महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-15

स कुरुष्व महेष्वास दयां मयि नरर्षभ ।
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मस्त्वत्त एव हि मे श्रुतम् ॥१५॥

15. sa kuruṣva maheṣvāsa dayāṁ mayi nararṣabha ,
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmastvatta eva hi me śrutam.

15. sa kuruṣva maheṣvāsa dayām mayi nararṣabha
ānṛśaṃsyam paraḥ dharmaḥ tvattaḥ eva hi me śrutam

15. O great archer, O best among men, please show compassion towards me. Non-cruelty (ānṛśaṃsya) is the supreme natural law (dharma), and indeed, I have heard this from you yourself.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - please show (do, perform, make, show)

• महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O great archer, having a great bow

• दयाम् (dayām) - compassion, pity, mercy

• मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, on me, towards me)

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men, O bull among men

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

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, subsequent)

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

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you yourself (from you)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• मे (me) - by me (in passive construction) (to me, for me, my)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, revealed)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used as an emphasizing particle or anaphoric pronoun.

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - please show (do, perform, make, show)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative

middle voice, 2nd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O great archer, having a great bow

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - having a great bow, great archer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+iṣu+āsa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• āsa – mouth; bow (from root as 'to throw' used as a noun)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: as (class 4)

दयाम् (dayām) - compassion, pity, mercy

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dayā

dayā - compassion, pity, mercy

मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, on me, towards me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of aham

aham - I

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men, O bull among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - bull among men, best among men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, pre-eminent
  noun (masculine)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - non-cruelty, benevolence, kindness, compassion

परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, subsequent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Agrees with dharmaḥ

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you yourself (from you)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle.

मे (me) - by me (in passive construction) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Used here to indicate the agent in a passive construction ('by me it was heard').

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, learnt

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject, e.g. 'this (dharma) was heard by me'.