महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-143, verse-15

पुण्यं प्राणान्धारयति पुण्यं प्राणदमुच्यते ।
येन येनाचरेद्धर्मं तस्मिन्गर्हा न विद्यते ॥१५॥

15. puṇyaṁ prāṇāndhārayati puṇyaṁ prāṇadamucyate ,
yena yenācareddharmaṁ tasmingarhā na vidyate.

15. puṇyam prāṇān dhārayati puṇyam prāṇadam ucyate
yena yena ācaret dharmam tasmin garhā na vidyate

15. Merit (puṇya) sustains the vital breaths (prāṇas) and is called life-giving. Whatever one does to practice one's natural law (dharma), there is no blame in that.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life, living beings

• धारयति (dhārayati) - sustains, holds, maintains

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

• प्राणदम् (prāṇadam) - life-giving, imparting breath

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• आचरेत् (ācaret) - should perform, should practice, should act

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him

• गर्हा (garhā) - blame, reproach, censure

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, righteousness, good deed

Note: Can also be accusative singular

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life, living beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Root: an (class 2)

धारयति (dhārayati) - sustains, holds, maintains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dhārayati

Causative

Causative of root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, good deed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, righteousness, good deed

Note: Can also be accusative singular

प्राणदम् (prāṇadam) - life-giving, imparting breath

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāṇada

prāṇada - life-giving, imparting breath

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇa+da)

• prāṇa – breath, vital air, life, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• da – giving, bestowing, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Can also be accusative singular

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of ucyate

Present Passive

Passive form of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Reduplication for 'whatever means'

आचरेत् (ācaret) - should perform, should practice, should act

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ācar

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can be masculine or neuter locative singular

गर्हा (garhā) - blame, reproach, censure

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of garhā

garhā - blame, reproach, censure, scorn

Root: garh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)