महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-59, verse-6

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मो याचते यत्प्रदीयते ।
अयाचतः सीदमानान्सर्वोपायैर्निमन्त्रय ॥६॥

6. ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmo yācate yatpradīyate ,
ayācataḥ sīdamānānsarvopāyairnimantraya.

6. ānṛśaṃsyam paramaḥ dharmaḥ yācate yat pradīyate
ayācataḥ sīdamānān sarvopāyaiḥ nimantraya

6. Non-cruelty (ānṛśaṃsya) is the supreme natural law (dharma). Whatever is given when one asks. You should invite, by all means, those who are suffering and not asking for help.

Words meanings summery:

• आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, benevolence, compassion

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, most excellent

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

• याचते (yācate) - referring to a person who asks for something (he asks, when one asks)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

• प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - is given, is offered

• अयाचतः (ayācataḥ) - of one not asking, to one not asking

• सीदमानान् (sīdamānān) - those who are sinking, suffering, distressed

• सर्वोपायैः (sarvopāyaiḥ) - by all means, by all expedients

• निमन्त्रय (nimantraya) - invite, summon

Words meanings and morphology

आनृशंस्यम् (ānṛśaṁsyam) - non-cruelty, benevolence, compassion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - non-cruelty, benevolence, compassion, kindness

Derived from nṛśaṃsa (cruel) with 'a' (negation) and 'ṣyañ' suffix for abstract noun.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, excellent, best

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

याचते (yācate) - referring to a person who asks for something (he asks, when one asks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - is given, is offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

अयाचतः (ayācataḥ) - of one not asking, to one not asking

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ayācat

ayācat - not asking, not begging, unasked

Present Active Participle (negative)

Compound of 'a' (negation) and present active participle 'yācat' from root yāc.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yācat)

• a – not, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• yācat – asking, begging
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Used here in dative sense, 'to one not asking'.

सीदमानान् (sīdamānān) - those who are sinking, suffering, distressed

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sīdamāna

sīdamāna - sinking, perishing, distressed, suffering

Present Middle Participle

From root sad (to sink, be distressed) in the middle voice.

Root: sad (class 1)

सर्वोपायैः (sarvopāyaiḥ) - by all means, by all expedients

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarvopāya

sarvopāya - all means, every expedient, all resources

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+upāya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• upāya – means, expedient, method, stratagem
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

निमन्त्रय (nimantraya) - invite, summon

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of mantr

Prefix: ni

Root: mantr (class 10)