महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-270, verse-8

ईशोऽयं सततं देही नृपते पुण्यपापयोः ।
तत एव समुत्थेन तमसा रुध्यतेऽपि च ॥८॥

8. īśo'yaṁ satataṁ dehī nṛpate puṇyapāpayoḥ ,
tata eva samutthena tamasā rudhyate'pi ca.

8. īśaḥ ayam satatam dehī nṛpate puṇyapāpayoḥ |
tataḥ eva samutthena tamasā rudhyate api ca

8. nṛpate,
ayam dehī satatam puṇyapāpayoḥ īśaḥ.
tataḥ eva samutthena tamasā api ca rudhyate.

8. O king, this embodied being (dehin) is perpetually the master of his merit and demerit, yet he is obstructed by the darkness (tamas) that arises from those very actions.

Words meanings summery:

• ईशः (īśaḥ) - lord, master, ruler

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• देही (dehī) - embodied being, soul

• नृपते (nṛpate) - O king, O ruler

• पुण्यपापयोः (puṇyapāpayoḥ) - of merit and demerit, of good and bad actions

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefrom, from that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

• समुत्थेन (samutthena) - by the darkness arisen from merit and demerit (by that which has arisen, by the arisen)

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (tamas) (by darkness, by gloom, by ignorance)

• रुध्यते (rudhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is impeded

• अपि (api) - also, even, yet

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ईशः (īśaḥ) - lord, master, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - lord, master, ruler

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of satata (constant).

देही (dehī) - embodied being, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul

नृपते (nṛpate) - O king, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, ruler

पुण्यपापयोः (puṇyapāpayoḥ) - of merit and demerit, of good and bad actions

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of puṇyapāpa

puṇyapāpa - merit and demerit, good and bad actions

Compound type : dvandva (puṇya+pāpa)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)
• pāpa – demerit, sin, bad deed
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, therefrom, from that

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

समुत्थेन (samutthena) - by the darkness arisen from merit and demerit (by that which has arisen, by the arisen)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of samutthita

samutthita - arisen, standing up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the verb √sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam- and ud-, and the kta suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness (tamas) (by darkness, by gloom, by ignorance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, illusion

रुध्यते (rudhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is impeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of rudh

Root: rudh (class 7)

अपि (api) - also, even, yet

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)