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12,185

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-185, verse-19

कर्मभूमिरियं लोक इह कृत्वा शुभाशुभम् ।
शुभैः शुभमवाप्नोति कृत्वाशुभमतोऽन्यथा ॥१९॥
19. karmabhūmiriyaṁ loka iha kṛtvā śubhāśubham ,
śubhaiḥ śubhamavāpnoti kṛtvāśubhamato'nyathā.
19. karma-bhūmiḥ iyam lokaḥ iha kṛtvā śubhāśubham
śubhaiḥ śubham avāpnoti kṛtvā aśubham ataḥ anyathā
19. iyam lokaḥ karma-bhūmiḥ iha śubhāśubham kṛtvā
śubhaiḥ śubham avāpnoti ataḥ aśubham kṛtvā anyathā
19. This world is a realm of action (karma-bhūmi). Having performed good and bad deeds here, one achieves good (results) through good actions, and conversely, (bad results) by performing bad actions.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कर्म-भूमिः (karma-bhūmiḥ) - land of action, realm of action
  • इयम् (iyam) - this, this one
  • लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case
  • कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed, by doing
  • शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - referring to actions (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)
  • शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - by good actions (by good (deeds/things))
  • शुभम् (śubham) - good result (good, auspicious, good result)
  • अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches
  • कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed, by doing
  • अशुभम् (aśubham) - bad result (bad, inauspicious, bad result)
  • अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this (action), in this way (thence, therefore, from this)
  • अन्यथा (anyathā) - conversely, in the opposite way (i.e., bad results) (otherwise, in another way, differently)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म-भूमिः (karma-bhūmiḥ) - land of action, realm of action
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of karma-bhūmi
karma-bhūmi - land of action, realm where actions are performed
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karman+bhūmi)
  • karman – action, deed, ritual, fate
    noun (neuter)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • bhūmi – earth, land, ground, realm, stage
    noun (feminine)
इयम् (iyam) - this, this one
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this
लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of loka
loka - world, realm, space, people, community
Root: loc (class 10)
इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case
(indeclinable)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed, by doing
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Derived from the root 'kṛ' with the suffix '-tvā'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - referring to actions (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubha
śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious
Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)
  • śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful, prosperous
    adjective (neuter)
  • aśubha – bad, inauspicious, unlucky
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Functions as a noun here, 'the good and the bad'.
शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - by good actions (by good (deeds/things))
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śubha
śubha - good, auspicious, beautiful, prosperous
Note: Implied reference to 'karma' (actions).
शुभम् (śubham) - good result (good, auspicious, good result)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śubha
śubha - good, auspicious, beautiful, prosperous
Note: Functions as a noun here, 'the good (result)'.
अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of avāp
Prefix: ava
Root: āp (class 5)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed, by doing
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Derived from the root 'kṛ' with the suffix '-tvā'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अशुभम् (aśubham) - bad result (bad, inauspicious, bad result)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of aśubha
aśubha - bad, inauspicious, unlucky
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
  • śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful, prosperous
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Functions as a noun here, 'the bad (result)'.
अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this (action), in this way (thence, therefore, from this)
(indeclinable)
अन्यथा (anyathā) - conversely, in the opposite way (i.e., bad results) (otherwise, in another way, differently)
(indeclinable)