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

अचोद्यमानानि यथा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ।
स्वकालं नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुराकृतम् ॥१२॥

12. acodyamānāni yathā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca ,
svakālaṁ nātivartante tathā karma purākṛtam.

12. acodyamānāni yathā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca
svakālam na ativartante tathā karma purākṛtam

12. yathā acodyamānāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca svakālam na ativartante,
tathā purākṛtam karma

12. Just as flowers and fruits, without being compelled, do not deviate from their proper season, so too do actions performed in the past (karma) not deviate from their proper time.

Words meanings summery:

• अचोद्यमानानि (acodyamānāni) - not being urged, unprompted, uncompelled

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

• च (ca) - and

• फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

• च (ca) - and

• स्वकालम् (svakālam) - their own time, proper season

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - go beyond, transgress, deviate from, miss

• तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

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

• पुराकृतम् (purākṛtam) - done previously, past action

Words meanings and morphology

अचोद्यमानानि (acodyamānāni) - not being urged, unprompted, uncompelled

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of acodyamāna

acodyamāna - not being urged, unprompted, uncompelled

Present Passive Participle (negative compound)

Negation 'a' + Present Passive Participle of root 'cud' (to urge, impel)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+codyamāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• codyamāna – being urged, prompted, compelled
  participle (masculine)
  Present Passive Participle
  Root 'cud' in passive voice with suffix '-māna'.
  Root: cud (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

पुष्पाणि (puṣpāṇi) - flowers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

Note: Subject of `ativartante`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

फलानि (phalāni) - fruits, results, consequences

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence

Note: Subject of `ativartante`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्वकालम् (svakālam) - their own time, proper season

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kāla)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage (accusative of time).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिवर्तन्ते (ativartante) - go beyond, transgress, deviate from, miss

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ativartate

Prefix: ati

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The verbal base is 'ativṛt'.

तथा (tathā) - so, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

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

Note: Subject (implied verb is 'does not transgress its time').

पुराकृतम् (purākṛtam) - done previously, past action

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purākṛta

purākṛta - done previously, past action

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (purā+kṛta)

• purā – formerly, previously
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix '-ta'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)