महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-178, verse-43

सत्यं दमस्तपो योगमहिंसा दाननित्यता ।
साधकानि सदा पुंसां न जातिर्न कुलं नृप ॥४३॥

43. satyaṁ damastapo yogamahiṁsā dānanityatā ,
sādhakāni sadā puṁsāṁ na jātirna kulaṁ nṛpa.

43. satyam damaḥ tapaḥ yogam ahiṃsā dānanityatā
sādhakāni sadā puṃsām na jātiḥ na kulam nṛpa

43. O king, truthfulness, self-control, austerity (tapas), spiritual discipline (yoga), non-violence (ahiṃsā), and constant giving are always the means to success for human beings; neither birth nor family lineage are.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness (as a virtue) (truth, truthfulness, reality)

• दमः (damaḥ) - self-control (as a virtue) (self-control, restraint, subjugation)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, heat)

• योगम् (yogam) - spiritual discipline (yoga) (spiritual discipline, union, connection, application, effort, meditation)

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

• दाननित्यता (dānanityatā) - constant giving (constant giving, perpetual charity)

• साधकानि (sādhakāni) - means to success (effective means, accomplishers, performers)

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - for human beings (of men, for men, of human beings)

• न (na) - neither (not, no)

• जातिः (jātiḥ) - birth (birth, lineage, caste, species)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• कुलम् (kulam) - family lineage (family, clan, lineage, race, house)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king! (king, ruler)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness (as a virtue) (truth, truthfulness, reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, genuineness, existing

From root `as` (to be) + `ya` suffix; also from `sat` (being).

Root: as (class 2)

दमः (damaḥ) - self-control (as a virtue) (self-control, restraint, subjugation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dama

dama - self-control, restraint, taming

From root `dam` (to tame, control).

Root: dam (class 1)

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, heat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, warmth, self-mortification, penance, religious austerity (tapas)

From root `tap` (to heat, burn).

Root: tap (class 1)

योगम् (yogam) - spiritual discipline (yoga) (spiritual discipline, union, connection, application, effort, meditation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yoga

yoga - union, junction, spiritual discipline, meditation, means, method (yoga)

From root `yuj` (to join, unite).

Root: yuj (class 7)

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahiṃsā

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

Negative prefix `a-` + `hiṃsā` (violence). From root `hiṃs` (to injure).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• hiṃsā – violence, injury
  noun (feminine)
  From root `hiṃs` (to injure) + `ā` suffix.
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

दाननित्यता (dānanityatā) - constant giving (constant giving, perpetual charity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dānanityatā

dānanityatā - constant charity, perpetual giving

Compound of `dāna` (giving) and `nityatā` (constancy, perpetuity).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāna+nityatā)

• dāna – giving, gift, charity
  noun (neuter)
  From root `dā` (to give) + `ana` suffix.
  Root: dā (class 3)
• nityatā – constancy, perpetuity, eternality
  noun (feminine)
  From `nitya` (constant, eternal) + `tā` (abstract suffix).

साधकानि (sādhakāni) - means to success (effective means, accomplishers, performers)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sādhaka

sādhaka - accomplishing, effecting, an accomplishser, an assistant, means

From root `sādh` (to accomplish) + `aka` suffix.

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Predicate nominative.

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - for human beings (of men, for men, of human beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, human being, male, spiritual person

s-stem noun, declines irregularly.

न (na) - neither (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negating particle.

जातिः (jātiḥ) - birth (birth, lineage, caste, species)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, lineage, family, caste, kind, species

From root `jan` (to be born) + `ti` suffix.

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negating particle.

कुलम् (kulam) - family lineage (family, clan, lineage, race, house)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, community, noble family, house

नृप (nṛpa) - O king! (king, ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'protector of men')

Compound `nṛ` (man) + `pa` (protector, from root `pā`).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pā` (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.