महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-195, verse-22

शुभाशुभं कर्म कृतं यदस्य तदेव प्रत्याददते स्वदेहे ।
मनोऽनुवर्तन्ति परावराणि जलौकसः स्रोत इवानुकूलम् ॥२२॥

22. śubhāśubhaṁ karma kṛtaṁ yadasya; tadeva pratyādadate svadehe ,
mano'nuvartanti parāvarāṇi; jalaukasaḥ srota ivānukūlam.

22. śubhāśubham karma kṛtam yat asya
tat eva prati ādadate sva-dehe
manaḥ anuvartanti para-avarāṇi
jalaukasaḥ srotaḥ iva anukūlam

22. asya yat śubhāśubham karma kṛtam
tat eva sva-dehe prati ādadate
para-avarāṇi jalaukasaḥ anukūlam
srotaḥ iva manaḥ anuvartanti

22. Whatever good or bad action (karma) a person performs, they receive the results of that very action back in their own body. Superior and inferior beings follow the mind, just as leeches follow a favorable current of water.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad (referring to actions) (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)

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

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (done, made, performed)

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

• अस्य (asya) - by him (of him, of this)

• तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, it)

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

• प्रति (prati) - back (as a prefix in prati-ādadate) (towards, against, back)

• आददते (ādadate) - they receive back (they take, they receive)

• स्व-देहे (sva-dehe) - in their own body (in one's own body)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, thought)

• अनुवर्तन्ति (anuvartanti) - they follow (they follow, they conform to)

• पर-अवराणि (para-avarāṇi) - superior and inferior (beings/creatures) (superior and inferior, higher and lower)

• जलौकसः (jalaukasaḥ) - leeches (leeches, aquatic creatures)

• स्रोतः (srotaḥ) - current (stream, current, flow)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• अनुकूलम् (anukūlam) - favorable (favorable, agreeable, conforming to)

Words meanings and morphology

शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad (referring to actions) (good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

compound of śubha and aśubha

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, evil
  adjective (neuter)
  negative prefix 'a-' + 'śubha'
  Prefix: a

Note: qualifies "karma"

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action, consequence of action

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: object of the action "kṛtam"

कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: agrees with "karma"

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: refers to "karma kṛtam"

अस्य (asya) - by him (of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: genitive of agent with past passive participle

तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: correlates with "yat", refers to the action's result

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

(indeclinable)

प्रति (prati) - back (as a prefix in prati-ādadate) (towards, against, back)

(indeclinable)

Note: upasarga for ādadate

आददते (ādadate) - they receive back (they take, they receive)

(verb)

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

present

from root dā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: prati + ādadate = pratyādadate (external sandhi)

स्व-देहे (sva-dehe) - in their own body (in one's own body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svadeha

svadeha - one's own body

compound of sva (own) and deha (body)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+deha)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 6)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, spirit

from root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: object of "anuvartanti"

अनुवर्तन्ति (anuvartanti) - they follow (they follow, they conform to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present

from root vṛt with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: subject is "para-avarāṇi jalaukasaḥ"

पर-अवराणि (para-avarāṇi) - superior and inferior (beings/creatures) (superior and inferior, higher and lower)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of parāvara

parāvara - superior and inferior, higher and lower

compound of para and avara

Compound type : dvandva (para+avara)

• para – other, supreme, superior
  adjective (neuter)
• avara – inferior, lower, later
  adjective (neuter)

Note: subject of "anuvartanti"

जलौकसः (jalaukasaḥ) - leeches (leeches, aquatic creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalaukas

jalaukas - leech, aquatic creature

compound of jala (water) and okas (dwelling)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jala+okas)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, home, abode
  noun (neuter)

Note: subject of "anuvartanti"

स्रोतः (srotaḥ) - current (stream, current, flow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of srotas

srotas - stream, current, flow, channel

from root sru (to flow)

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: object of implied motion or direction (following)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अनुकूलम् (anukūlam) - favorable (favorable, agreeable, conforming to)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anukūla

anukūla - favorable, agreeable, conforming to, propitious

from anu (along) + kūla (bank, shore)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anu+kūla)

• anu – after, along, with
  indeclinable
• kūla – bank, shore, slope
  noun (neuter)

Note: agrees with "srotaḥ"