महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-16

निरन्तरं च मिश्रं च फलते कर्म पार्थिव ।
कल्याणं यदि वा पापं न तु नाशोऽस्य विद्यते ॥१६॥

16. nirantaraṁ ca miśraṁ ca phalate karma pārthiva ,
kalyāṇaṁ yadi vā pāpaṁ na tu nāśo'sya vidyate.

16. nirantaram ca miśram ca phalate karma pārthiva
kalyāṇam yadi vā pāpam na tu nāśaḥ asya vidyate

16. pārthiva karma nirantaram ca miśram ca phalate
yadi kalyāṇam vā pāpam na tu asya nāśaḥ vidyate

16. O king, action (karma) yields fruit continuously, and of a mixed nature, whether it is virtuous or sinful. But its destruction does not occur.

Words meanings summery:

• निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, unceasingly (without interval, continuous, unceasingly)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मिश्रम् (miśram) - of a mixed nature (mixed, mingled, various)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• फलते (phalate) - yields fruit (bears fruit, yields results)

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, work, deed, result of action (karma))

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king (O king, earthly, relating to earth)

• कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - virtuous (auspicious, good, virtuous, welfare)

• यदि (yadi) - whether (if, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (sin, evil, wicked)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss)

• अस्य (asya) - of its (referring to karma) (of this, of it, his)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, occurs (exists, is found, is)

Words meanings and morphology

निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously, unceasingly (without interval, continuous, unceasingly)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+antara)

• nis – without, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• antara – interval, space, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मिश्रम् (miśram) - of a mixed nature (mixed, mingled, various)

(indeclinable)

Root: miśr (class 10)

Note: Used adverbially, describing how karma bears fruit.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

फलते (phalate) - yields fruit (bears fruit, yields results)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice. From root 'phal', class 1.

Root: phal (class 1)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, work, deed, result of action (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, work, deed, ritual, fate

From root 'kṛ' (to do), suffix '-man'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'phalate'.

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king (O king, earthly, relating to earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king (lit. 'son of Pṛthā' or 'earthly ruler')

From 'pṛthivī' (earth) + '-a' suffix, or specifically 'Pṛthā' (Kuntī) or 'Pṛthu' (a king). Refers to a king, or specifically Yudhiṣṭhira as son of Pṛthā.

कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - virtuous (auspicious, good, virtuous, welfare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - auspicious, good, virtuous, welfare

यदि (yadi) - whether (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (sin, evil, wicked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, ruin, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

From root 'naś' (to perish).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vidyate'.

अस्य (asya) - of its (referring to karma) (of this, of it, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine/neuter genitive singular form.

Note: Refers to 'karma'.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, occurs (exists, is found, is)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice. From root 'vid', class 4 (intransitive, meaning 'to be').

Root: vid (class 4)