महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-25

न हिंसयति यः प्राणान्मनोवाक्कायहेतुभिः ।
जीवितार्थापनयनैः कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ॥२५॥

25. na hiṁsayati yaḥ prāṇānmanovākkāyahetubhiḥ ,
jīvitārthāpanayanaiḥ karmabhirna sa badhyate.

25. na hiṃsayati yaḥ prāṇān manovākkāyahetubhiḥ
jīvitārthāpanayanaiḥ karmabhiḥ na sa badhyate

25. yaḥ manovākkāyahetubhiḥ prāṇān na hiṃsayati
saḥ jīvitārthāpanayanaiḥ karmabhiḥ na badhyate

25. The one who does not harm living beings (prāṇān) through the means of mind, speech, or body—he is not bound by actions (karma) that remove the very purpose of life.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हिंसयति (hiṁsayati) - harms, injures, hurts

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - living beings, vital breaths, lives

• मनोवाक्कायहेतुभिः (manovākkāyahetubhiḥ) - by the means/causes of mind, speech, and body

• जीवितार्थापनयनैः (jīvitārthāpanayanaiḥ) - by the removals of life's purpose, by actions that remove the goal of life

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

• न (na) - not, no

• स (sa) - Refers to 'yaḥ' (the one who) (he, that)

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is fettered

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हिंसयति (hiṁsayati) - harms, injures, hurts

(verb)

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

Causative present

Derived from root 'hiṃs' (to injure) with causative suffix -āya

Root: hiṃs (class 10)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, that, whoever, whatever

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - living beings, vital breaths, lives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, living being

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

मनोवाक्कायहेतुभिः (manovākkāyahetubhiḥ) - by the means/causes of mind, speech, and body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manovākkāyahetu

manovākkāyahetu - cause/reason of mind, speech, and body

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (manas+vāk+kāya+hetu)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• vāk – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to denote the means of action.

जीवितार्थापनयनैः (jīvitārthāpanayanaiḥ) - by the removals of life's purpose, by actions that remove the goal of life

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jīvitārthāpanayana

jīvitārthāpanayana - removal of life's purpose/goal

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+artha+apanayana)

• jīvita – life, living, lived
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'jīv' (to live) + kta suffix
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• apanayana – removal, taking away, leading away
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'apa-nī' (to lead away)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - Refers to 'yaḥ' (the one who) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Shortened form of 'saḥ' before consonants.

बध्यते (badhyate) - is bound, is fettered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)