महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-29

सतां वृत्तमनुष्ठाय निहीना उज्जिहीर्षवः ।
मन्त्रवर्जं न दुष्यन्ति कुर्वाणाः पौष्टिकीः क्रियाः ॥२९॥

29. satāṁ vṛttamanuṣṭhāya nihīnā ujjihīrṣavaḥ ,
mantravarjaṁ na duṣyanti kurvāṇāḥ pauṣṭikīḥ kriyāḥ.

29. satām vṛttam anuṣṭhāya nihīnāḥ ujjihīrṣavaḥ
mantravarjam na duṣyanti kurvāṇāḥ pauṣṭikīḥ kriyāḥ

29. nihīnāḥ ujjihīrṣavaḥ satām vṛttam anuṣṭhāya
mantravarjam pauṣṭikīḥ kriyāḥ kurvāṇāḥ na duṣyanti

29. Those of low status, aspiring to elevate themselves, do not incur fault when they perform beneficial actions (kriyāḥ) by following the practices of the virtuous, provided they omit the sacred incantations (mantras).

Words meanings summery:

• सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existent)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - practices (conduct, behavior, practice, course)

• अनुष्ठाय (anuṣṭhāya) - having followed (having practiced, having performed, having followed)

• निहीनाः (nihīnāḥ) - those of low status (the lowly, the degraded, the inferior)

• उज्जिहीर्षवः (ujjihīrṣavaḥ) - aspiring to elevate themselves (those desiring to rise, those wishing to uplift themselves)

• मन्त्रवर्जम् (mantravarjam) - provided they omit the sacred incantations (mantras) (except for mantras, without mantras)

• न (na) - not

• दुष्यन्ति (duṣyanti) - do not incur fault (they do not become faulty, they are not corrupted)

• कुर्वाणाः (kurvāṇāḥ) - when they perform (while performing, those who are performing)

• पौष्टिकीः (pauṣṭikīḥ) - beneficial (nourishing, beneficial, strengthening)

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions (kriyāḥ) (actions, rituals, practices)

Words meanings and morphology

सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous (of the good, of the virtuous, of the existent)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existent, real

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - practices (conduct, behavior, practice, course)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, course, event, existing, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, to turn), used as a noun

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अनुष्ठाय (anuṣṭhāya) - having followed (having practiced, having performed, having followed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'sthā' with prefix 'anu', ending in -ya

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

निहीनाः (nihīnāḥ) - those of low status (the lowly, the degraded, the inferior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihīna

nihīna - low, base, fallen, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, to leave) with prefix 'ni', used as an adjective

Prefix: ni

Root: hā (class 3)

उज्जिहीर्षवः (ujjihīrṣavaḥ) - aspiring to elevate themselves (those desiring to rise, those wishing to uplift themselves)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ujjihīrṣu

ujjihīrṣu - desiring to raise, wishing to lift up

Desiderative noun/adjective

Derived from desiderative of root 'hṛ' (to take, to carry) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मन्त्रवर्जम् (mantravarjam) - provided they omit the sacred incantations (mantras) (except for mantras, without mantras)

(indeclinable)

Compound used as an indeclinable adverb

Compound type : avyayībhāva (mantra+varja)

• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, incantation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'man' (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)
• varja – excluding, avoiding, without
  adjective (neuter)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

दुष्यन्ति (duṣyanti) - do not incur fault (they do not become faulty, they are not corrupted)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of duṣ

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root verb 'duṣ' (class 4), Parasmaipada

Root: duṣ (class 4)

कुर्वाणाः (kurvāṇāḥ) - when they perform (while performing, those who are performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - doing, performing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, to make), used as an adjective/participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to 'nihīnāḥ ujjihīrṣavaḥ'.

पौष्टिकीः (pauṣṭikīḥ) - beneficial (nourishing, beneficial, strengthening)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pauṣṭika

pauṣṭika - nourishing, strengthening, promoting growth

Derived from 'puṣṭi' (nourishment, growth)

Note: Modifies 'kriyāḥ'.

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions (kriyāḥ) (actions, rituals, practices)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, ritual, rite

From root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)