महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-271, verse-17

कर्मणा स्वेन रक्तानि विरक्तानि च दानव ।
यथा कर्मविशेषांश्च प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा शृणु ॥१७॥

17. karmaṇā svena raktāni viraktāni ca dānava ,
yathā karmaviśeṣāṁśca prāpnuvanti tathā śṛṇu.

17. karmaṇā svena raktāni viraktāni ca dānava
yathā karmaviśeṣāḥ ca prāpnuvanti tathā śṛṇu

17. dānava,
śṛṇu tathā yathā svena karmaṇā raktāni ca viraktāni karmaviśeṣāḥ ca prāpnuvanti

17. O Dānava, listen now to how beings become attached or detached through their own actions (karma), and how they experience various particular outcomes (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed, by karma

• स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by their own

• रक्तानि (raktāni) - attached, colored, imbued with passion

• विरक्तानि (viraktāni) - detached, dispassionate, discolored, averse

• च (ca) - and, also

• दानव (dānava) - O Dānava (addressing a specific class of beings, often translated as 'demons' or 'asuras') (O Dānava)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• कर्मविशेषाः (karmaviśeṣāḥ) - various particular outcomes (karma) (specific types of actions/outcomes, distinctions of karma)

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they attain, they reach, they obtain

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed, by karma

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)

स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by their own

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, property

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'

रक्तानि (raktāni) - attached, colored, imbued with passion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rakta

rakta - red, colored, dyed, attached to, fond of, passionate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √rañj (to color, to redden, to be attached) with suffix -ta.

Root: rañj (class 1)

विरक्तानि (viraktāni) - detached, dispassionate, discolored, averse

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of virakta

virakta - detached, dispassionate, indifferent, averse, discolored

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √rañj (to color, to redden, to be attached) with prefix 'vi' and suffix -ta.

Prefix: vi

Root: rañj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दानव (dānava) - O Dānava (addressing a specific class of beings, often translated as 'demons' or 'asuras') (O Dānava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dānava

dānava - descendant of Danu, a class of beings (often identified as demons or Asuras)

Derived from 'Danu' (a primordial goddess, mother of a race of beings) + suffix '-a'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

कर्मविशेषाः (karmaviśeṣāḥ) - various particular outcomes (karma) (specific types of actions/outcomes, distinctions of karma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karmaviśeṣa

karmaviśeṣa - distinction of action, specific kind of action/outcome

Compound type : Tatpurusha (karman+viśeṣa)

• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of actions (karma)
  noun (neuter)
• viśeṣa – distinction, difference, particularity, specific type
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they attain, they reach, they obtain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prāp

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. Verb with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: śru (class 5)