महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-8

तस्मात्कुर्यादिहाचारं य इच्छेद्भूतिमात्मनः ।
अपि पापशरीरस्य आचारो हन्त्यलक्षणम् ॥८॥

8. tasmātkuryādihācāraṁ ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ ,
api pāpaśarīrasya ācāro hantyalakṣaṇam.

8. tasmāt kuryāt iha ācāram yaḥ icchet bhūtim
ātmanaḥ api pāpaśarīrasya ācāraḥ hanti alakṣaṇam

8. tasmāt yaḥ ātmanaḥ bhūtim icchet,
saḥ iha ācāram kuryāt.
api pāpaśarīrasya ācāraḥ alakṣaṇam hanti

8. Therefore, whoever desires his own welfare (ātman) should practice proper conduct (ācāra) in this world. Even for a person with a sinful body, proper conduct (ācāra) destroys inauspicious signs.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should practice (one should do, one should make)

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

• आचारम् (ācāram) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, good behavior)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which)

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - who desires (one should desire, if one desires)

• भूतिम् (bhūtim) - welfare, prosperity (prosperity, welfare, existence, power)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - his own (welfare/self) (of the self, of oneself, own)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

• पापशरीरस्य (pāpaśarīrasya) - of a person with a sinful body (of one with a sinful body, of a sinful body)

• आचारः (ācāraḥ) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, good behavior)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (destroys, kills, strikes)

• अलक्षणम् (alakṣaṇam) - inauspicious signs, bad omens (inauspicious sign, bad omen, devoid of characteristics)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb connecting to the previous verse.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - one should practice (one should do, one should make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

optative active

Root 'kṛ' (8th conjugation, Parasmaipada), 3rd person singular optative.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Implies a recommendation or duty.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Specifies the location of the action.

आचारम् (ācāram) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, good behavior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - custom, conduct, good behavior, tradition

From prefix 'ā' + root 'car' (to move, to behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kuryāt'.

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun, subject of 'icchet'.

इच्छेत् (icchet) - who desires (one should desire, if one desires)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of iṣ

optative active

Root 'iṣ' (6th conjugation, Parasmaipada), 3rd person singular optative. Often used in conditional clauses.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Part of a conditional clause.

भूतिम् (bhūtim) - welfare, prosperity (prosperity, welfare, existence, power)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - prosperity, welfare, existence, power

From root 'bhū' (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'icchet'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - his own (welfare/self) (of the self, of oneself, own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Note: Possessive, referring to the person desiring.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the following statement.

पापशरीरस्य (pāpaśarīrasya) - of a person with a sinful body (of one with a sinful body, of a sinful body)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāpaśarīra

pāpaśarīra - sinful body, one whose body is sinful

Compound of 'pāpa' (sinful) and 'śarīra' (body).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāpa+śarīra)

• pāpa – sin, evil, sinful
  noun (neuter)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'puruṣasya'.

आचारः (ācāraḥ) - proper conduct (conduct, custom, good behavior)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - custom, conduct, good behavior, tradition

From prefix 'ā' + root 'car' (to move, to behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'hanti'.

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (destroys, kills, strikes)

(verb)

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

present active

Root 'han' (2nd conjugation, Parasmaipada), 3rd person singular.

Root: han (class 2)

अलक्षणम् (alakṣaṇam) - inauspicious signs, bad omens (inauspicious sign, bad omen, devoid of characteristics)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alakṣaṇa

alakṣaṇa - inauspicious sign, bad omen, devoid of characteristics

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'lakṣaṇa' (sign, characteristic).

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+lakṣaṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lakṣaṇa – sign, mark, characteristic, omen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'hanti'.