महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-124, verse-12

असद्वा हसितं किंचिदहितं वापि कर्मणा ।
रहस्यमरहस्यं वा न प्रवर्तामि सर्वथा ॥१२॥

12. asadvā hasitaṁ kiṁcidahitaṁ vāpi karmaṇā ,
rahasyamarahasyaṁ vā na pravartāmi sarvathā.

12. asat vā hasitam kiñcit ahitam vā api karmaṇā
| rahasyam arahasyam vā na pravartāmi sarvathā

12. kiñcit asat hasitam vā ahitam karmaṇā vā api
rahasyam arahasyam vā sarvathā na pravartāmi

12. I never engage in any kind of improper laughter, nor in any harmful act (karmaṇā), whether it is secret or public.

Words meanings summery:

• असत् (asat) - improper (referring to laughter) (improper, bad, not good, non-existent)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• हसितम् (hasitam) - laughter (laughter, having laughed)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any kind of, some (something, anything, a little)

• अहितम् (ahitam) - harmful (referring to actions) (harmful, unwelcome, not beneficial)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed

• रहस्यम् (rahasyam) - in secret (secret, privately)

• अरहस्यम् (arahasyam) - in public (not secret, public)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रवर्तामि (pravartāmi) - I engage, I proceed, I act

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - never, at all (in context of negation) (in every way, by all means, entirely)

Words meanings and morphology

असत् (asat) - improper (referring to laughter) (improper, bad, not good, non-existent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - not good, bad, improper, non-existent, unreal

negation of 'sat' (good, existent)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+sat)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existent, good, true, being
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  root as (to be) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'hasitam'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

हसितम् (hasitam) - laughter (laughter, having laughed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hasita

hasita - laughed, laughter, smile

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

root has (to laugh) + kta suffix

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun here.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any kind of, some (something, anything, a little)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything, a little, somewhat

formed from kim (what) + cit (an indeclinable particle)

अहितम् (ahitam) - harmful (referring to actions) (harmful, unwelcome, not beneficial)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahita

ahita - harmful, not good, unwelcome, disadvantageous

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) and 'hita' (beneficial)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+hita)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hita – beneficial, good, placed, done
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root dhā (to place, do) + kta suffix, with vowel changes
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'karma' or 'kāryam'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding 'vā'.

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action, by deed

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)

root kṛ (to do) + manin suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates the means or manner.

रहस्यम् (rahasyam) - in secret (secret, privately)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rahasya

rahasya - secret, mystery, privately, solitude

derived from rahas (solitude) + ya (taddhita suffix)

अरहस्यम् (arahasyam) - in public (not secret, public)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arahasya

arahasya - not secret, public, open

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) and 'rahasya' (secret)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+rahasya)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• rahasya – secret, mystery, privately
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'place' or noun.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तामि (pravartāmi) - I engage, I proceed, I act

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pravart

present tense, first person, singular

root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - never, at all (in context of negation) (in every way, by all means, entirely)

(indeclinable)

suffix 'thā' added to 'sarva' (all)