महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-19

पापं कर्म कृतं किंचिन्न तस्मिन्यदि विद्यते ।
निपात्यतेऽस्य पुत्रेषु न चेत्पौत्रेषु नप्तृषु ॥१९॥

19. pāpaṁ karma kṛtaṁ kiṁcinna tasminyadi vidyate ,
nipātyate'sya putreṣu na cetpautreṣu naptṛṣu.

19. pāpam karma kṛtam kiṃcit na tasmin yadi vidyate
nipātyate asya putreṣu na cet pautreṣu naptṛṣu

19. yadi kiṃcit pāpam karma kṛtam tasmin na vidyate
asya putreṣu nipātyate na cet pautreṣu naptṛṣu

19. If a sinful (pāpam) act (karma) that has been committed is not experienced by him (the perpetrator) in this life, it is visited upon his sons; and if not (on them), then upon his grandsons, or his great-grandsons.

Words meanings summery:

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, evil deed

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence (karma)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, any

• न (na) - not

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in the perpetrator (in him, in that)

• यदि (yadi) - if

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

• निपात्यते (nipātyate) - is caused to fall, is thrown down, is visited upon

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - on the sons, among the sons

• न (na) - not

• चेत् (cet) - if not (used with 'na') (if)

• पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - on the grandsons, among the grandsons

• नप्तृषु (naptṛṣu) - on the great-grandsons, among the great-grandsons

Words meanings and morphology

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, evil deed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, evil deed

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, ritual, fate, consequence (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual, consequence

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, any

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, any

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in the perpetrator (in him, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

निपात्यते (nipātyate) - is caused to fall, is thrown down, is visited upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of nipāt

Causative Passive

Passive of the causative form of root pat with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - on the sons, among the sons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if not (used with 'na') (if)

(indeclinable)

पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - on the grandsons, among the grandsons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson

नप्तृषु (naptṛṣu) - on the great-grandsons, among the great-grandsons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of naptṛ

naptṛ - grandson, great-grandson, descendant