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13,47

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-20

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्म इति तस्मै प्रदीयते ।
यत्र तत्र समुत्पन्नो गुणायैवोपकल्पते ॥२०॥
20. ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharma iti tasmai pradīyate ,
yatra tatra samutpanno guṇāyaivopakalpate.
20. ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ iti tasmai pradīyate
yatra tatra samutpannaḥ guṇāya eva upakalpate
20. ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ iti tasmai pradīyate
yatra tatra samutpannaḥ eva guṇāya upakalpate
20. Compassion (ānṛśaṃsyam) is the supreme natural law (dharma); thus, (the inheritance) is granted to him. For, wherever a person may be born, he is conducive only to good qualities (guṇa).

Words meanings summery:

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  • आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness, humanity
  • परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent
  • धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the highest principle or natural law (dharma) governing actions and society (natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty, intrinsic nature)
  • इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marker for quotation)
  • तस्मै (tasmai) - to the son (of a śūdrā mother and Brahmin father) (to him, to that (person))
  • प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - the inheritance share is granted (is given, is offered, is granted)
  • यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever
  • तत्र (tatra) - there, thither, in that place
  • समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - wherever a person (the son) is born, regardless of circumstances (born, arisen, produced)
  • गुणाय (guṇāya) - for virtue, for good quality, for merit
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • उपकल्पते (upakalpate) - becomes suitable for or is conducive to developing good qualities (is fit for, is conducive to, becomes)

Words meanings and morphology

आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness, humanity
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya
ānṛśaṁsya - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness, humanity, benevolence
परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other, distant
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the highest principle or natural law (dharma) governing actions and society (natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty, intrinsic nature)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)
इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way (marker for quotation)
(indeclinable)
तस्मै (tasmai) - to the son (of a śūdrā mother and Brahmin father) (to him, to that (person))
(pronoun)
Dative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, this, it
प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - the inheritance share is granted (is given, is offered, is granted)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-dā
Prefix: pra
Root: dā (class 3)
यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever
(indeclinable)
तत्र (tatra) - there, thither, in that place
(indeclinable)
समुत्पन्नः (samutpannaḥ) - wherever a person (the son) is born, regardless of circumstances (born, arisen, produced)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of samutpanna
samutpanna - born, arisen, produced, sprung up
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root pad- (to go) with upasargas sam- and ut-
Prefixes: sam+ut
Root: pad (class 4)
गुणाय (guṇāya) - for virtue, for good quality, for merit
(noun)
Dative, masculine, singular of guṇa
guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, strand, secondary quality (guṇa)
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
उपकल्पते (upakalpate) - becomes suitable for or is conducive to developing good qualities (is fit for, is conducive to, becomes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of upa-kḷp
Prefix: upa
Root: kḷp (class 1)