महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-27

यत्क्रोधनो यजते यद्ददाति यद्वा तपस्तप्यति यज्जुहोति ।
वैवस्वतस्तद्धरतेऽस्य सर्वं मोघः श्रमो भवति क्रोधनस्य ॥२७॥

27. yatkrodhano yajate yaddadāti; yadvā tapastapyati yajjuhoti ,
vaivasvatastaddharate'sya sarvaṁ; moghaḥ śramo bhavati krodhanasya.

27. yat krodhanaḥ yajate yat dadāti
yat vā tapaḥ tapyati yat juhoti |
vaivasvataḥ tat harate asya sarvam
moghaḥ śramaḥ bhavati krodhanasya

27. yat krodhanaḥ yajate,
yat dadāti,
vā yat tapaḥ tapyati,
yat juhoti,
vaivasvataḥ asya tat sarvam harate krodhanasya śramaḥ moghaḥ bhavati

27. Whatever a wrathful person performs as a Vedic ritual (yajña), whatever he gives, or whatever ascetic discipline (tapas) he undertakes, and whatever he offers in a fire ritual, Yama, the son of Vivasvān, takes away all of that. All the effort of such a wrathful person becomes futile.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• क्रोधनः (krodhanaḥ) - a wrathful person (wrathful, angry, an angry person)

• यजते (yajate) - he performs a Vedic ritual (yajña) (he performs a Vedic ritual, he sacrifices, he worships)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• ददाति (dadāti) - he gives (he gives, he bestows)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic discipline (tapas) (asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor)

• तप्यति (tapyati) - he practices (asceticism) (he performs penance, he performs asceticism, he is heated)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• जुहोति (juhoti) - he offers (in fire ritual) (he offers (into fire), he sacrifices)

• वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, the son of Vivasvān (Yama (son of Vivasvān))

• तत् (tat) - all of that (that, this, it)

• हरते (harate) - takes away (he takes away, he carries off, he seizes)

• अस्य (asya) - his (of the wrathful person) (his, of him, of this)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, every)

• मोघः (moghaḥ) - futile, fruitless (vain, fruitless, useless)

• श्रमः (śramaḥ) - effort (effort, toil, exertion, fatigue)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes (he becomes, he is, he exists)

• क्रोधनस्य (krodhanasya) - of a wrathful person (of the wrathful one, of the angry person)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Used as a relative pronoun introducing a clause.

क्रोधनः (krodhanaḥ) - a wrathful person (wrathful, angry, an angry person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodhana

krodhana - wrathful, angry, passionate; an angry person

From root √krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: The subject of the first clause.

यजते (yajate) - he performs a Vedic ritual (yajña) (he performs a Vedic ritual, he sacrifices, he worships)

(verb)

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

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: The action performed by the wrathful person.

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Object of dadāti.

ददाति (dadāti) - he gives (he gives, he bestows)

(verb)

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

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Another action performed.

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Object of tapyati.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Disjunctive particle.

तपः (tapaḥ) - ascetic discipline (tapas) (asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, spiritual austerity, heat

From root √tap (to heat, to perform penance).

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of tapyati.

तप्यति (tapyati) - he practices (asceticism) (he performs penance, he performs asceticism, he is heated)

(verb)

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

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Expresses performance of tapas.

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Object of juhoti.

जुहोति (juhoti) - he offers (in fire ritual) (he offers (into fire), he sacrifices)

(verb)

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

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Refers to performing a fire ritual.

वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, the son of Vivasvān (Yama (son of Vivasvān))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - descendant of Vivasvān (e.g., Manu, Yama)

Derived from Vivasvān (sun god) with patronymic suffix -a.

Note: The subject of harate.

तत् (tat) - all of that (that, this, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Correlative pronoun referring to the accumulated actions mentioned before.

हरते (harate) - takes away (he takes away, he carries off, he seizes)

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: The action of Yama.

अस्य (asya) - his (of the wrathful person) (his, of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive pronoun.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, complete

Note: Agrees with tat.

मोघः (moghaḥ) - futile, fruitless (vain, fruitless, useless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mogha

mogha - vain, useless, fruitless, empty

Note: Predicate adjective for śramaḥ.

श्रमः (śramaḥ) - effort (effort, toil, exertion, fatigue)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - effort, toil, exertion, fatigue

From root √śram (to be weary, to strive).

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: The subject of bhavati.

भवति (bhavati) - becomes (he becomes, he is, he exists)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Linking verb.

क्रोधनस्य (krodhanasya) - of a wrathful person (of the wrathful one, of the angry person)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of krodhana

krodhana - wrathful, angry, passionate; an angry person

From root √krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Possessive, defining whose effort is in vain.