महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-15

हत्वा जित्वा च मघवन्यः कश्चित्पुरुषायते ।
अकर्ता ह्येव भवति कर्ता त्वेव करोति तत् ॥१५॥

15. hatvā jitvā ca maghavanyaḥ kaścitpuruṣāyate ,
akartā hyeva bhavati kartā tveva karoti tat.

15. hatvā jitvā ca maghavan yaḥ kaścit puruṣāyate
akartā hi eva bhavati kartā tu eva karoti tat

15. maghavan,
yaḥ kaścit hatvā ca jitvā ca puruṣāyate,
saḥ (implied) hi eva akartā bhavati.
kartā tu eva tat karoti.

15. O Maghavan, whoever, having killed and conquered, acts like a powerful man (puruṣa) or hero, is indeed not the true agent. It is the actual agent (karma) that performs that.

Words meanings summery:

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, after conquering

• च (ca) - and, also

• मघवन् (maghavan) - O Maghavan (an epithet of Indra)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - whoever, anyone, someone

• पुरुषायते (puruṣāyate) - acts like a man/hero, asserts oneself, plays the part of a man (puruṣa)

• अकर्ता (akartā) - not a doer, non-agent

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, he is

• कर्ता (kartā) - the doer, the agent

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• करोति (karoti) - he does, he performs, he makes

• तत् (tat) - that, it

Words meanings and morphology

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √han (to strike, to kill) with the suffix -tvā (ktvā).

Root: han (class 2)

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, after conquering

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √ji (to conquer, to win) with the suffix -tvā (ktvā).

Root: ji (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मघवन् (maghavan) - O Maghavan (an epithet of Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maghavant

maghavant - possessing riches, liberal, lord of wealth (an epithet of Indra)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - whoever, anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - whoever, anyone, someone

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – who, what, which
  pronoun (masculine)
• cit – indeed, just, any (particle used with interrogatives to make them indefinite)
  indeclinable

पुरुषायते (puruṣāyate) - acts like a man/hero, asserts oneself, plays the part of a man (puruṣa)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of puruṣāyate

Denominative verb formed from the noun puruṣa, implying 'to act as' or 'to resemble'.

Root: puruṣā

अकर्ता (akartā) - not a doer, non-agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akartṛ

akartṛ - not a doer, inactive, non-agent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kartṛ)

• a – not, un-, in- (negation)
  indeclinable
• kartṛ – doer, agent, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, to make) with the suffix -tṛ (tṛc).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

भवति (bhavati) - he becomes, he is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कर्ता (kartā) - the doer, the agent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent Noun

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, to make) with the suffix -tṛ (tṛc).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

करोति (karoti) - he does, he performs, he makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)