महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-117, verse-38

अहिंसा परमो यज्ञस्तथाहिंसा परं बलम् ।
अहिंसा परमं मित्रमहिंसा परमं सुखम् ।
अहिंसा परमं सत्यमहिंसा परमं श्रुतम् ॥३८॥

38. ahiṁsā paramo yajñastathāhiṁsā paraṁ balam ,
ahiṁsā paramaṁ mitramahiṁsā paramaṁ sukham ,
ahiṁsā paramaṁ satyamahiṁsā paramaṁ śrutam.

38. ahiṃsā paramaḥ yajñaḥ tathā ahiṃsā
paramam balam ahiṃsā paramam mitram
ahiṃsā paramam sukham ahiṃsā
paramam satyam ahiṃsā paramam śrutam

38. ahiṃsā paramaḥ yajñaḥ tathā ahiṃsā
paramam balam ahiṃsā paramam mitram
ahiṃsā paramam sukham ahiṃsā
paramam satyam ahiṃsā paramam śrutam

38. Non-violence (ahiṃsā) is the supreme Vedic ritual (yajña); similarly, non-violence is supreme strength. Non-violence is the highest friend, non-violence is supreme happiness, non-violence is the ultimate truth, and non-violence is the highest sacred knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

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

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice)

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

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

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

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

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, companion

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

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, comfort, pleasure

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

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

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

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred knowledge, scripture (heard, revealed (scripture), learning, knowledge)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with yajñaḥ.

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice, religious ceremony

action noun

From √yaj (to worship, sacrifice).

Root: yaj (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with balam, mitram, sukham, satyam, śrutam.

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

From √bal (to live, exist, be strong).

Root: bal (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with balam, mitram, sukham, satyam, śrutam.

मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, companion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, ally, the sun (as a deity)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with balam, mitram, sukham, satyam, śrutam.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, comfort, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, comfort, ease, pleasure, joy

From su- (good) + kha (axle hole). Literally 'having a good axle hole' (easy to draw a chariot).

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with balam, mitram, sukham, satyam, śrutam.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, integrity, sincerity

From sat (being, existing, true) + -ya.

Root: as (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury, abstention from doing harm

From a- (negation) + hiṃsā (violence, injury).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• hiṃsā – violence, injury, harm
  noun (feminine)
  action noun from √hiṃs
  From √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent, best

Superlative form of para (other, distant).

Note: Agrees with balam, mitram, sukham, satyam, śrutam.

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred knowledge, scripture (heard, revealed (scripture), learning, knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed (scripture), knowledge obtained by hearing, sacred learning

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √śru (to hear), used as a noun.

Root: śru (class 5)