महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
आत्मनानर्थयुक्तेन पापे निविशते मनः ।
स कर्म कलुषं कृत्वा क्लेशे महति धीयते ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ātmanānarthayuktena pāpe niviśate manaḥ ,
sa karma kaluṣaṁ kṛtvā kleśe mahati dhīyate.

2. bhīṣma uvāca | ātmanā anartha-yuktena pāpe niviśate
manaḥ | saḥ karma kaluṣam kṛtvā kleśe mahati dhīyate

2. bhīṣma uvāca anartha-yuktena ātmanā manaḥ pāpe
niviśate saḥ kaluṣam karma kṛtvā mahati kleśe dhīyate

2. Bhishma said: "When the mind is associated with a self (ātman) that is prone to harm, it becomes absorbed in sin. Such a person, having performed defiled deeds (karma), is then consigned to great distress."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The grand-uncle of the Kauravas and Pandavas, a revered warrior and sage. (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - By the individual self (ātman). (by the self, by the soul)

• अनर्थ-युक्तेन (anartha-yuktena) - Associated with what is harmful or detrimental. (connected with evil, associated with harm)

• पापे (pāpe) - Into sin. (in sin, in evil)

• निविशते (niviśate) - Becomes absorbed in. (enters into, resorts to, is intent upon)

• मनः (manaḥ) - The mind. (mind, intellect, heart)

• सः (saḥ) - Such a person. (he, that)

• कर्म (karma) - Deed (karma). (action, deed, work, effect of action)

• कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - Impure or evil. (defiled, impure, turbid, stained)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - Having performed. (having done, having made, by doing)

• क्लेशे (kleśe) - In suffering. (in distress, in suffering, in affliction)

• महति (mahati) - Great. (great, large, important)

• धीयते (dhīyate) - Is consigned. (is placed, is put, is fixed)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The grand-uncle of the Kauravas and Pandavas, a revered warrior and sage. (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; Bhishma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - By the individual self (ātman). (by the self, by the soul)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit; the individual soul; the Supreme Soul (Brahman)

अनर्थ-युक्तेन (anartha-yuktena) - Associated with what is harmful or detrimental. (connected with evil, associated with harm)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anartha-yukta

anartha-yukta - connected with misfortune/evil; harmful, useless

Tatpurusha compound of anartha and yukta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anartha+yukta)

• anartha – misfortune, evil, harm, useless
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix 'an-' + artha ('purpose, meaning, wealth')
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yuj ('to join, connect')
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmanā'.

पापे (pāpe) - Into sin. (in sin, in evil)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked; sin, vice, evil deed

Note: Functions as a location or state into which the mind enters.

निविशते (niviśate) - Becomes absorbed in. (enters into, resorts to, is intent upon)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative middle voice of √viś with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

मनः (manaḥ) - The mind. (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart, consciousness

Note: Sandhi form of manas (nom/acc singular).

सः (saḥ) - Such a person. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this; he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'

Note: Refers to the person whose mind enters into sin.

कर्म (karma) - Deed (karma). (action, deed, work, effect of action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty; the fruit of actions

From √kṛ ('to do, make')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - Impure or evil. (defiled, impure, turbid, stained)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaluṣa

kaluṣa - turbid, impure, stained, defiled, wicked, sinful

Note: Qualifies 'karma'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - Having performed. (having done, having made, by doing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

क्लेशे (kleśe) - In suffering. (in distress, in suffering, in affliction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, suffering, affliction, trouble

Note: Location where the person is placed.

महति (mahati) - Great. (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, important

Note: Qualifies 'kleśe'. 'mahat' is declined differently depending on gender, here masc. loc. singular.

धीयते (dhīyate) - Is consigned. (is placed, is put, is fixed)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative Passive

3rd person singular present indicative passive voice of √dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Root √dhā, passive form.