महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-21

नायं परस्य सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वापि सेवते ।
करोति यादृशं कर्म तादृशं प्रतिपद्यते ॥२१॥

21. nāyaṁ parasya sukṛtaṁ duṣkṛtaṁ vāpi sevate ,
karoti yādṛśaṁ karma tādṛśaṁ pratipadyate.

21. na ayam parasya sukṛtam duṣkṛtam vā api sevate
karoti yādṛśam karma tādṛśam pratipadyate

21. ayam parasya sukṛtam vā duṣkṛtam api na sevate
yādṛśam karma karoti tādṛśam pratipadyate

21. This person does not partake in another's meritorious or demeritorious actions (karma). Whatever kind of action (karma) one performs, that kind one certainly experiences.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अयम् (ayam) - this person (this (masculine singular nominative))

• परस्य (parasya) - another's (of another, another's)

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious actions (karma) (good deed, meritorious action)

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

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• सेवते (sevate) - one experiences, one partakes in (he/she/it serves, practices, performs, experiences, enjoys)

• करोति (karoti) - one performs (he/she/it does, performs, makes)

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - whatever kind of (of whatever kind, such as, as)

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

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - that kind (of action) (of that kind, such, so)

• प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - one experiences (he/she/it obtains, undergoes, experiences, reaches)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'sevate'.

अयम् (ayam) - this person (this (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Subject of 'sevate'.

परस्य (parasya) - another's (of another, another's)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest

Note: Qualifies 'sukṛtam' and 'duṣkṛtam'.

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - meritorious actions (karma) (good deed, meritorious action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

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

past passive participle (used as noun)

from su (good) + kṛta (done)

Compound type : praadi-samāsa (su+kṛta)

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

Note: Object of 'sevate'.

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - demeritorious actions (karma) (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 'sevate'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'sukṛtam' and 'duṣkṛtam'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'even'.

सेवते (sevate) - one experiences, one partakes in (he/she/it serves, practices, performs, experiences, enjoys)

(verb)

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

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: The agent is 'ayam'.

करोति (karoti) - one performs (he/she/it does, performs, makes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The agent is implied (one, a person).

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - whatever kind of (of whatever kind, such as, as)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, like which

Note: Corresponds to 'tādṛśam'. Qualifies '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 'karoti'.

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - that kind (of action) (of that kind, such, so)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of that kind, such, similar to that

Note: Object of 'pratipadyate'.

प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - one experiences (he/she/it obtains, undergoes, experiences, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prati-pad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: The agent is implied (one, a person).