महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-25

अहिंसा परमो धर्मस्तथाहिंसा परं तपः ।
अहिंसा परमं सत्यं ततो धर्मः प्रवर्तते ॥२५॥

25. ahiṁsā paramo dharmastathāhiṁsā paraṁ tapaḥ ,
ahiṁsā paramaṁ satyaṁ tato dharmaḥ pravartate.

25. ahiṃsā paramaḥ dharmaḥ tathā ahiṃsā paraṃ tapaḥ
ahiṃsā paramaṃ satyaṃ tataḥ dharmaḥ pravartate

25. Non-violence (ahiṃsā) is the supreme (dharma); similarly, non-violence (ahiṃsā) is the supreme austerity (tapas). Non-violence (ahiṃsā) is the supreme truth; from that, (dharma) proceeds.

Words meanings summery:

• अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

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

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

• अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

• परं (paraṁ) - supreme, highest, greatest

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance, heat

• अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

• सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thence, then

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

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, originates, comes forth, prevails

Words meanings and morphology

अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-harm, abstinence from injury

from a (negative) + hiṃsā (violence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  from root hiṃs (to injure)
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

(indeclinable)

अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-harm, abstinence from injury

from a (negative) + hiṃsā (violence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  from root hiṃs (to injure)
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परं (paraṁ) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance, heat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

अहिंसा (ahiṁsā) - non-violence, non-harm

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-harm, abstinence from injury

from a (negative) + hiṃsā (violence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  from root hiṃs (to injure)
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

from sat (being, existing)

Root: as (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thence, then

(indeclinable)

from tad (that)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, originates, comes forth, prevails

(verb)

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

Present 3rd Person Singular (Ātmanepada)

from pra + root vṛt (to turn, to exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)