महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-60

नासम्यक्कृतकारी स्यादप्रमत्तः सदा भवेत् ।
कण्टकोऽपि हि दुश्छिन्नो विकारं कुरुते चिरम् ॥६०॥

60. nāsamyakkṛtakārī syādapramattaḥ sadā bhavet ,
kaṇṭako'pi hi duśchinno vikāraṁ kurute ciram.

60. na asamyakkṛtakārī syāt apramattaḥ sadā bhavet
kaṇṭakaḥ api hi duśchinnaḥ vikāram kurute ciram

60. (janaḥ) asamyakkṛtakārī na syāt sadā apramattaḥ bhavet
hi duśchinnaḥ api kaṇṭakaḥ ciram vikāram kurute

60. One should not be someone who performs tasks improperly or incompletely; one should always be vigilant. For even a thorn, if poorly extracted, causes trouble for a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• असम्यक्कृतकारी (asamyakkṛtakārī) - one who does things improperly/incompletely

• स्यात् (syāt) - one should be, may be

• अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - vigilant, attentive, not negligent, careful

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be, may be

• कण्टकः (kaṇṭakaḥ) - a physical thorn, or a metaphorical 'thorn' like an enemy or problem (thorn, prickle; also, enemy, nuisance)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• दुश्छिन्नः (duśchinnaḥ) - poorly cut, badly severed, incompletely removed

• विकारम् (vikāram) - trouble, disorder, alteration, disease

• कुरुते (kurute) - it makes, causes, performs

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असम्यक्कृतकारी (asamyakkṛtakārī) - one who does things improperly/incompletely

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asamyakkṛtakārin

स्यात् (syāt) - one should be, may be

(verb)

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

अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - vigilant, attentive, not negligent, careful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apramatta

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be, may be

(verb)

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

कण्टकः (kaṇṭakaḥ) - a physical thorn, or a metaphorical 'thorn' like an enemy or problem (thorn, prickle; also, enemy, nuisance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṇṭaka

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

दुश्छिन्नः (duśchinnaḥ) - poorly cut, badly severed, incompletely removed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duśchinna

विकारम् (vikāram) - trouble, disorder, alteration, disease

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikāra

कुरुते (kurute) - it makes, causes, performs

(verb)

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

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)