महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-22

स्वभावप्रेरिताः सर्वे निविशन्ते गुणा यदा ।
शुभाशुभास्तदा तत्र तस्य किं मानकारणम् ॥२२॥

22. svabhāvapreritāḥ sarve niviśante guṇā yadā ,
śubhāśubhāstadā tatra tasya kiṁ mānakāraṇam.

22. svabhāvapreritāḥ sarve niviśante guṇāḥ yadā
śubhāśubhāḥ tadā tatra tasya kim mānakāraṇam

22. yadā sarve śubhāśubhāḥ guṇāḥ svabhāvapreritāḥ
niviśante tadā tatra tasya kim mānakāraṇam

22. When all actions, both good and bad, are impelled by one's intrinsic nature (svabhāva) and manifest, what reason for honor or pride is there for that person?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वभावप्रेरिताः (svabhāvapreritāḥ) - impelled by intrinsic nature, driven by natural disposition

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• निविशन्ते (niviśante) - they enter, they settle, they manifest, they are engaged

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, strands of nature, virtues, merits

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• शुभाशुभाः (śubhāśubhāḥ) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• मानकारणम् (mānakāraṇam) - reason for honor, cause of esteem, motive for pride

Words meanings and morphology

स्वभावप्रेरिताः (svabhāvapreritāḥ) - impelled by intrinsic nature, driven by natural disposition

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svabhāvaprerita

svabhāvaprerita - impelled by intrinsic nature, driven by natural disposition

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'svabhāva' (noun) and 'prerita' (PPP of √īr with pra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svabhāva+prerita)

• svabhāva – intrinsic nature, self-existence, natural disposition
  noun (masculine)
  From sva (self) + bhāva (being, state)
• prerita – impelled, urged, directed, sent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root √īr (to move, incite) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: īr (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

निविशन्ते (niviśante) - they enter, they settle, they manifest, they are engaged

(verb)

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

present tense

Present middle voice, 3rd person plural

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, strands of nature, virtues, merits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, strand of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

शुभाशुभाः (śubhāśubhāḥ) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Dvandva compound of śubha and aśubha

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, evil
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation of śubha with 'a-' prefix

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

Locative of 'tad' (pronominal stem)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Could also be dative singular 'for him'.

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(interrogative)

मानकारणम् (mānakāraṇam) - reason for honor, cause of esteem, motive for pride

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mānakāraṇa

mānakāraṇa - cause of honor, reason for respect, motive for pride

Tatpuruṣa compound: mānasya kāraṇam (reason for honor)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māna+kāraṇa)

• māna – honor, respect, pride, self-respect
  noun (masculine)
  From √man (to think, believe)
  Root: man (class 4)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument, motive
  noun (neuter)
  From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)