महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-292, verse-40
प्रकृतिः कुरुते कर्म शुभाशुभफलात्मकम् ।
प्रकृतिश्च तदश्नाति त्रिषु लोकेषु कामगा ॥४०॥
प्रकृतिश्च तदश्नाति त्रिषु लोकेषु कामगा ॥४०॥
40. prakṛtiḥ kurute karma śubhāśubhaphalātmakam ,
prakṛtiśca tadaśnāti triṣu lokeṣu kāmagā.
prakṛtiśca tadaśnāti triṣu lokeṣu kāmagā.
40.
prakṛtiḥ kurute karma śubhāśubhaphālatmakam
prakṛtiḥ ca tat aśnāti triṣu lokeṣu kāmagā
prakṛtiḥ ca tat aśnāti triṣu lokeṣu kāmagā
40.
prakṛtiḥ śubhāśubhaphālatmakam karma kurute
ca prakṛtiḥ kāmagā triṣu lokeṣu tat aśnāti
ca prakṛtiḥ kāmagā triṣu lokeṣu tat aśnāti
40.
Nature (prakṛti) performs actions (karma) that inherently bear both good and bad consequences. And that same nature (prakṛti), moving according to desire, experiences those results in the three worlds.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)
- कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, does, makes)
- कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, ritual, consequence of action)
- शुभाशुभफालत्मकम् (śubhāśubhaphālatmakam) - that inherently bear both good and bad consequences (consisting of good and bad results, having the nature of auspicious and inauspicious fruits)
- प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - that same nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- तत् (tat) - those results (referring to "phalam") (that, it)
- अश्नाति (aśnāti) - experiences (eats, consumes, experiences, enjoys)
- त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three (in three)
- लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds (in worlds, in realms)
- कामगा (kāmagā) - moving according to desire (moving at will, going anywhere at pleasure, desire-driven)
Words meanings and morphology
प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti
prakṛti - nature, material cause, primeval matter, constitution
from pra + kṛ + ktin
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)
कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, does, makes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ
root kṛ (8th class, U.P.) atmanepada
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Atmanepada form.
कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, ritual, consequence of action)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karman
karman - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action
from root kṛ + manin
Root: kṛ (class 8)
शुभाशुभफालत्मकम् (śubhāśubhaphālatmakam) - that inherently bear both good and bad consequences (consisting of good and bad results, having the nature of auspicious and inauspicious fruits)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubhaphālātmaka
śubhāśubhaphālātmaka - consisting of good and bad results, having the nature of auspicious and inauspicious fruits
compound
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+aśubha+phala+ātmaka)
- śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
adjective - aśubha – bad, inauspicious, unlucky
adjective
negation of śubha
Prefix: a - phala – fruit, result, consequence
noun (neuter) - ātmaka – consisting of, having the nature of, inherent
adjective
from ātman + ka suffix
Note: Agrees with 'karma'.
प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - that same nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti
prakṛti - nature, material cause, primeval matter, constitution
from pra + kṛ + ktin
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
तत् (tat) - those results (referring to "phalam") (that, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
Note: Refers to the fruit (phalam) of karma.
अश्नाति (aśnāti) - experiences (eats, consumes, experiences, enjoys)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of aś
root aś (9th class, P.P.)
Root: aś (class 9)
त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three (in three)
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with 'lokeṣu'.
लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds (in worlds, in realms)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of loka
loka - world, realm, sphere
Root: lok (class 1)
कामगा (kāmagā) - moving according to desire (moving at will, going anywhere at pleasure, desire-driven)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kāmagā
kāmagā - moving at will, going anywhere at pleasure, desire-driven
compound: kāma (desire) + gā (going)
Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kāma+gā)
- kāma – desire, wish, longing
noun (masculine) - gā – going, moving
adjective
agent noun from root gam
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'prakṛtiḥ'.