महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-124, verse-65

यदन्येषां हितं न स्यादात्मनः कर्म पौरुषम् ।
अपत्रपेत वा येन न तत्कुर्यात्कथंचन ॥६५॥

65. yadanyeṣāṁ hitaṁ na syādātmanaḥ karma pauruṣam ,
apatrapeta vā yena na tatkuryātkathaṁcana.

65. yat anyeṣām hitam na syāt ātmanaḥ karma pauruṣam
apatrapeta vā yena na tat kuryāt kathañcana

65. yat anyeṣām hitam na syāt ātmanaḥ pauruṣam karma
vā yena apatrapeta tat na kathañcana kuryāt

65. One should never, under any circumstances, perform any action (karma) or personal endeavor that is not beneficial to others, or by which one would feel ashamed.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - for others (of others, for others)

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, salutary, good, welfare)

• न (na) - not (not, nor)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be (would be, might be, should be)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for oneself (of oneself, for oneself, by oneself (ātman))

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work (karma))

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - personal, manly (human, manly, virile, relating to a person)

• अपत्रपेत (apatrapeta) - one would be ashamed (one would be ashamed, one should be ashamed)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

• न (na) - not (not, nor)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, that one (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should perform (one should do, one should make)

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - under any circumstances (by any means, ever, under any circumstances)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - for others (of others, for others)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Indefinite pronoun.

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, salutary, good, welfare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, suitable, good, placed, done

Past Passive Participle

From root √dhā (to place, do) with hi as a stem.

Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (would be, might be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Optative active

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice, from root √as (class 2).

Root: as (class 2)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for oneself (of oneself, for oneself, by oneself (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, destiny (karma)

From root √kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - personal, manly (human, manly, virile, relating to a person)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human, manly, virile, relating to a person, an endeavor (puruṣa)

Derived from puruṣa (person, man).

अपत्रपेत (apatrapeta) - one would be ashamed (one would be ashamed, one should be ashamed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of apatrap

Optative middle

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, middle voice, from root √trap (to be ashamed) with prefix apa-. Class 1.

Prefix: apa

Root: trap (class 1)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

न (na) - not (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

तत् (tat) - that (that, that one (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of kuryāt.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should perform (one should do, one should make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Optative active

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice, from root √kṛ (class 8).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - under any circumstances (by any means, ever, under any circumstances)

(indeclinable)

Intensifying particle from kathaṃ (how) + cana (even).