महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-117, verse-36

येन येन शरीरेण यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः ।
तेन तेन शरीरेण तत्तत्फलमुपाश्नुते ॥३६॥

36. yena yena śarīreṇa yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ ,
tena tena śarīreṇa tattatphalamupāśnute.

36. yena yena śarīreṇa yat yat karma karoti yaḥ
tena tena śarīreṇa tat tat phalam upāśnute

36. yaḥ yena yena śarīreṇa yat yat karma karoti
tena tena śarīreṇa tat tat phalam upāśnute

36. Whatever action a person performs through a particular body, he experiences that very result (phalam) through that very same body.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by whichever (body) (by which, by whom)

• येन (yena) - by whichever (body) (by which, by whom)

• शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

• यत् (yat) - whichever (action) (what, which, whatever)

• यत् (yat) - whichever (action) (what, which, whatever)

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

• करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

• यः (yaḥ) - a person (who, whoever)

• तेन (tena) - by that very (body) (by that, by him)

• तेन (tena) - by that very (body) (by that, by him)

• शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

• तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, that very)

• तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, that very)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences, obtains, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by whichever (body) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with śarīreṇa, which is neuter.

येन (yena) - by whichever (body) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with śarīreṇa, which is neuter.

शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

यत् (yat) - whichever (action) (what, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with karma, which is neuter.

यत् (yat) - whichever (action) (what, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with karma, which is neuter.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of action

From √kṛ (to do) + suffix -man.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of kṛ

Root verb, 8th class, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यः (yaḥ) - a person (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

तेन (tena) - by that very (body) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with śarīreṇa, which is neuter.

तेन (tena) - by that very (body) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with śarīreṇa, which is neuter.

शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, that very)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with phalam, which is neuter.

तत् (tat) - that very (result) (that, that very)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with phalam, which is neuter.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences, obtains, enjoys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of aś

Root verb, 5th class, ātmanepada. With prefixes upa- and ā-.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: aś (class 5)