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12,148

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-148, verse-31

पापं कृत्वा न मन्येत नाहमस्मीति पूरुषः ।
चिकीर्षेदेव कल्याणं श्रद्दधानोऽनसूयकः ॥३१॥
31. pāpaṁ kṛtvā na manyeta nāhamasmīti pūruṣaḥ ,
cikīrṣedeva kalyāṇaṁ śraddadhāno'nasūyakaḥ.
31. pāpam kṛtvā na manyeta na aham asmi iti pūruṣaḥ
cikīrṣet eva kalyāṇam śraddadhānaḥ anasūyakaḥ
31. pāpam kṛtvā pūruṣaḥ na aham asmi iti na manyeta
śraddadhānaḥ anasūyakaḥ kalyāṇam eva cikīrṣet
31. Having committed a transgression, a person should not think, 'I am not tainted by this (sin)'. Rather, being full of faith (śraddhā) and free from envy, one should only desire to perform good deeds.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • पापम् (pāpam) - a transgression, sin (evil, sin, vice)
  • कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed (absolutive/gerund))
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • मन्येत (manyeta) - should think (should think, might think, may consider (optative middle))
  • (na) - not (not, no)
  • अहम् (aham) - I (I (first person singular nominative))
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am (thus/so) (I am, I exist (present tense))
  • इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech/thought)
  • पूरुषः (pūruṣaḥ) - a person (person, man, male)
  • चिकीर्षेत् (cikīrṣet) - should desire to perform (should wish to do, should desire to act (desiderative optative))
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, just, indeed, certainly)
  • कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - good deeds, welfare (good, auspicious, well-being, virtue)
  • श्रद्दधानः (śraddadhānaḥ) - being full of faith (śraddhā) (having faith, faithful, believing)
  • अनसूयकः (anasūyakaḥ) - free from envy (not envious, free from malice, benevolent)

Words meanings and morphology

पापम् (pāpam) - a transgression, sin (evil, sin, vice)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa
pāpa - evil, bad, wicked; sin, vice, evil deed
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made, having performed (absolutive/gerund))
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Formed with suffix -tvā
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: An indeclinable verbal form (absolutive or gerund)
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
मन्येत (manyeta) - should think (should think, might think, may consider (optative middle))
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of man
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular
(na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I (I (first person singular nominative))
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
अस्मि (asmi) - I am (thus/so) (I am, I exist (present tense))
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
Note: Parasmaipada, 1st person singular
इति (iti) - (marks direct thought) (thus, so, indicating direct speech/thought)
(indeclinable)
पूरुषः (pūruṣaḥ) - a person (person, man, male)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pūruṣa
pūruṣa - man, male, person, human being; the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
Note: Refers to a human individual.
चिकीर्षेत् (cikīrṣet) - should desire to perform (should wish to do, should desire to act (desiderative optative))
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of cikīrṣ
desiderative
Desiderative stem of root kṛ (to do)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular
एव (eva) - only, indeed (only, just, indeed, certainly)
(indeclinable)
कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - good deeds, welfare (good, auspicious, well-being, virtue)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa
kalyāṇa - beautiful, good, auspicious, propitious; welfare, virtue, merit
Note: Can be adjective or noun. Here, used as a noun 'good'.
श्रद्दधानः (śraddadhānaḥ) - being full of faith (śraddhā) (having faith, faithful, believing)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śraddadhāna
śraddadhāna - having faith, believing, faithful
present active participle
Present active participle of śraddhā (to have faith), which is a compound of śrat (faith) and dhā (to place)
Compound type : prādisamāsa (śrat+dhā)
  • śrat – faith, trust
    indeclinable
  • dhā – to place, to put, to hold, to create
    verb
    Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: Participle in masculine nominative singular, modifying 'pūruṣaḥ'.
अनसूयकः (anasūyakaḥ) - free from envy (not envious, free from malice, benevolent)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anasūyaka
anasūyaka - not envious, free from malice, benevolent, appreciative
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+asūyaka)
  • an – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • asūyaka – envious, fault-finding, censorious
    adjective (masculine)
    From asūyā (envy)
Note: Agrees with 'pūruṣaḥ'.