महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-71

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः परमार्थाच्च मे मतम् ।
आनृशंस्यं चिकीर्षामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥७१॥

71. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmaḥ paramārthācca me matam ,
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ cikīrṣāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu.

71. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ paramārthāt
ca me matam ānṛśaṃsyam cikīrṣāmi nakulaḥ yakṣa jīvatu

71. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Non-cruelty (ānṛśaṃsya) is the supreme natural law (dharma), and in my opinion, it is also the highest truth. I wish to practice non-cruelty; therefore, O Yakṣa, let Nakula live!"

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

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

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, other)

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

• परमार्थात् (paramārthāt) - from the highest truth (from the highest truth, from the ultimate reality)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - in my opinion (to me, for me, my, of me)

• मतम् (matam) - opinion (opinion, thought, desired)

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

• चिकीर्षामि (cikīrṣāmi) - I wish to practice (I wish to do, I intend to do)

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (mongoose, Nakula (proper name))

• यक्ष (yakṣa) - O Yakṣa (Yakṣa (a class of demigods, vocative case))

• जीवतु (jīvatu) - let (Nakula) live (let him live)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; name of the eldest Pāṇḍava

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of vac

Perfect active, 3rd person singular, derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - absence of cruelty, benevolence, humanity, compassion

Derived from a-nṛśaṃsa (not cruel) + ya(t) (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, other)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate; other, distant

Note: Agrees with dharmaḥ.

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, justice, virtue, religious merit, natural law

Derived from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicative nominative for ānṛśaṃsyam.

परमार्थात् (paramārthāt) - from the highest truth (from the highest truth, from the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paramārtha

paramārtha - highest truth, ultimate reality, supreme object

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+artha)

• parama – supreme, highest
  adjective (masculine)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, truth
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - in my opinion (to me, for me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मतम् (matam) - opinion (opinion, thought, desired)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - thought, opinion, belief; considered, agreed upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man (to think) + kta (suffix)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Predicative nominative.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - absence of cruelty, benevolence, humanity, compassion

Derived from a-nṛśaṃsa (not cruel) + ya(t)

Note: Object of cikīrṣāmi.

चिकीर्षामि (cikīrṣāmi) - I wish to practice (I wish to do, I intend to do)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Desiderative, present active indicative

Desiderative stem from root kṛ + mi (1st person singular ending)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula (mongoose, Nakula (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose; name of one of the Pāṇḍavas

Note: Subject of jīvatu.

यक्ष (yakṣa) - O Yakṣa (Yakṣa (a class of demigods, vocative case))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of demigods, often guardians of treasures

जीवतु (jīvatu) - let (Nakula) live (let him live)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīv

Imperative active, 3rd person singular, derived from root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)