महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-18

ततो दुःखक्षयं कृत्वा सुकृतं कर्म सेवते ।
सुकृतक्षयाद्दुष्कृतं च तद्विद्धि मनुजाधिप ॥१८॥

18. tato duḥkhakṣayaṁ kṛtvā sukṛtaṁ karma sevate ,
sukṛtakṣayādduṣkṛtaṁ ca tadviddhi manujādhipa.

18. tataḥ duḥkhakṣayam kṛtvā sukṛtam karma sevate
sukṛtakṣayāt duṣkṛtam ca tat viddhi manujādhipa

18. manujādhipa tataḥ duḥkhakṣayam kṛtvā sukṛtam
karma sevate sukṛtakṣayāt duṣkṛtam ca tat viddhi

18. Thereafter, having eliminated sorrow, one engages in meritorious actions (karma). And know this, O ruler of men, that from the exhaustion of meritorious deeds, demeritorious actions also arise.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

• दुःखक्षयम् (duḥkhakṣayam) - cessation of suffering (destruction of sorrow, cessation of suffering)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having brought about (having done, having made)

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious (well-done, good deed, meritorious)

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

• सेवते (sevate) - one performs, one engages in (he/she/it serves, practices, performs, cultivates)

• सुकृतक्षयात् (sukṛtakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of meritorious deeds (from the exhaustion of good deeds)

• दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - demeritorious actions (karma) (ill-done, bad deed, demeritorious action)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, this)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know!, understand!)

• मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O ruler of men (ruler of men, king)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' (that), used as an indeclinable adverb

दुःखक्षयम् (duḥkhakṣayam) - cessation of suffering (destruction of sorrow, cessation of suffering)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥkhakṣaya

duḥkhakṣaya - destruction of sorrow, cessation of suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+kṣaya)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, end
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having brought about (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

absolutive form from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This is an absolutive, functioning as an indeclinable participle.

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious (well-done, good deed, meritorious)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - well-done, good, meritorious; a good deed

past passive participle

from su (good) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : praadi-samāsa (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed; a deed
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

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

from root kṛ (to do) + -man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'sevate'.

सेवते (sevate) - one performs, one engages in (he/she/it serves, practices, performs, cultivates)

(verb)

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

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Refers to an implied agent.

सुकृतक्षयात् (sukṛtakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of meritorious deeds (from the exhaustion of good deeds)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sukṛtakṣaya

sukṛtakṣaya - exhaustion/destruction of good deeds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukṛta+kṣaya)

• sukṛta – well-done, good, meritorious; a good deed
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle (used as noun)
  from su (good) + kṛta (done)
  Prefix: su
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, end, exhaustion
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - demeritorious actions (karma) (ill-done, bad deed, demeritorious action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - ill-done, bad, wicked; a bad deed, demeritorious action

past passive participle (used as noun)

from dus (bad) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : praadi-samāsa (dus+kṛta)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed; a deed
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'arise').

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous statement) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know!, understand!)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O ruler of men (ruler of men, king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of manujādhipa

manujādhipa - ruler of men, king, lord of mankind

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (manuja+adhipa)

• manuja – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  born from Manu
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  from adhi (over) + root pā (to protect)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)