महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-66

कर्मदायादवाँल्लोकः कर्मसंबन्धलक्षणः ।
कर्माणि चोदयन्तीह यथान्योन्यं तथा वयम् ॥६६॥

66. karmadāyādavāँllokaḥ karmasaṁbandhalakṣaṇaḥ ,
karmāṇi codayantīha yathānyonyaṁ tathā vayam.

66. karma-dāyādavān lokaḥ karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇaḥ
karmāṇi codayanti iha yathā anyonyam tathā vayam

66. lokaḥ karma-dāyādavān karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇaḥ.
iha karmāṇi codayanti,
yathā vayam anyonyam tathā.

66. Living beings are heirs to their actions (karma) and are characterized by their connection to those actions (karma). Here in this world, actions (karma) propel (beings), just as we humans influence each other.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्म-दायादवान् (karma-dāyādavān) - heir to actions (karma) (having karma as inheritance, inheritor of actions)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - living beings (world, people, living being, folk)

• कर्म-सम्बन्ध-लक्षणः (karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇaḥ) - characterized by connection to actions (karma) (characterized by connection to actions, having actions as the mark of connection)

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, works)

• चोदयन्ति (codayanti) - they propel (beings) (they impel, urge, direct, stimulate)

• इह (iha) - here in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (mutually, each other)

• तथा (tathā) - just as (so, thus, in that manner)

• वयम् (vayam) - we humans (we, us)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म-दायादवान् (karma-dāyādavān) - heir to actions (karma) (having karma as inheritance, inheritor of actions)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karma-dāyādavat

karma-dāyādavat - having karma as inheritance, inheritor of actions

Compound formed with 'matup' suffix

Compound type : bahuvrihi (karma-dāyāda+vat)

• karma – action, deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dāyāda – inheritor, heir
  noun (masculine)
  From dāya (inheritance) + ada (eating, taking)

Note: Agrees with 'lokaḥ'.

लोकः (lokaḥ) - living beings (world, people, living being, folk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, living being, folk

From root √lok (to see, perceive)

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

कर्म-सम्बन्ध-लक्षणः (karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇaḥ) - characterized by connection to actions (karma) (characterized by connection to actions, having actions as the mark of connection)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇa

karma-sambandha-lakṣaṇa - characterized by connection to actions, having actions as the mark of connection

Compound type : bahuvrihi (karma+sambandha+lakṣaṇa)

• karma – action, deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sambandha – connection, relation, tie
  noun (masculine)
  From sam- + bandha (tying), root √bandh
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, attribute
  noun (neuter)
  From root √lakṣ (to mark, perceive)
  Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'lokaḥ'.

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions (karma) (actions, deeds, works)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karma

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

Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'codayanti'.

चोदयन्ति (codayanti) - they propel (beings) (they impel, urge, direct, stimulate)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of cud

Causative/10th class verb form

From root √cud (to urge, impel)

Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Verb for 'karmāṇi'.

इह (iha) - here in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tathā'.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (mutually, each other)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun

Note: Acts as an object or adverbial modifier.

तथा (tathā) - just as (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'yathā'.

वयम् (vayam) - we humans (we, us)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of the comparison.