महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-51

हिरण्यरत्नसंचयाः शुभाशुभेन संचिताः ।
न तस्य देहसंक्षये भवन्ति कार्यसाधकाः ॥५१॥

51. hiraṇyaratnasaṁcayāḥ śubhāśubhena saṁcitāḥ ,
na tasya dehasaṁkṣaye bhavanti kāryasādhakāḥ.

51. hiraṇyaratnasaṃcayāḥ śubhāśubhena saṃcitāḥ
na tasya dehasaṃkṣaye bhavanti kāryasādhakāḥ

51. tasya dehasaṃkṣaye śubhāśubhena saṃcitāḥ
hiraṇyaratnasaṃcayāḥ kāryasādhakāḥ na bhavanti

51. The hoards of gold and jewels, accumulated through both good and bad actions (karma), are not effective in achieving any purpose for a person when their body perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• हिरण्यरत्नसंचयाः (hiraṇyaratnasaṁcayāḥ) - accumulations of gold and jewels

• शुभाशुभेन (śubhāśubhena) - by good and bad (deeds), through auspicious and inauspicious (actions)

• संचिताः (saṁcitāḥ) - accumulated, collected

• न (na) - not, no

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person)

• देहसंक्षये (dehasaṁkṣaye) - at the destruction of the body, when the body perishes

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• कार्यसाधकाः (kāryasādhakāḥ) - effective for a purpose, accomplishing a task, useful

Words meanings and morphology

हिरण्यरत्नसंचयाः (hiraṇyaratnasaṁcayāḥ) - accumulations of gold and jewels

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hiraṇyaratnasaṃcaya

hiraṇyaratnasaṁcaya - accumulation of gold and jewels

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hiraṇya+ratna+saṃcaya)

• hiraṇya – gold
  noun (neuter)
• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• saṃcaya – accumulation, collection, heap
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-√ci (to collect).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ci (class 5)

शुभाशुभेन (śubhāśubhena) - by good and bad (deeds), through auspicious and inauspicious (actions)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, ugly
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate the means of accumulation.

संचिताः (saṁcitāḥ) - accumulated, collected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃcita

saṁcita - accumulated, collected, heaped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-√ci (to collect) with kta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'hiraṇyaratnasaṃcayāḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the person whose body perishes.

देहसंक्षये (dehasaṁkṣaye) - at the destruction of the body, when the body perishes

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehasaṃkṣaya

dehasaṁkṣaya - destruction of the body, wasting of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+saṃkṣaya)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 1)
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, loss, waste, decline
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-√kṣi (to destroy, diminish).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Indicates the time or occasion of the body's destruction.

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice

Parasmaipadam conjugation.

Root: bhū (class 1)

कार्यसाधकाः (kāryasādhakāḥ) - effective for a purpose, accomplishing a task, useful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāryasādhaka

kāryasādhaka - effecting an object, accomplishing a purpose, successful

Derived from 'kārya' (purpose) and 'sādhaka' (accomplisher).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārya+sādhaka)

• kārya – work, task, purpose, duty, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from √kṛ (to do) with -ya suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sādhaka – achiever, accomplisher, bringing about, effective
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √sādh (to accomplish, succeed) with -aka suffix.
  Root: sādh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'hiraṇyaratnasaṃcayāḥ'.