महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-284, verse-37

क्रियमाणं यदा कर्म नाशं गच्छति मानुषम् ।
तेषां नान्यदृते लोके तपसः कर्म विद्यते ॥३७॥

37. kriyamāṇaṁ yadā karma nāśaṁ gacchati mānuṣam ,
teṣāṁ nānyadṛte loke tapasaḥ karma vidyate.

37. kriyamāṇam yadā karma nāśam gacchati mānuṣam
teṣām na anyat ṛte loke tapasaḥ karma vidyate

37. yadā mānuṣam karma kriyamāṇam nāśam gacchati,
teṣām loke tapasaḥ ṛte anyat karma na vidyate.

37. When a human action (karma), while being performed, leads to failure, then for such people, no other effective action (karma) exists in the world apart from austerity (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being performed, being done, in the process of being made

• यदा (yadā) - when

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, loss, failure

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to man

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

• ऋते (ṛte) - except, without, apart from

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of austerity, from asceticism, of spiritual discipline

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

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

Words meanings and morphology

क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being performed, being done, in the process of being made

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being made, being performed

Present Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -māṇa (passive present participle)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies "karma"

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

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

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -man

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the first clause

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, loss, failure

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

From root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Object of 'gacchati' (goes to destruction)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, pertaining to man

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to man, humane

Derived from manu (man)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

ऋते (ṛte) - except, without, apart from

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of austerity, from asceticism, of spiritual discipline

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, asceticism, penance, spiritual discipline (tapas)

From root tap (to heat, to burn, to practice austerity)

Root: tap (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

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

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -man

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'vidyate'

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Middle Voice

From root vid (class 4, to be) or passive of vid (class 2, to know). Here, "to be, to exist"

Root: vid (class 4)