महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-85

यान्येव पुरुषः कुर्वन्सुखैः कालेन युज्यते ।
पुनस्तान्येव कुर्वाणो दुःखैः कालेन युज्यते ॥८५॥

85. yānyeva puruṣaḥ kurvansukhaiḥ kālena yujyate ,
punastānyeva kurvāṇo duḥkhaiḥ kālena yujyate.

85. yāni eva puruṣaḥ kurvan sukhaiḥ kālena yujyate
punaḥ tāni eva kurvāṇaḥ duḥkhaiḥ kālena yujyate

85. puruṣaḥ yāni eva kurvan kālena sukhaiḥ yujyate
punaḥ tāni eva kurvāṇaḥ kālena duḥkhaiḥ yujyate

85. The very actions that a person (puruṣa) performs, through which he experiences happiness in due course, are the same actions by which he later experiences sorrow in due course.

Words meanings summery:

• यानि (yāni) - which, those which

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being, a person (a man, a human being, a person, the cosmic person)

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing

• सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - with happiness (by pleasures, with joys, with happiness)

• कालेन (kālena) - in due course (by time, in time, in due course)

• युज्यते (yujyate) - experiences, is endowed with (is joined, is connected, is endowed, is linked)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• तानि (tāni) - those (actions) (those, them)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, performing

• दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - with sorrow (by sorrows, with suffering)

• कालेन (kālena) - in due course (by time, in time, in due course)

• युज्यते (yujyate) - experiences, is endowed with (is joined, is connected, is endowed, is linked)

Words meanings and morphology

यानि (yāni) - which, those which

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'actions' (karmāṇi), implied.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being, a person (a man, a human being, a person, the cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - a man, a human being, a person, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛ (class 8) with -at suffix. Used as masculine nominative singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Participle modifying puruṣaḥ.

सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - with happiness (by pleasures, with joys, with happiness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort

कालेन (kālena) - in due course (by time, in time, in due course)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, destiny, death

युज्यते (yujyate) - experiences, is endowed with (is joined, is connected, is endowed, is linked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

Present Passive

Derived from root yuj (class 7) in passive voice, third person singular.

Root: yuj (class 7)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those (actions) (those, them)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to the 'yāni' actions.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - doing, performing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root kṛ (class 8) with -āna suffix. Used as masculine nominative singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Participle modifying puruṣaḥ (understood).

दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - with sorrow (by sorrows, with suffering)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery

कालेन (kālena) - in due course (by time, in time, in due course)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, destiny, death

युज्यते (yujyate) - experiences, is endowed with (is joined, is connected, is endowed, is linked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

Present Passive

Derived from root yuj (class 7) in passive voice, third person singular.

Root: yuj (class 7)