महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-84, verse-23

हीनतेजा ह्यसंहृष्टो नैव जातु व्यवस्यति ।
अवश्यं जनयत्येव सर्वकर्मसु संशयान् ॥२३॥

23. hīnatejā hyasaṁhṛṣṭo naiva jātu vyavasyati ,
avaśyaṁ janayatyeva sarvakarmasu saṁśayān.

23. hīnatejāḥ hi asaṃhṛṣṭaḥ na eva jātu vyavasyati
avaśyam janayati eva sarvakarmasu saṃśayān

23. hi hīnatejāḥ asaṃhṛṣṭaḥ jātu na eva vyavasyati
avaśyam sarvakarmasu saṃśayān janayati eva

23. Indeed, a person who is low in spirit and disheartened will never resolve to undertake anything. Such a person inevitably generates doubts in all his actions (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• हीनतेजाः (hīnatejāḥ) - one whose energy is diminished, weak-spirited, dispirited

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• असंहृष्टः (asaṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - ungladdened, displeased, disheartened

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

• व्यवस्यति (vyavasyati) - he undertakes, he resolves, he decides

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, inevitably

• जनयति (janayati) - he generates, he creates, he causes to be born

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• सर्वकर्मसु (sarvakarmasu) - in all actions, in all undertakings

• संशयान् (saṁśayān) - doubts, uncertainties

Words meanings and morphology

हीनतेजाः (hīnatejāḥ) - one whose energy is diminished, weak-spirited, dispirited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hīnatejas

hīnatejas - one whose energy is diminished, weak-spirited

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'one whose brilliance/energy is diminished'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (hīna+tejas)

• hīna – abandoned, deprived, deficient, low
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hā (to abandon, to leave) with suffix kta.
  Root: hā (class 3)
• tejas – brilliance, energy, vigor, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)
  From root tij (to be sharp, to shine).
  Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject, 'a person'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

असंहृष्टः (asaṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - ungladdened, displeased, disheartened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṃhṛṣṭa

asaṁhṛṣṭa - ungladdened, displeased, disheartened

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Nañ-tatpurusha compound: a (not) + saṃhṛṣṭa (gladdened). saṃhṛṣṭa is PPP from root hṛṣ with sam.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpurusha (a+saṃhṛṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• saṃhṛṣṭa – gladdened, pleased, delighted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hṛṣ (to be glad) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject, 'a person'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'never'.

व्यवस्यति (vyavasyati) - he undertakes, he resolves, he decides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vyavasya

From root so/sā (to sharpen, determine) with prefixes vi and ava.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, inevitably

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of avaśya (necessary, inevitable).

जनयति (janayati) - he generates, he creates, he causes to be born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of janaya

Causative

From root jan (to be born, to produce) with causative suffix ṇic.

Root: jan (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

सर्वकर्मसु (sarvakarmasu) - in all actions, in all undertakings

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvakarma

sarvakarma - all actions, all undertakings

Karmadhāraya compound: sarva (all) + karma (action).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sarva+karma)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• karma – action, deed, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

संशयान् (saṁśayān) - doubts, uncertainties

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From root śī (to lie, to hesitate) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)