महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-173, verse-20

अकार्यमिति चैवेमं नात्मानं संत्यजाम्यहम् ।
नेतः पापीयसीं योनिं पतेयमपरामिति ॥२०॥

20. akāryamiti caivemaṁ nātmānaṁ saṁtyajāmyaham ,
netaḥ pāpīyasīṁ yoniṁ pateyamaparāmiti.

20. akāryam iti ca eva imam na ātmānam saṃtyajāmi
aham na itaḥ pāpīyasīm yonim pateyam aparām iti

20. aham akāryam iti ca eva imam ātmānam na saṃtyajāmi.
[aham] itaḥ aparām pāpīyasīm yonim na pateyam iti.

20. Even thinking 'this is improper (akāryam),' I do not abandon this self (ātman). [I do this so that] I may not fall into another, more sinful womb (yoni) after this one.

Words meanings summery:

• अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper act, that which should not be done

• इति (iti) - thus, so, thinking (marks quotation)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इमम् (imam) - this

• न (na) - not, nor

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, body

• संत्यजामि (saṁtyajāmi) - I abandon completely, I give up

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, nor

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence, after this

• पापीयसीम् (pāpīyasīm) - more sinful, worse

• योनिम् (yonim) - womb, origin, birth

• पतेयम् (pateyam) - I might fall, I should fall

• अपराम् (aparām) - another, other, subsequent, inferior

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a reason or purpose)

Words meanings and morphology

अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper act, that which should not be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akārya

akārya - improper, not to be done, unlawful

gerundive/potential participle (with negation)

nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) and 'kārya' (that which is to be done)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kārya)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• kārya – to be done, duty, action, work
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  gerundive
  from root kṛ + yaṭ suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here as a neuter noun or predicate adjective

इति (iti) - thus, so, thinking (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, body, individual soul (ātman), supreme soul

संत्यजामि (saṁtyajāmi) - I abandon completely, I give up

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tyaj

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence, after this

(indeclinable)

पापीयसीम् (pāpīyasīm) - more sinful, worse

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāpīyas

pāpīyas - more sinful, worse, more evil

comparative degree of 'pāpa' (sinful)

योनिम् (yonim) - womb, origin, birth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, birth, species

पतेयम् (pateyam) - I might fall, I should fall

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

अपराम् (aparām) - another, other, subsequent, inferior

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a reason or purpose)

(indeclinable)