महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-230, verse-4

पौरुषं कारणं केचिदाहुः कर्मसु मानवाः ।
दैवमेके प्रशंसन्ति स्वभावं चापरे जनाः ॥४॥

4. pauruṣaṁ kāraṇaṁ kecidāhuḥ karmasu mānavāḥ ,
daivameke praśaṁsanti svabhāvaṁ cāpare janāḥ.

4. pauruṣam kāraṇam kecit āhuḥ karmasu mānavāḥ
daivam eke praśaṃsanti svabhāvam ca apare janāḥ

4. कर्मसु मानवाः केचित् पौरुषम् कारणम् आहुः,
एके दैवम् प्रशंसन्ति,
च अपरे जनाः स्वभावम् (प्रशंसन्ति)।

4. Some people (mānavāḥ) declare that human effort is the cause in (determining outcomes of) actions (karma). Others praise fate, and still other people attribute it to intrinsic nature (svabhāva).

Words meanings summery:

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort (human, manly, relating to a man/puruṣa, human effort)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain people

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions (karma), in deeds, in results of actions

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, human beings, people

• दैवम् (daivam) - fate, destiny, divine power/influence

• एके (eke) - some (others), certain ones

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they extol

• स्वभावम् (svabhāvam) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva), inherent disposition, essential character

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - others, other people

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

Words meanings and morphology

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort (human, manly, relating to a man/puruṣa, human effort)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manly, human, relating to puruṣa, virile, strength, human effort

Derived from puruṣa (man, person).

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Action noun

From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ana.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain people

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, someone, certain

Compound of interrogative pronoun 'ka' and indefinite particle 'cid'.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Irregular form of √brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions (karma), in deeds, in results of actions

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, effect, destiny (karma)

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, human beings, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, relating to Manu, man, human being

Derived from Manu.

दैवम् (daivam) - fate, destiny, divine power/influence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, celestial, relating to gods, fate, destiny

Derived from deva (god).

Note: Object of 'praśaṃsanti'.

एके (eke) - some (others), certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, single, some, certain

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they extol

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of praśaṃs

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

स्वभावम् (svabhāvam) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva), inherent disposition, essential character

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - own state or nature, inherent disposition, essential property (svabhāva)

From sva (own) + bhāva (state of being, nature).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, condition, nature, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  From √bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of an implied 'praise' or 'attribute to'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others, other people

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, western

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)