महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-197, verse-17

बुद्धिः कर्मगुणैर्हीना यदा मनसि वर्तते ।
तदा संपद्यते ब्रह्म तत्रैव प्रलयं गतम् ॥१७॥

17. buddhiḥ karmaguṇairhīnā yadā manasi vartate ,
tadā saṁpadyate brahma tatraiva pralayaṁ gatam.

17. buddhiḥ karma-guṇaiḥ hīnā yadā manasi vartate
tadā sampadyate brahma tatra eva pralayam gatam

17. yadā karma-guṇaiḥ hīnā buddhiḥ manasi vartate,
tadā brahma sampadyate,
tatra eva pralayam gatam (ca bhavati).

17. When the intellect (buddhi), devoid of the qualities associated with actions (karma guṇa), settles into the mind (manas), then Brahman is attained, and (the individual consciousness) becomes fully absorbed in that very state.

Words meanings summery:

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, discernment)

• कर्म-गुणैः (karma-guṇaiḥ) - by the qualities associated with actions (karma guṇa) (by the qualities of action)

• हीना (hīnā) - devoid of (devoid of, deprived of, lacking)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• मनसि (manasi) - into the mind (manas) (in the mind)

• वर्तते (vartate) - settles (resides) (is, exists, resides, turns)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - is attained (becomes, results in, attains)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that (state) (there, in that place)

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

• प्रलयम् (pralayam) - absorption (dissolution, absorption, destruction)

• गतम् (gatam) - absorbed (gone to) (gone, reached, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, discernment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, judgment

Root: budh (class 1)

कर्म-गुणैः (karma-guṇaiḥ) - by the qualities associated with actions (karma guṇa) (by the qualities of action)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karma-guṇa

karma-guṇa - quality of action, attribute arising from action

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (karma+guṇa)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual, destiny (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  from root Kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (guṇa), strand, virtue
  noun (masculine)

हीना (hīnā) - devoid of (devoid of, deprived of, lacking)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, devoid of, inferior

past passive participle

from root Hā (to abandon, forsake)

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'buddhiḥ'.

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

मनसि (manasi) - into the mind (manas) (in the mind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

वर्तते (vartate) - settles (resides) (is, exists, resides, turns)

(verb)

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

present tense, middle voice

root Vṛt, Class 1, Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - is attained (becomes, results in, attains)

(verb)

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

present tense, middle voice

root Pad, Class 4, Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (Brahman, the Absolute)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, prayer

Root: bṛh (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - in that (state) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

प्रलयम् (pralayam) - absorption (dissolution, absorption, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pralaya

pralaya - dissolution, destruction, absorption, merging

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

गतम् (gatam) - absorbed (gone to) (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, attained, fallen into

past passive participle

from root Gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'it' (the mind/intellect or the state).