महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-34

जात्या प्रधानं पुरुषं कुर्वाणं कर्म धिक्कृतम् ।
कर्म तद्दूषयत्येनं तस्मात्कर्म नशोभनम् ॥३४॥

34. jātyā pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ kurvāṇaṁ karma dhikkṛtam ,
karma taddūṣayatyenaṁ tasmātkarma naśobhanam.

34. jātyā pradhānam puruṣam kurvāṇam karma dhikkṛtam
| karma tat dūṣayati enam tasmāt karma na śobhanam

34. jātyā pradhānam puruṣam dhikkṛtam karma kurvāṇam
tat karma enam dūṣayati tasmāt karma na śobhanam

34. If a person (puruṣa) pre-eminent by birth (jāti) performs a condemned action (karma), that (very) action (karma) corrupts him. Therefore, such an action (karma) is not proper.

Words meanings summery:

• जात्या (jātyā) - by birth, by nature, by family

• प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - pre-eminent, chief, important

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - person (puruṣa), man

• कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - performing, doing

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

• धिक्कृतम् (dhikkṛtam) - condemned, blamed, despised

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• दूषयति (dūṣayati) - corrupts, pollutes, spoils

• एनम् (enam) - him, this

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

• न (na) - not

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper, auspicious, beautiful

Words meanings and morphology

जात्या (jātyā) - by birth, by nature, by family

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, lineage, class, caste, genus, nature

प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - pre-eminent, chief, important

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pradhāna

pradhāna - chief, principal, pre-eminent; also primeval matter (prakṛti)

Prefix: pra

Root: dhā (class 3)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - person (puruṣa), man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - performing, doing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa

kurvāṇa - performing, doing, making

Present Middle Participle

root kṛ + śānac suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

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

धिक्कृतम् (dhikkṛtam) - condemned, blamed, despised

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhikkṛta

dhikkṛta - condemned, blamed, despised

Past Passive Participle

compound of dhik (interjection/prefix) and kṛta (PPP of kṛ)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (dhik+kṛta)

• dhik – shame on!, woe to!
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root kṛ + kta suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

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

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दूषयति (dūṣayati) - corrupts, pollutes, spoils

(verb)

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

Root: dūṣ (class 10)

एनम् (enam) - him, this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, he, she, it

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: functions as an adverbial conjunction "therefore"

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

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

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper, auspicious, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - good, proper, auspicious, beautiful, brilliant

root śubh + ana suffix

Root: śubh (class 1)