महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-35, verse-16

एतान्येव तु कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि मानवान् ।
येषु येषु निमित्तेषु न लिम्पन्त्यथ तच्छृणु ॥१६॥

16. etānyeva tu karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni mānavān ,
yeṣu yeṣu nimitteṣu na limpantyatha tacchṛṇu.

16. etāni eva tu karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni mānavān yeṣu
yeṣu nimitteṣu na limpanti atha tat śṛṇu

16. atha tat śṛṇu: tu etāni eva karmāṇi mānavān
kriyamāṇāni yeṣu yeṣu nimitteṣu na limpanti

16. Hear now about those particular circumstances (nimitta) in which these very actions (karma), when performed by humans, do not taint them.

Words meanings summery:

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, very

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

• क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, being done

• मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, human beings

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which, among which

• येषु (yeṣu) - in which, among which

• निमित्तेषु (nimitteṣu) - in circumstances, in causes, in occasions

• न (na) - not, no

• लिम्पन्ति (limpanti) - they do not taint (humans) (they taint, they smear, they affect)

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• तत् (tat) - that

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!

Words meanings and morphology

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etas

etas - this, these

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, very

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, being done

(verbal derivative)

मानवान् (mānavān) - humans, human beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, descendant of Manu, man

येषु (yeṣu) - in which, among which

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Reduplication 'yeṣu yeṣu' emphasizes 'in whichever particular'

येषु (yeṣu) - in which, among which

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Reduplication 'yeṣu yeṣu' emphasizes 'in whichever particular'

निमित्तेषु (nimitteṣu) - in circumstances, in causes, in occasions

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nimitta

nimitta - cause, motive, occasion, sign, circumstance

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लिम्पन्ति (limpanti) - they do not taint (humans) (they taint, they smear, they affect)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of lip

Root: lip (class 6)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)