्विच्छन्न स प्रेत्य सुखी भवेत् ॥५॥

5. ahiṁsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vinihanti yaḥ ,
ātmanaḥ sukhamanvicchanna sa pretya sukhī bhavet.

5. ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vinihanti yaḥ ātmanaḥ
sukham anvicchan na saḥ pretya sukhī bhavet

5. yaḥ ātmanaḥ sukham anvicchan ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni
daṇḍena vinihanti saḥ pretya sukhī na bhavet

5. That person who, desiring their own happiness, strikes down harmless beings (bhūta) with a stick, will not be happy in the afterlife (pretya).

Words meanings summery:

• अहिंसकानि (ahiṁsakāni) - harmless (non-injuring, harmless, benevolent)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings (bhūta) (beings, creatures, elements)

• दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - with a stick (by a stick, by a rod, by punishment, by force)

• विनिहन्ति (vinihanti) - strikes down (strikes down, kills, injures, destroys)

• यः (yaḥ) - That person who (who, which)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (of oneself, for oneself)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, comfort)

• अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - desiring (seeking, desiring, searching after)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - in the afterlife (pretya) (having died, after death, in the next world)

• सुखी (sukhī) - happy (happy, joyful, comfortable)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - will be (may be, should be, becomes)

Words meanings and morphology

अहिंसकानि (ahiṁsakāni) - harmless (non-injuring, harmless, benevolent)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ahiṃsaka

ahiṁsaka - non-injuring, harmless, benevolent

From a + hiṃsaka

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsaka)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• hiṃsaka – injuring, harming, destructive
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From √hiṃs (to injure) + -ka suffix
  Root: hiṃs (class 10)

Note: Object of 'vinihanti'.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings (bhūta) (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vinihanti'.

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - with a stick (by a stick, by a rod, by punishment, by force)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - stick, rod, staff, punishment, chastisement

Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Instrument of the action of striking.

विनिहन्ति (vinihanti) - strikes down (strikes down, kills, injures, destroys)

(verb)

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

Present Active

From vi + ni + √han (2nd class), present tense

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the relative clause.

यः (yaḥ) - That person who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

Note: Subject of the relative clause.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (of oneself, for oneself)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Note: Used reflexively, indicating ownership or relation to the agent.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, comfort)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease, comfort

Note: Object of 'anvicchan'.

अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - desiring (seeking, desiring, searching after)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anvicchat

anvicchat - seeking, desiring, searching after

Present Active Participle

From anu + √iṣ (4th class), present active participle, masculine nominative singular

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Present active participle, functioning as an adjective for the implicit 'yaḥ'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates the main verb.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative/personal pronoun, masculine nominative singular

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yaḥ'.

प्रेत्य (pretya) - in the afterlife (pretya) (having died, after death, in the next world)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From pra + √i (2nd class), absolutive form

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Absolutive, indicating a condition or time.

सुखी (sukhī) - happy (happy, joyful, comfortable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhin

sukhin - happy, joyful, comfortable

From sukha + -in suffix

Note: Predicate adjective, describing the state of 'saḥ'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - will be (may be, should be, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

From √bhū (1st class), optative mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses potentiality or expectation.