महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-265, verse-21

शनैर्निर्वेदमादत्ते पापं कर्म जहाति च ।
धर्मात्मा चैव भवति मोक्षं च लभते परम् ॥२१॥

21. śanairnirvedamādatte pāpaṁ karma jahāti ca ,
dharmātmā caiva bhavati mokṣaṁ ca labhate param.

21. śanaiḥ nirvedam ādatte pāpam karma jahāti ca |
dharmātmā ca eva bhavati mokṣam ca labhate param

21. śanaiḥ nirvedam ādatte ca pāpam karma jahāti ca
eva dharmātmā bhavati ca param mokṣam labhate

21. Gradually, he cultivates detachment (nirveda) and abandons all sinful actions (karma). And indeed, he becomes one whose very nature is righteousness (dharmātmā) and attains supreme liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

• निर्वेदम् (nirvedam) - detachment from worldly desires and attachments (detachment, dispassion, disillusionment)

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - acquires, takes, obtains

• पापम् (pāpam) - sinful, evil, wicked

• कर्म (karma) - actions that lead to negative consequences (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

• च (ca) - and

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - one whose nature is righteousness, righteous soul, virtuous

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, surely, only

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), release

• च (ca) - and

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of manner.

निर्वेदम् (nirvedam) - detachment from worldly desires and attachments (detachment, dispassion, disillusionment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirveda

nirveda - detachment, dispassion, disillusionment, spiritual indifference

Derived from root vid (to know, to find) with prefix nir-.

Prefix: nir

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Direct object of ādatte.

आदत्ते (ādatte) - acquires, takes, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-dā

present middle

Present middle 3rd person singular from root dā (class 3, ātmanepada) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The root 'dā' (to give) with prefix 'ā' means 'to take, to receive'.

पापम् (pāpam) - sinful, evil, wicked

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sinful, evil, wicked; sin, evil

Note: Agrees with "karma". Can also be a neuter noun meaning "sin".

कर्म (karma) - actions that lead to negative consequences (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

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

Derived from root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object of jahāti.

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, gives up, forsakes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hā

present active

Present active 3rd person singular from root hā (class 3, parasmāi-pada) which is reduplicated as jahā-.

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Reduplicated root form.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - one whose nature is righteousness, righteous soul, virtuous

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one whose nature is righteousness, righteous soul, virtuous (dharmātman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: The nominative singular form of the word ending in -ātman is -ātmā.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed, surely, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

Present active 3rd person singular from root bhū (class 1, parasmāi-pada).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Linking verb for "dharmātmā".

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), release

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation from saṃsāra

Derived from root muc (to release) with suffix -sa.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Direct object of labhate.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

present middle

Present middle 3rd person singular from root labh (class 1, ātmanepada).

Root: labh (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with "mokṣam". Can also be neuter singular nominative/accusative.