महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-62, verse-8

यो यस्मिन्कुरुते कर्म यादृशं येन यत्र च ।
तादृशं तादृशेनैव स गुणं प्रतिपद्यते ॥८॥

8. yo yasminkurute karma yādṛśaṁ yena yatra ca ,
tādṛśaṁ tādṛśenaiva sa guṇaṁ pratipadyate.

8. yaḥ yasmin kurute karma yādṛśam yena yatra ca
tādṛśam tādṛśena eva saḥ guṇam pratipadyate

8. yaḥ yena yādṛśam karma yasmin yatra ca kurute
saḥ tādṛśam guṇam tādṛśena eva pratipadyate

8. Whatever kind of action (karma) a person performs, using whatever means, directed towards whatever (person or object), and in whatever circumstances, he indeed obtains a consequence of that very kind, brought about by corresponding means.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever)

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever (circumstance), on whatever (person/object) (in which, in whom, on which, on whom, when, where)

• कुरुते (kurute) - he performs (he does, he makes, he performs)

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action)

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of whatever kind (of what kind, such as, as)

• येन (yena) - by whatever means (by which, by whom, with what, with whom)

• यत्र (yatra) - in whatever circumstances (where, in which place, in which case)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - of that very kind (of such a kind, such, similar)

• तादृशेन (tādṛśena) - by corresponding means (by such a one, by such means)

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

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• गुणम् (guṇam) - a consequence (quality, attribute, virtue, strand, consequence, fruit)

• प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - he obtains / experiences (he obtains, he attains, he understands, he experiences)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whatever (circumstance), on whatever (person/object) (in which, in whom, on which, on whom, when, where)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Locative singular of relative pronoun 'yad'

कुरुते (kurute) - he performs (he does, he makes, he performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle (ātmanepada), present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of whatever kind (of what kind, such as, as)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, as

Note: Agrees with 'karma'

येन (yena) - by whatever means (by which, by whom, with what, with whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

यत्र (yatra) - in whatever circumstances (where, in which place, in which case)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place/circumstance

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - of that very kind (of such a kind, such, similar)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of such a kind, such, similar

Note: Agrees with 'guṇam'

तादृशेन (tādṛśena) - by corresponding means (by such a one, by such means)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - of such a kind, such, similar

Note: Agrees with an implied agent or instrument

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गुणम् (guṇam) - a consequence (quality, attribute, virtue, strand, consequence, fruit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, strand, consequence, fruit

प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - he obtains / experiences (he obtains, he attains, he understands, he experiences)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle (ātmanepada), present indicative (laṭ) of pratipad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)