महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-16

को हि लोकस्य कुरुते विनाशप्रभवावुभौ ।
कृतं हि तत्कृतेनैव कर्ता तस्यापि चापरः ॥१६॥

16. ko hi lokasya kurute vināśaprabhavāvubhau ,
kṛtaṁ hi tatkṛtenaiva kartā tasyāpi cāparaḥ.

16. kaḥ hi lokasya kurute vināśaprabhavau ubhau
kṛtam hi tat kṛtena eva kartā tasya api ca aparaḥ

16. kaḥ hi lokasya ubhau vināśaprabhavau kurute? hi kṛtam tat kṛtena eva (bhavati).
tasya api ca aparaḥ kartā (asti).

16. Who, indeed, for this world (loka) brings about both its destruction and its origin? For that which is accomplished arises solely through its own prior action (karma). And yet, there is another agent even for that.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, for the world

• कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he makes, he performs

• विनाशप्रभवौ (vināśaprabhavau) - both destruction and origin

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed; that which is done/created

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• कृतेन (kṛtena) - by what has been done, by action, by fate

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• कर्ता (kartā) - the doer, the agent

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, for that

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other, different

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, for the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he makes, he performs

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विनाशप्रभवौ (vināśaprabhavau) - both destruction and origin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vināśaprabhava

vināśaprabhava - destruction and origin

Compound type : dvandva (vināśa+prabhava)

• vināśa – destruction, annihilation, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)
• prabhava – origin, source, birth, creation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

उभौ (ubhau) - both (masculine dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed; that which is done/created

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished, created

Past Passive Participle

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

कृतेन (kṛtena) - by what has been done, by action, by fate

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished, created

Past Passive Participle

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

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)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, for that

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरः (aparaḥ) - another, other, different

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

Note: Functions as a noun here.