महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-14

अथ वा तदुपादानात्प्राप्नुयुः कर्मणः फलम् ।
दण्डशस्त्रकृतं पापं पुरुषे तन्न विद्यते ॥१४॥

14. atha vā tadupādānātprāpnuyuḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam ,
daṇḍaśastrakṛtaṁ pāpaṁ puruṣe tanna vidyate.

14. atha vā tad-upādānāt prāpnuyuḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam
daṇḍa-śastra-kṛtam pāpam puruṣe tat na vidyate

14. atha vā tat-upādānāt karmaṇaḥ phalam prāpnuyuḥ
daṇḍa-śastra-kṛtam pāpam puruṣe tat na vidyate

14. Or else, they might attain the result of their karma because of taking hold of it, but the sin committed with a staff or a weapon does not attach to that person.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, or else, furthermore

• वा (vā) - or, either, as well as, indeed

• तद्-उपादानात् (tad-upādānāt) - from taking hold of that, because of undertaking that

• प्राप्नुयुः (prāpnuyuḥ) - they might obtain, they would reach, they might attain

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of karma, of action, of previously done action

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

• दण्ड-शस्त्र-कृतम् (daṇḍa-śastra-kṛtam) - done with a staff or a weapon, made by stick and blade

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed, wrong

• पुरुषे (puruṣe) - in the person, in the man, upon the agent

• तत् (tat) - that

• न (na) - not

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, or else, furthermore

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either, as well as, indeed

(indeclinable)

तद्-उपादानात् (tad-upādānāt) - from taking hold of that, because of undertaking that

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad-upādāna

tad-upādāna - taking hold of that, resorting to that, material cause

tat + upādāna (noun from upā-dā)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+upādāna)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• upādāna – taking, receiving, material cause, grasping
  noun (neuter)
  from upā-dā
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)

प्राप्नुयुः (prāpnuyuḥ) - they might obtain, they would reach, they might attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, potential (liṅ) of prāp

root prāp in potential mood

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of karma, of action, of previously done action

(noun)

neuter, singular of karman

karman - act, action, deed, ritual, previously done action (karma)

from kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, reward

दण्ड-शस्त्र-कृतम् (daṇḍa-śastra-kṛtam) - done with a staff or a weapon, made by stick and blade

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍa-śastra-kṛta

daṇḍa-śastra-kṛta - done by stick/staff and weapon

Past Passive Participle

daṇḍa-śastra + kṛta (Past Passive Participle of kṛ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍa-śastra+kṛta)

• daṇḍa-śastra – staff and weapon, stick and blade
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed, wrong

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked

पुरुषे (puruṣe) - in the person, in the man, upon the agent

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, cosmic person, human being

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vid

root vid in passive / 4th class middle meaning to exist

Root: vid (class 4)

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