महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-92, verse-20

यदि नात्मनि पुत्रेषु न चेत्पौत्रेषु नप्तृषु ।
न हि पापं कृतं कर्म सद्यः फलति गौरिव ॥२०॥

20. yadi nātmani putreṣu na cetpautreṣu naptṛṣu ,
na hi pāpaṁ kṛtaṁ karma sadyaḥ phalati gauriva.

20. yadi na ātmani putreṣu na cet pautreṣu naptṛṣu
na hi pāpam kṛtam karma sadyaḥ phalati gauḥ iva

20. yathā gauḥ (sadyas na phalati,
tathā) kṛtam pāpam karma sadyaḥ na hi phalati yadi ātmani na (phalati),
(tadā) putreṣu (phalati); na cet pautreṣu (phalati); (na cet) naptṛṣu (phalati)

20. A sinful action (karma) does not immediately bear fruit, just like a cow (does not immediately give milk). If its effects do not appear in oneself, then in one's sons, if not in them, then in one's grandsons, or even in one's great-grandsons.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in oneself (in the self, in oneself)

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons

• न (na) - not

• चेत् (cet) - if not (if, if not, otherwise)

• पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - in grandsons

• नप्तृषु (naptṛṣu) - in great-grandsons

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (sinful, evil, bad)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made)

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work)

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once, instantly

• फलति (phalati) - it bears fruit, it ripens, it results

• गौः (gauḥ) - cow

• इव (iva) - like, as

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in oneself (in the self, in oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, breath

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if not (if, if not, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - in grandsons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson, son's son

नप्तृषु (naptṛṣu) - in great-grandsons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of naptṛ

naptṛ - grandson, descendant, great-grandson

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (sinful, evil, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sinful, wicked, bad; sin, evil

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done (done, made)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, fate, consequence of action

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once, instantly

(indeclinable)

फलति (phalati) - it bears fruit, it ripens, it results

(verb)

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

Present tense

Root verb

Root: phal (class 1)

गौः (gauḥ) - cow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, bull, earth, ray of light

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

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