महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-14, verse-5

शममेव परं मन्ये न तु मोक्षाद्भवेच्छमः ।
आरम्भे पारमेष्ठ्यं तु न प्राप्यमिति मे मतिः ॥५॥

5. śamameva paraṁ manye na tu mokṣādbhavecchamaḥ ,
ārambhe pārameṣṭhyaṁ tu na prāpyamiti me matiḥ.

5. śamam eva param manye na tu mokṣāt bhavet śamaḥ
| ārambhe pārameṣṭhyam tu na prāpyam iti me matiḥ

5. I consider tranquility (śama) to be supreme, but tranquility (śama) does not arise from liberation (mokṣa). However, my opinion is that the highest state (pārameṣṭhya) is not attainable at the very beginning.

Words meanings summery:

• शमम् (śamam) - tranquility, calmness, cessation

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, from release

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, arises

• शमः (śamaḥ) - tranquility, calmness, cessation

• आरम्भे (ārambhe) - in the beginning, at the commencement, at the outset

• पारमेष्ठ्यम् (pārameṣṭhyam) - the highest state, supreme rank, the position of Brahma

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• न (na) - not, no

• प्राप्यम् (prāpyam) - attainable, to be obtained, reachable

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, indicates direct speech or thought

• मे (me) - my, to me, by me, for me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, intelligence, mind

Words meanings and morphology

शमम् (śamam) - tranquility, calmness, cessation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śama

śama - tranquility, calmness, cessation, pacification

From root śam- (to be quiet, to cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Object of 'manye'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other, remote

Note: Agrees with 'śamam'.

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Middle voice conjugation of the root man.

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, from release

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, freedom

From root muc- (to release) + suffix -sa.

Root: muc (class 6)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, active voice.

3rd person singular, optative active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

शमः (śamaḥ) - tranquility, calmness, cessation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - tranquility, calmness, cessation, pacification

From root śam- (to be quiet, to cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

आरम्भे (ārambhe) - in the beginning, at the commencement, at the outset

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ārambha

ārambha - beginning, commencement, undertaking, enterprise

From prefix ā- + root rabh- (to begin).

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

पारमेष्ठ्यम् (pārameṣṭhyam) - the highest state, supreme rank, the position of Brahma

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pārameṣṭhya

pārameṣṭhya - the highest state, supreme rank, position of Brahma, supremacy

Derived from parameṣṭhin (the supreme being, Brahma)

Note: Subject of the implicit 'is'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Emphatic/contrasting particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

प्राप्यम् (prāpyam) - attainable, to be obtained, reachable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpya

prāpya - attainable, to be obtained, reachable, suitable

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Formed from pra- + āp- + ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner, indicates direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding clause as a thought.

मे (me) - my, to me, by me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad.

Note: Here, 'my' modifying 'matiḥ'.

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, intelligence, mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - opinion, thought, intelligence, mind, understanding

From root man- (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implicit 'is'.