महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-53

निर्मोक्षस्त्वस्य दोषस्य मया कार्यो यथा तथा ।
मृत्यो विदोषः स्यामेव यथा तन्मे प्रयोजनम् ॥५३॥

53. nirmokṣastvasya doṣasya mayā kāryo yathā tathā ,
mṛtyo vidoṣaḥ syāmeva yathā tanme prayojanam.

53. nirmokṣaḥ tu asya doṣasya mayā kāryaḥ yathā tathā
| mṛtyo vidoṣaḥ syām eva yathā tat me prayojanam

53. mayā asya doṣasya nirmokṣaḥ yathā tathā kāryaḥ mṛtyo
yathā (aham) vidoṣaḥ syām eva tat me prayojanam

53. I must somehow achieve freedom from this defect. O Death, that I may truly become faultless is my objective.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्मोक्षः (nirmokṣaḥ) - removal (of a fault) (freedom, liberation, release, removal)

• तु (tu) - indeed, somehow (emphatic particle) (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (defect) (of this, its, to this)

• दोषस्य (doṣasya) - of this defect (of fault, of defect, of sin)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - must be done (by me) (to be done, to be performed, should be done, an action)

• यथा (yathā) - somehow, in whatever way (as, just as, in order that, so that)

• तथा (tathā) - somehow (paired with yathā) (so, thus, in that way)

• मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death (vocative) (O Death, by Death)

• विदोषः (vidoṣaḥ) - faultless (faultless, stainless, blameless)

• स्याम् (syām) - that I may be (may I be, should I be)

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

• यथा (yathā) - in order that, so that (as, just as, in order that, so that)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous clause) (that, this)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam) - my objective (purpose, object, motive, utility)

Words meanings and morphology

निर्मोक्षः (nirmokṣaḥ) - removal (of a fault) (freedom, liberation, release, removal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmokṣa

nirmokṣa - freedom, liberation, release, removal

from nir- + √muc + ghañ

Prefix: nir

Root: muc (class 6)

तु (tu) - indeed, somehow (emphatic particle) (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (defect) (of this, its, to this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, it

Note: Can also be neuter singular genitive, but here refers to 'doṣasya' which is masculine.

दोषस्य (doṣasya) - of this defect (of fault, of defect, of sin)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, error

from √duṣ

Root: duṣ (class 4)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - must be done (by me) (to be done, to be performed, should be done, an action)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, work

Gerundive

from √kṛ + ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Matches 'nirmokṣaḥ' in gender, number, and case.

यथा (yathā) - somehow, in whatever way (as, just as, in order that, so that)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - somehow (paired with yathā) (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often paired with 'yathā' to mean 'however... so', or 'somehow'.

मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - O Death (vocative) (O Death, by Death)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

from √mṛ + tyu

Root: mṛ (class 6)

विदोषः (vidoṣaḥ) - faultless (faultless, stainless, blameless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidoṣa

vidoṣa - faultless, stainless, blameless

from vi- + doṣa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+doṣa)

• vi – without, apart, separation
  indeclinable
• doṣa – fault, defect, sin
  noun (masculine)
  from √duṣ
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Implied 'aham' (I) is masculine.

स्याम् (syām) - that I may be (may I be, should I be)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Optative mood, first person singular.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

यथा (yathā) - in order that, so that (as, just as, in order that, so that)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous clause) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to the objective 'to be faultless'.

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of mad, genitive or dative.

प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam) - my objective (purpose, object, motive, utility)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prayojana

prayojana - purpose, object, motive, utility, use

from pra- + √yuj + ana (suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)