महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-233, verse-1

शुक उवाच ।
यदिदं वेदवचनं कुरु कर्म त्यजेति च ।
कां दिशं विद्यया यान्ति कां च गच्छन्ति कर्मणा ॥१॥

1. śuka uvāca ,
yadidaṁ vedavacanaṁ kuru karma tyajeti ca ,
kāṁ diśaṁ vidyayā yānti kāṁ ca gacchanti karmaṇā.

1. śukaḥ uvāca yat idam veda-vacanam kuru karma tyaja iti
ca kām diśam vidyayā yānti kām ca gacchanti karmaṇā

1. śukaḥ uvāca.
idam yat veda-vacanam 'karma kuru ca tyaja' iti (asti).
(tataḥ,
janāḥ) vidyayā kām diśam yānti? ca karmaṇā kām gacchanti?

1. Śuka said: "Regarding this Vedic instruction, which simultaneously states 'perform actions (karma)' and 'renounce them'—to which destination do individuals proceed by means of knowledge, and to which do they go by means of ritual action (karma)?"

Words meanings summery:

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - The sage Śuka (Śuka (proper name), parrot)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• वेद-वचनम् (veda-vacanam) - Vedic teaching, scriptural injunction

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

• कर्म (karma) - actions, ritual actions (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual)

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, renounce, give up

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation)

• च (ca) - and, also

• काम् (kām) - which, what (feminine singular accusative)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region, destination

• विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, through wisdom

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed, they attain

• काम् (kām) - which, what (feminine singular accusative)

• च (ca) - and, also

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed, they attain

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by ritual action (karma) (by action, through ritual (karma))

Words meanings and morphology

शुकः (śukaḥ) - The sage Śuka (Śuka (proper name), parrot)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - parrot; name of a sage, son of Vyasa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke, declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, whoever, whatever

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वेद-वचनम् (veda-vacanam) - Vedic teaching, scriptural injunction

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of veda-vacana

veda-vacana - Vedic word, scriptural injunction, sacred utterance

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+vacana)

• veda – knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vacana – speaking, word, statement, teaching
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - actions, ritual actions (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, renounce, give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

काम् (kām) - which, what (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, whether

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter, region, destination

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, point of compass

Root: diś (class 6)

विद्यया (vidyayā) - by knowledge, through wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, wisdom

Root: vid (class 2)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

काम् (kām) - which, what (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, whether

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by ritual action (karma) (by action, through ritual (karma))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of actions

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)