महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-28, verse-18

अहिंसा सर्वभूतानां नित्यमस्मासु रोचते ।
प्रत्यक्षतः साधयामो न परोक्षमुपास्महे ॥१८॥

18. ahiṁsā sarvabhūtānāṁ nityamasmāsu rocate ,
pratyakṣataḥ sādhayāmo na parokṣamupāsmahe.

18. ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānām nityam asmāsu rocate
pratyakṣataḥ sādhayāmaḥ na parokṣam upāsmahe

18. sarvabhūtānām ahiṃsā asmāsu nityam rocate
pratyakṣataḥ sādhayāmaḥ na parokṣam upāsmahe

18. Non-violence towards all living beings (bhūtas) is always cherished by us. We achieve (our goals) directly; we do not resort to indirect (means).

Words meanings summery:

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

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all living beings (of all beings, of all creatures)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, among us

• रोचते (rocate) - is cherished by us (is agreeable, pleases, delights)

• प्रत्यक्षतः (pratyakṣataḥ) - directly, visibly, by direct perception

• साधयामः (sādhayāmaḥ) - we achieve (our goals) (we accomplish, we achieve, we prove, we establish)

• न (na) - not, no

• परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - indirect means (indirectly, invisibly, beyond perception)

• उपास्महे (upāsmahe) - we resort to (means) (we worship, we serve, we resort to, we attend)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

ahiṁsā - non-violence, non-injury

From 'a' (negation) + 'hiṃsā' (injury)

Prefix: a

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all living beings (of all beings, of all creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, the totality of creation

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, whole, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, among us

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

रोचते (rocate) - is cherished by us (is agreeable, pleases, delights)

(verb)

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

Root: ruc (class 1)

प्रत्यक्षतः (pratyakṣataḥ) - directly, visibly, by direct perception

(indeclinable)

From 'pratyakṣa' (visible, perceptible) + suffix 'tas' (from, by means of)

साधयामः (sādhayāmaḥ) - we achieve (our goals) (we accomplish, we achieve, we prove, we establish)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sādh

Causative form

From causative stem 'sādhaya' of root 'sādh'

Root: sādh (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - indirect means (indirectly, invisibly, beyond perception)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

उपास्महे (upāsmahe) - we resort to (means) (we worship, we serve, we resort to, we attend)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upa-ās

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)