महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-28

मन्यते पापकं कृत्वा न कश्चिद्वेत्ति मामिति ।
विदन्ति चैनं देवाश्च स्वश्चैवान्तरपूरुषः ॥२८॥

28. manyate pāpakaṁ kṛtvā na kaścidvetti māmiti ,
vidanti cainaṁ devāśca svaścaivāntarapūruṣaḥ.

28. manyate pāpakam kṛtvā na kaścit vetti mām iti
vidanti ca enam devāḥ ca svaḥ ca eva antarapuruṣaḥ

28. Having committed a sinful deed, one thinks, 'No one knows me.' But the gods know him, and so does the inner puruṣa within him.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्यते (manyate) - one thinks (one thinks, believes, considers)

• पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful deed (sinful, evil (deed))

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative sentence: 'no one') (someone, anyone, a certain one)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows

• माम् (mām) - me (me, myself)

• इति (iti) - (marking the quoted speech) (thus, so, in this way, (marks end of quote))

• विदन्ति (vidanti) - they know

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the one who commits sin) (him, this one)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• स्वः (svaḥ) - one's own (referring to the inner puruṣa) (one's own, personal)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, only, certainly, even)

• अन्तरपुरुषः (antarapuruṣaḥ) - the inner puruṣa (the conscience or witnessing self) (inner puruṣa, inner man, inner self)

Words meanings and morphology

मन्यते (manyate) - one thinks (one thinks, believes, considers)

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject 'one' is implied

पापकम् (pāpakam) - sinful deed (sinful, evil (deed))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpaka

pāpaka - sinful, wicked, evil; sin, evil deed

from pāpa with ka suffix

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

from root kṛ (8th class) with ktvā suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Gerund/Absolutive

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative sentence: 'no one') (someone, anyone, a certain one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one

from kim + cit, Nominative singular masculine

Note: Combines with 'na' to mean 'no one'

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me (me, myself)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Accusative singular of 'asmad'

इति (iti) - (marking the quoted speech) (thus, so, in this way, (marks end of quote))

(indeclinable)

विदन्ति (vidanti) - they know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the one who commits sin) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

Accusative singular masculine of 'ena'

देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

स्वः (svaḥ) - one's own (referring to the inner puruṣa) (one's own, personal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, personal, self; wealth, property

Note: Qualifies 'antarapuruṣaḥ'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, only, certainly, even)

(indeclinable)

अन्तरपुरुषः (antarapuruṣaḥ) - the inner puruṣa (the conscience or witnessing self) (inner puruṣa, inner man, inner self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarapuruṣa

antarapuruṣa - inner man, inner self, indwelling spirit

Compound of antara (inner) and puruṣa (person, spirit)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (antara+puruṣa)

• antara – inner, internal, intermediate, distinct
  adjective (masculine)
• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit, Puruṣa (cosmic being)
  noun (masculine)