महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-55

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मस्त्रयीधर्मः सदाफलः ।
मनो यम्य न शोचन्ति सद्भिः संधिर्न जीर्यते ॥५५॥

55. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmastrayīdharmaḥ sadāphalaḥ ,
mano yamya na śocanti sadbhiḥ saṁdhirna jīryate.

55. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca | ānṛśaṃsyam
paraḥ dharmaḥ trayī-dharmaḥ
sadāphalaḥ | manaḥ yamya na
śocanti sadbhiḥ sandhiḥ na jīryate

55. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Non-cruelty is the supreme (dharma). The (dharma) of the three Vedas (Trayī-dharma) always bears fruit. By restraining the mind, people do not grieve. An alliance with the good does not decay."

55. יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה אמר, חמלה היא דרך היושר העליונה, ודרך היושר של שלוש הוודות נושאת פרי תמיד. כובשים את פעילות החשיבה ואינם מצטערים, ועם הטובים הברית אינה מתבלה.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

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

• त्रयी-धर्मः (trayī-dharmaḥ) - the (dharma) of the three Vedas, Vedic (dharma)

• सदाफलः (sadāphalaḥ) - always bearing fruit, always fruitful

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• यम्य (yamya) - having restrained, having controlled

• न (na) - not, no

• शोचन्ति (śocanti) - they grieve, they lament

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the righteous, by the virtuous

• सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - alliance, treaty, union

• न (na) - not, no

• जीर्यते (jīryate) - it decays, it becomes old, it wears out

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, known for his righteousness)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - non-cruelty, compassion, kindness, humanity, mildness

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, chief, other, distant

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature, code of conduct

त्रयी-धर्मः (trayī-dharmaḥ) - the (dharma) of the three Vedas, Vedic (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trayī-dharma

trayī-dharma - the natural law (dharma) prescribed by the three Vedas (Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trayī+dharma)

• trayī – the three Vedas (Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda)
  noun (feminine)
• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature, code of conduct
  noun (masculine)

सदाफलः (sadāphalaḥ) - always bearing fruit, always fruitful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadāphala

sadāphala - always bearing fruit, ever-fruitful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sadā+phala)

• sadā – always, ever, perpetually
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (masculine)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, spirit

यम्य (yamya) - having restrained, having controlled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root yam (to restrain) with the -ya suffix (lyap form, even without an explicit prefix in this usage).

Root: yam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोचन्ति (śocanti) - they grieve, they lament

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śuc

Root: śuc (class 1)

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the righteous, by the virtuous

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, righteous, virtuous, existent, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be) + -śatṛ (present active participle suffix), here used as an adjective/noun.

Root: as (class 2)

सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - alliance, treaty, union

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, junction, alliance, treaty, peace, connection

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीर्यते (jīryate) - it decays, it becomes old, it wears out

(verb)

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

Root: jīr (class 4)

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