महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-211, verse-31

अविद्याकर्मचेष्टानां केचिदाहुः पुनर्भवम् ।
कारणं लोभमोहौ तु दोषाणां च निषेवणम् ॥३१॥

31. avidyākarmaceṣṭānāṁ kecidāhuḥ punarbhavam ,
kāraṇaṁ lobhamohau tu doṣāṇāṁ ca niṣevaṇam.

31. avidyākarmaceṣṭānām kecit āhuḥ punarbhavam
kāraṇam lobhamohau tu doṣāṇām ca niṣevaṇam

31. kecit āhuḥ punarbhavam kāraṇam avidyākarmaceṣṭānām
tu lobhamohau ca doṣāṇām niṣevaṇam

31. Some assert that rebirth is the cause of activities driven by ignorance (avidyā) and (past) actions (karma). However, greed and delusion are indeed the cause of flaws, as is their indulgence.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्याकर्मचेष्टानाम् (avidyākarmaceṣṭānām) - of actions/activities motivated by ignorance (avidyā) and (past) actions (karma)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain people

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they speak

• पुनर्भवम् (punarbhavam) - rebirth, renewed existence, reincarnation

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument, motive

• लोभमोहौ (lobhamohau) - greed and delusion

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

• दोषाणाम् (doṣāṇām) - of faults, of imperfections, of vices

• च (ca) - and, also

• निषेवणम् (niṣevaṇam) - Indulgence in faults. (indulgence, practice, pursuit, service)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्याकर्मचेष्टानाम् (avidyākarmaceṣṭānām) - of actions/activities motivated by ignorance (avidyā) and (past) actions (karma)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of avidyākarmaceṣṭā

avidyākarmaceṣṭā - activities motivated by ignorance (avidyā) and (past) actions (karma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (avidyā+karman+ceṣṭā)

• avidyā – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of 'a' (not) + 'vidyā' (knowledge)
  Prefix: a
  Root: vid (class 2)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ceṣṭā – activity, effort, movement, action
  noun (feminine)
  Verbal noun
  From √ceṣṭ (to move, act)
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain people

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, something, anything, some, certain

Composed of ka (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indefinite particle)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect tense (irregular root)

This is an irregular perfect tense form of the root √brū or √ah.

Root: ah/brū (class 2)

पुनर्भवम् (punarbhavam) - rebirth, renewed existence, reincarnation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of punarbhava

punarbhava - rebirth, renewed existence, reincarnation

From punar (again) + bhava (existence)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (punar+bhava)

• punar – again, anew, back
  indeclinable
• bhava – existence, being, birth, becoming
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal noun
  From √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as the object of 'āhuḥ' and the grammatical subject of 'kāraṇam'.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument, motive

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive, origin

Verbal noun

From √kṛ (to do, make) + ana suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोभमोहौ (lobhamohau) - greed and delusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of lobhamoha

lobhamoha - greed and delusion

Compound type : dvandva (lobha+moha)

• lobha – greed, avarice, covetousness
  noun (masculine)
  From √lubh (to covet)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From √muh (to be bewildered)
  Root: muh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

दोषाणाम् (doṣāṇām) - of faults, of imperfections, of vices

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, imperfection

From √duṣ (to be bad, corrupt)

Root: duṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Joins doṣāṇām and niṣevaṇam.

निषेवणम् (niṣevaṇam) - Indulgence in faults. (indulgence, practice, pursuit, service)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣevaṇa

niṣevaṇa - indulgence, practice, pursuit, service, resorting to

Verbal noun

From ni-√sev (to serve, frequent, indulge)

Prefix: nis

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: This is also understood as a cause, parallel to lobhamohau.