महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-10

येन येन यथा यद्यत्पुरा कर्म समाचितम् ।
तत्तदेव नरो भुङ्क्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मना ॥१०॥

10. yena yena yathā yadyatpurā karma samācitam ,
tattadeva naro bhuṅkte nityaṁ vihitamātmanā.

10. yena yena yathā yat yat purā karma samācitam
tat tat eva naraḥ bhuṅkte nityam vihitam ātmanā

10. naraḥ yena yena yathā yat yat karma purā samācitam,
tat tat eva nityam ātmanā vihitam bhuṅkte

10. A person constantly experiences exactly those results of action (karma) that were accumulated by him previously, in whatever way; for this is ordained by his own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

• कर्म (karma) - consequence of action (karma) (action, deed, consequence of action)

• समाचितम् (samācitam) - accumulated, gathered, stored up

• तत् (tat) - that, that very

• तत् (tat) - that, that very

• एव (eva) - just, exactly, only, indeed

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - experiences or suffers the results of actions (experiences, enjoys, suffers, eats)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, eternally

• विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, appointed, performed

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by one's own self (ātman) (by oneself, by the soul, by the Self)

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, in which way

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - consequence of action (karma) (action, deed, consequence of action)

(noun)

neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, consequence of action (karma), work

Note: Contextually accusative as object of implied action or referring to the accumulated results.

समाचितम् (samācitam) - accumulated, gathered, stored up

(participle)

neuter, singular of samācita

samācita - accumulated, gathered, stored up

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `karma`.

तत् (tat) - that, that very

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that very

तत् (tat) - that, that very

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that very

एव (eva) - just, exactly, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person

Note: Subject of `bhuṅkte`.

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - experiences or suffers the results of actions (experiences, enjoys, suffers, eats)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuṅkte

Root: bhuj (class 7)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, appointed, performed

(participle)

neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - ordained, prescribed, appointed, performed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by one's own self (ātman) (by oneself, by the soul, by the Self)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, Self (ātman), essence, breath