महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-17

यथा मधु समादत्ते रक्षन्पुष्पाणि षट्पदः ।
तद्वदर्थान्मनुष्येभ्य आदद्यादविहिंसया ॥१७॥

17. yathā madhu samādatte rakṣanpuṣpāṇi ṣaṭpadaḥ ,
tadvadarthānmanuṣyebhya ādadyādavihiṁsayā.

17. yathā madhu samādatte rakṣan puṣpāṇi ṣaṭpadaḥ
tadvat arthān manuṣyebhyaḥ ādadhyāt avihimsayā

17. Just as a bee gathers honey while protecting the flowers, so too should one collect resources from people non-violently.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet thing

• समादत्ते (samādatte) - collects, gathers, takes completely

• रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting, guarding

• पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

• षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (a bee (lit. six-footed creature), spider, insect)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• अर्थान् (arthān) - resources (wealth, resources, objects of desire, purposes)

• मनुष्येभ्यः (manuṣyebhyaḥ) - from people (from people, to people)

• आदध्यात् (ādadhyāt) - one should take, one should collect

• अविहिम्सया (avihimsayā) - non-violently (by non-violence, without doing harm, non-injuriously)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet thing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, wine, spring season

समादत्ते (samādatte) - collects, gathers, takes completely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of samādā

Present Middle Indicative

Root `dā` (to give/take) with prefixes `sam` and `ā`. Class 3 verb.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting, guarding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣat

rakṣat - protecting, guarding (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From root `rakṣ` (to protect).

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

Note: Object of `rakṣan`.

षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (a bee (lit. six-footed creature), spider, insect)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed, a bee, spider, insect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣaṣ+pada)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, step
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of `samādatte`.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Formed from `tad` (that) + `-vat` (like).

अर्थान् (arthān) - resources (wealth, resources, objects of desire, purposes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, wealth, thing, resource

Note: Object of `ādadhyāt`.

मनुष्येभ्यः (manuṣyebhyaḥ) - from people (from people, to people)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human being, man, person

आदध्यात् (ādadhyāt) - one should take, one should collect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of ādā

Optative Active

Root `dā` (to give/take) with prefix `ā`. Class 3 verb. Optative expresses 'should' or 'may'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

अविहिम्सया (avihimsayā) - non-violently (by non-violence, without doing harm, non-injuriously)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avihiṃsā

avihiṁsā - non-injury, non-violence

Formed from `a` (negation) + `vihiṃsā` (injury). `vihiṃsā` is derived from root `hiṃs` with prefix `vi`.

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+vihiṃsā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vihiṃsā – injury, harming
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root `hiṃs` (to injure) with prefix `vi`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)