महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-113, verse-9

नातः परं वैनतेय किंचित्पापिष्ठमुच्यते ।
यथाशानाशनं लोके देहि नास्तीति वा वचः ॥९॥

9. nātaḥ paraṁ vainateya kiṁcitpāpiṣṭhamucyate ,
yathāśānāśanaṁ loke dehi nāstīti vā vacaḥ.

9. na ataḥ param vainateya kiñcit pāpiṣṭham ucyate
yathā āśā nāśanam loke dehi na asti iti vā vacaḥ

9. O son of Vinatā (Garuḍa), nothing in this world is said to be more sinful than the destruction of hope, or the declaration 'Give! There is nothing (to give)'.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अतः (ataḥ) - than this (from this, therefore, than this)

• परम् (param) - worse, beyond (higher, further, supreme, worse)

• वैनतेय (vainateya) - O Garuḍa (O son of Vinatā)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

• पापिष्ठम् (pāpiṣṭham) - most sinful, most wicked

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• आशा (āśā) - hope, expectation

• नाशनम् (nāśanam) - destruction, ruin

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• देहि (dehi) - a demand for giving, part of the phrase 'Give! There is nothing (to give)' (give!)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - there is (nothing) (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - than this (from this, therefore, than this)

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - worse, beyond (higher, further, supreme, worse)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of para

para - other, different, supreme, ultimate, higher, further, worse

वैनतेय (vainateya) - O Garuḍa (O son of Vinatā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vainateya

vainateya - son of Vinatā (a name of Garuḍa)

from vinatā + ḍhak

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything, a little

पापिष्ठम् (pāpiṣṭham) - most sinful, most wicked

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pāpiṣṭha

pāpiṣṭha - most sinful, most wicked (superlative of pāpin)

superlative suffix -iṣṭha

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Present Passive

from vac, passive form with reduplication in present tense

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

आशा (āśā) - hope, expectation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, expectation, desire, direction

नाशनम् (nāśanam) - destruction, ruin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāśana

nāśana - destruction, ruin, causing to perish, destroying

from naś + ṇic + lyuṭ

Root: naś (class 4)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm, sight

देहि (dehi) - a demand for giving, part of the phrase 'Give! There is nothing (to give)' (give!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - there is (nothing) (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, declaration