महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-27, verse-5

तस्माद्ध्रस्वतरं नास्ति न ततोऽस्ति बृहत्तरम् ।
नास्ति तस्माद्दुःखतरं नास्त्यन्यत्तत्समं सुखम् ॥५॥

5. tasmāddhrasvataraṁ nāsti na tato'sti bṛhattaram ,
nāsti tasmādduḥkhataraṁ nāstyanyattatsamaṁ sukham.

5. tasmāt hrasvataram na asti na tataḥ asti bṛhattaram na
asti tasmāt duḥkhataram na asti anyat tatsamam sukham

5. tasmāt hrasvataram na asti tataḥ bṛhattaram na asti
tasmāt duḥkhataram na asti anyat tatsamam sukham na asti

5. There is nothing shorter than it, nor anything greater than it. There is nothing more sorrowful than it, nor any other happiness equal to it.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, therefore)

• ह्रस्वतरम् (hrasvataram) - shorter, smaller

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• ततः (tataḥ) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, thence, therefore)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• बृहत्तरम् (bṛhattaram) - greater, bigger

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, therefore)

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more miserable

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

• तत्समम् (tatsamam) - equal to it (referring to an implied ultimate happiness) (equal to that, similar to it)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ह्रस्वतरम् (hrasvataram) - shorter, smaller

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hrasvatara

hrasvatara - shorter, smaller (comparative of hrasva)

Comparative suffix -tara added to hrasva

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root as (2nd class, Adadi)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Derivative from tad with ablative suffix -tas

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root as (2nd class, Adadi)

Root: as (class 2)

बृहत्तरम् (bṛhattaram) - greater, bigger

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bṛhattara

bṛhattara - greater, bigger (comparative of bṛhat)

Comparative suffix -tara added to bṛhat

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root as (2nd class, Adadi)

Root: as (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than it (referring to an implied ultimate reality or state) (from that, than that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more miserable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more sorrowful, more miserable (comparative of duḥkha)

Comparative suffix -tara added to duḥkha

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root as (2nd class, Adadi)

Root: as (class 2)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

तत्समम् (tatsamam) - equal to it (referring to an implied ultimate happiness) (equal to that, similar to it)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tatsama

tatsama - equal to that, similar to it, equivalent

Compound of tad (that) and sama (equal)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+sama)

• tad – that, he, she, it
  pronoun
• sama – equal, same, similar, like
  adjective

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure