महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-25

यथा वेदयते कश्चिदोदनं वायसो वदन् ।
एवं सर्वाणि कर्माणि स्वभावस्यैव लक्षणम् ॥२५॥

25. yathā vedayate kaścidodanaṁ vāyaso vadan ,
evaṁ sarvāṇi karmāṇi svabhāvasyaiva lakṣaṇam.

25. yathā vedayate kaścit odanam vāyasaḥ vadan
evam sarvāṇi karmāṇi svabhāvasya eva lakṣaṇam

25. yathā kaścit vāyasaḥ vadan odanam vedayate
evam sarvāṇi karmāṇi svabhāvasya eva lakṣaṇam

25. Just as a crow, by its call, indicates the presence of food, similarly, all actions (karma) are indeed a characteristic (lakṣaṇa) of one's intrinsic nature (svabhāva).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• वेदयते (vedayate) - he informs, he makes known, he causes to know, he perceives

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

• ओदनम् (odanam) - cooked rice, food, meal

• वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - crow

• वदन् (vadan) - speaking, saying, cawing

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, karma

• स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of intrinsic nature, of natural disposition

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, mark, sign, indication

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb derived from 'ya' (which) + suffix -thā.

वेदयते (vedayate) - he informs, he makes known, he causes to know, he perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

present tense (causative)

Present middle active, 3rd person singular, from the causative stem 'vedaya-'. Here, the causative sense 'makes known' is appropriate, implying 'indicates'.

Root: vid (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, a certain

Compound of 'kim' (interrogative pronoun) and 'cid' (indeclinable particle for indefiniteness).

ओदनम् (odanam) - cooked rice, food, meal

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of odana

odana - cooked rice, food, meal

From √ud (to wet, sprinkle)

Root: ud (class 7)

वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - crow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyasa

vāyasa - crow

From √vi (to fly) or √vī (to move)

Root: vi/vī (class 1)

वदन् (vadan) - speaking, saying, cawing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying, declaring

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √vad (to speak).

Root: vad (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Correlative to 'yathā'.

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, karma

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, consequence of action

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वभावस्य (svabhāvasya) - of intrinsic nature, of natural disposition

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - intrinsic nature, natural disposition, self-existence

From sva (self) + bhāva (being, state)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, mark, sign, indication

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, token, definition

From √lakṣ (to observe, perceive, mark)

Root: lakṣ (class 1)