महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-297, verse-17

लीलयाल्पं यथा गात्रात्प्रमृज्याद्रजसः पुमान् ।
बहुयत्नेन महता पापनिर्हरणं तथा ॥१७॥

17. līlayālpaṁ yathā gātrātpramṛjyādrajasaḥ pumān ,
bahuyatnena mahatā pāpanirharaṇaṁ tathā.

17. līlayā alpam yathā gātrāt pramṛjyāt rajasaḥ
pumān bahuyatnena mahatā pāpanirharaṇam tathā

17. yathā pumān gātrāt līlayā alpam rajasaḥ
pramṛjyāt tathā mahatā bahuyatnena pāpanirharaṇam

17. Just as a person easily wipes a small amount of dust from their body, so too is the removal of sin (pāpa) by a great and arduous effort.

Words meanings summery:

• लीलया (līlayā) - with ease, playfully, effortlessly

• अल्पम् (alpam) - a little, small (thing), trifling

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• गात्रात् (gātrāt) - from the body, from a limb

• प्रमृज्यात् (pramṛjyāt) - one may wipe away, should wipe off

• रजसः (rajasaḥ) - of dust, from dust

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

• बहुयत्नेन (bahuyatnena) - by great effort

• महता (mahatā) - by great, by immense

• पापनिर्हरणम् (pāpanirharaṇam) - the removal of sin, atonement for sin

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

Words meanings and morphology

लीलया (līlayā) - with ease, playfully, effortlessly

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, ease, grace

अल्पम् (alpam) - a little, small (thing), trifling

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - little, small, few

Note: Used here as a substantive.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

गात्रात् (gātrāt) - from the body, from a limb

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gātra

gātra - body, limb

प्रमृज्यात् (pramṛjyāt) - one may wipe away, should wipe off

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pramṛj

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

रजसः (rajasaḥ) - of dust, from dust

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, pollen, impurity, menstrual fluid, quality of activity (rajas guṇa)

Note: Can also be ablative, 'from dust'.

पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person, spirit

बहुयत्नेन (bahuyatnena) - by great effort

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bahuyatna

bahuyatna - great effort

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+yatna)

• bahu – much, many, great
  adjective
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavor
  noun (masculine)

महता (mahatā) - by great, by immense

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense, important

पापनिर्हरणम् (pāpanirharaṇam) - the removal of sin, atonement for sin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpanirharaṇa

pāpanirharaṇa - removal of sin, atonement for sin

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pāpa+nirharaṇa)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  noun/adjective (neuter)
• nirharaṇa – removal, carrying away
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root hṛ with prefix nis
  Prefix: nis
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)