महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-15

बालो युवा च वृद्धश्च यत्करोति शुभाशुभम् ।
तस्यां तस्यामवस्थायां भुङ्क्ते जन्मनि जन्मनि ॥१५॥

15. bālo yuvā ca vṛddhaśca yatkaroti śubhāśubham ,
tasyāṁ tasyāmavasthāyāṁ bhuṅkte janmani janmani.

15. bālaḥ yuvā ca vṛddhaḥ ca yat karoti śubhāśubham
tasyām tasyām avasthāyām bhuṅkte janmani janmani

15. bālaḥ yuvā ca vṛddhaḥ ca yat śubhāśubham karoti,
[tat-phalam] tasyām tasyām avasthāyām janmani janmani bhuṅkte

15. Whatever good or bad (karma) a person performs, whether as a child, a youth, or an old person, they experience its consequences in each successive birth (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (child, boy, young person)

• युवा (yuvā) - a youth (youth, young person)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - an old person (old, aged, grown, increased)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

• करोति (karoti) - performs, does (does, performs, makes)

• शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad (actions or karma) (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (referring to avasthāyām) (in that, in her)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in each and every (tasyām tasyām = in each) (in that, in her)

• अवस्थायाम् (avasthāyām) - in each stage (of life) (in the state, in the condition, in the stage)

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - experiences (the consequences) (experiences, enjoys, suffers)

• जन्मनि (janmani) - in birth (in birth, in existence)

• जन्मनि (janmani) - in birth (repeated for 'birth after birth' or 'every birth' in the cycle of saṃsāra) (in birth, in existence)

Words meanings and morphology

बालः (bālaḥ) - a child (child, boy, young person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent, ignorant

युवा (yuvā) - a youth (youth, young person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuvan

yuvan - young, youthful, a youth, young man

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - an old person (old, aged, grown, increased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, augmented

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

करोति (karoti) - performs, does (does, performs, makes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad (actions or karma) (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious, right and wrong

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful, lucky
  adjective (masculine)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, evil, unlucky
  adjective (masculine)
  negation of śubha
  Prefix: a

Note: Used as a noun referring to good and bad actions.

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (referring to avasthāyām) (in that, in her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in each and every (tasyām tasyām = in each) (in that, in her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'each and every'.

अवस्थायाम् (avasthāyām) - in each stage (of life) (in the state, in the condition, in the stage)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, stage, position, situation

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - experiences (the consequences) (experiences, enjoys, suffers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

जन्मनि (janmani) - in birth (in birth, in existence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

Root: jan (class 4)

जन्मनि (janmani) - in birth (repeated for 'birth after birth' or 'every birth' in the cycle of saṃsāra) (in birth, in existence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Repetition emphasizes 'birth after birth'.