महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-271, verse-16

एवं जातिशतैर्युक्तो गुणैरेव प्रसङ्गिषु ।
बुद्ध्या निवर्तते दोषो यत्नेनाभ्यासजेन वै ॥१६॥

16. evaṁ jātiśatairyukto guṇaireva prasaṅgiṣu ,
buddhyā nivartate doṣo yatnenābhyāsajena vai.

16. evam jātiśataiḥ yuktaḥ guṇaiḥ eva prasaṅgiṣu
buddhyā nivartate doṣaḥ yatnena abhyāsajena vai

16. evam,
prasaṅgiṣu jātiśataiḥ guṇaiḥ eva yuktaḥ doṣaḥ buddhyā abhyāsajena yatnena vai nivartate

16. In this way, a fault (doṣa), even for those involved in hundreds of births (saṃsāra) and devoted solely to the qualities (guṇa), is removed by discernment (buddhi) and by effort arising from sustained practice (abhyāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• जातिशतैः (jātiśataiḥ) - by hundreds of births/species/conditions

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - associated with (hundreds of births and qualities) (connected with, joined, endowed with, associated with)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the constituent qualities (guṇa) of nature (by qualities, by attributes, by modes of nature)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• प्रसङ्गिषु (prasaṅgiṣu) - among individuals who are attached to worldly existence and its qualities (among those attached, in those who cling, among those engaged)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by discernment

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - is eliminated, ceases to exist (turns away, ceases, disappears, is removed)

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, blemish, impurity

• यत्नेन (yatnena) - by effort, by exertion, by endeavor

• अभ्यासजेन (abhyāsajena) - born of practice, arising from sustained effort

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

जातिशतैः (jātiśataiḥ) - by hundreds of births/species/conditions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jātiśata

jātiśata - hundreds of births, hundreds of species

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jāti+śata)

• jāti – birth, species, caste, kind, condition (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - associated with (hundreds of births and qualities) (connected with, joined, endowed with, associated with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, connected with, fit, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yuj (to join, to connect) with suffix -ta.

Root: yuj (class 7)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the constituent qualities (guṇa) of nature (by qualities, by attributes, by modes of nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, virtue, excellence, mode of nature (guṇa)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

प्रसङ्गिषु (prasaṅgiṣu) - among individuals who are attached to worldly existence and its qualities (among those attached, in those who cling, among those engaged)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of prasaṅgin

prasaṅgin - attached, clinging, addicted, involved, engaged

Derived from 'prasaṅga' (attachment, close connection) + '-in' suffix (possessing).

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by discernment

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, discernment, wisdom (buddhi)

Derived from root √budh (to know, to understand).

Root: budh (class 1)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - is eliminated, ceases to exist (turns away, ceases, disappears, is removed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of nivartate

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice. Verb with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, blemish, impurity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, impurity, harm (doṣa)

यत्नेन (yatnena) - by effort, by exertion, by endeavor

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

अभ्यासजेन (abhyāsajena) - born of practice, arising from sustained effort

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of abhyāsaja

abhyāsaja - born of practice, arising from repetition or sustained effort

Compound type : Tatpurusha (abhyāsa+ja)

• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study, sustained effort (abhyāsa)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √as with prefix 'abhi'.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• ja – born, produced from, arising from
  suffix (masculine)
  Suffix used to form adjectives indicating origin.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'yatnena'

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)