महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-60, verse-50

स्तेनो वा यदि वा पापो यदि वा पापकृत्तमः ।
यष्टुमिच्छति यज्ञं यः साधुमेव वदन्ति तम् ॥५०॥

50. steno vā yadi vā pāpo yadi vā pāpakṛttamaḥ ,
yaṣṭumicchati yajñaṁ yaḥ sādhumeva vadanti tam.

50. stenaḥ vā yadi vā pāpaḥ yadi vā pāpakṛttamaḥ
yaṣṭum icchati yajñaṃ yaḥ sādhum eva vadanti tam

50. yaḥ stenaḥ vā yadi vā pāpaḥ yadi vā pāpakṛttamaḥ (san) yajñaṃ yaṣṭum icchati,
tam sādhum eva vadanti

50. Even if he is a thief, or a sinner, or the worst perpetrator of evil, whoever desires to perform a Vedic ritual (yajña), they indeed call him good.

Words meanings summery:

• स्तेनः (stenaḥ) - thief, robber

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinner, evil-doer, wicked person

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पापकृत्तमः (pāpakṛttamaḥ) - the worst sinner, greatest evil-doer

• यष्टुम् (yaṣṭum) - to sacrifice, to worship

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, wants

• यज्ञं (yajñaṁ) - sacrifice, ritual

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• साधुम् (sādhum) - good, righteous, virtuous

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

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they call

• तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

Words meanings and morphology

स्तेनः (stenaḥ) - thief, robber

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stena

stena - thief, robber

Root: sten (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinner, evil-doer, wicked person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, wicked; (as noun) sinner, evil-doer

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

पापकृत्तमः (pāpakṛttamaḥ) - the worst sinner, greatest evil-doer

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpakṛttama

pāpakṛttama - the greatest sinner, worst evil-doer

Superlative degree ('-tama') of pāpakṛt.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+kṛt)

• pāpa – evil, sin
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doer, maker
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यष्टुम् (yaṣṭum) - to sacrifice, to worship

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root yaj.

Root: yaj (class 1)

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, wants

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root iṣ of class 6.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

यज्ञं (yajñaṁ) - sacrifice, ritual

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, worship, offering (yajña)

Derived from root yaj.

Root: yaj (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, whoever

साधुम् (sādhum) - good, righteous, virtuous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, righteous, virtuous; holy man, sage

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

(indeclinable)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him, that (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it