महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-17

यस्तु कर्तारमात्मानं मन्यते साध्वसाधुनोः ।
तस्य दोषवती प्रज्ञा स्वमूर्त्यज्ञेति मे मतिः ॥१७॥

17. yastu kartāramātmānaṁ manyate sādhvasādhunoḥ ,
tasya doṣavatī prajñā svamūrtyajñeti me matiḥ.

17. yaḥ tu kartāram ātmānam manyate sādhvasādhunoḥ
tasya doṣavatī prajñā svamūrtyajñā iti me matiḥ

17. yaḥ tu ātmānam sādhvasādhunoḥ kartāram manyate
tasya prajñā doṣavatī sā svamūrtyajñā iti me matiḥ

17. But he who considers his self (ātman) to be the agent of both good and bad (actions), his understanding is flawed. My conviction is that such understanding is ignorant of its own true nature.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, the one who

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer, the agent

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman), soul

• मन्यते (manyate) - considers, thinks, believes

• साध्वसाधुनोः (sādhvasādhunoḥ) - of good and bad (actions), of virtue and vice

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

• दोषवती (doṣavatī) - flawed, defective, full of faults

• प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - understanding, intellect, wisdom, discernment

• स्वमूर्त्यज्ञा (svamūrtyajñā) - ignorant of its own nature

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, conviction, intellect

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, the one who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer, the agent

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent noun from √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman), soul

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, breath (ātman)

मन्यते (manyate) - considers, thinks, believes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

साध्वसाधुनोः (sādhvasādhunoḥ) - of good and bad (actions), of virtue and vice

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of sādhvasādhu

sādhvasādhu - good and bad, virtue and vice

Compound type : dvandva (sādhu+asādhu)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous, proper
  adjective
  From √sādh (to accomplish, succeed)
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• asādhu – bad, evil, wicked, improper
  adjective
  nañ-tatpuruṣa of sādhu

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दोषवती (doṣavatī) - flawed, defective, full of faults

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of doṣavat

doṣavat - faulty, defective, vicious, sinful

From doṣa (fault) with matup suffix (possessive)

प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - understanding, intellect, wisdom, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, understanding, intelligence, discernment

From pra-√jñā (to know, understand)

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

स्वमूर्त्यज्ञा (svamūrtyajñā) - ignorant of its own nature

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svamūrtyajñā

svamūrtyajñā - ignorant of one's own form/nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+mūrti+ajña)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• mūrti – form, body, nature, embodiment
  noun (feminine)
• ajña – ignorant, foolish, unknowing
  adjective
  nañ-tatpuruṣa of jña (knowing)

Note: Refers to prajñā

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (pronoun)

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, conviction, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - thought, opinion, intention, mind, intellect, conviction

From √man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)