महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-13, verse-6

तस्माद्वाक्कायमनसा नाचरेदशुभं नरः ।
शुभाशुभान्याचरन्हि तस्य तस्याश्नुते फलम् ॥६॥

6. tasmādvākkāyamanasā nācaredaśubhaṁ naraḥ ,
śubhāśubhānyācaranhi tasya tasyāśnute phalam.

6. tasmāt vākkāyamanasā na ācaret aśubham naraḥ
śubhāśubhāni ācaran hi tasya tasya aśnute phalam

6. naraḥ tasmāt vākkāyamanasā aśubham na ācaret hi
śubhāśubhāni ācaran tasya tasya phalam aśnute

6. Therefore, a person should not commit unwholesome acts through speech, body, or mind. Indeed, by performing both wholesome and unwholesome acts, one experiences the fruit of each (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• वाक्कायमनसा (vākkāyamanasā) - by speech, body, and mind

• न (na) - not, no

• आचरेत् (ācaret) - should commit/perform

• अशुभम् (aśubham) - unwholesome, inauspicious, evil

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

• शुभाशुभानि (śubhāśubhāni) - wholesome and unwholesome (deeds)

• आचरन् (ācaran) - performing, acting

• हि (hi) - indeed, because, certainly

• तस्य (tasya) - of each (deed) (of that, of it)

• तस्य (tasya) - of each (deed) (of that, of it)

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - experiences, attains, obtains

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वाक्कायमनसा (vākkāyamanasā) - by speech, body, and mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vāc-kāya-manas

vāc-kāya-manas - speech, body, and mind

Compound type : dvandva (vāc+kāya+manas)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• kāya – body, collection, aggregation
  noun (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound of speech, body, and mind, declined in the instrumental singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आचरेत् (ācaret) - should commit/perform

(verb)

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

root car with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

अशुभम् (aśubham) - unwholesome, inauspicious, evil

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśubha

aśubha - unwholesome, inauspicious, bad, evil

negation of śubha

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śubha – auspicious, good, wholesome
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'actions' implied by the verb.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of the sentence.

शुभाशुभानि (śubhāśubhāni) - wholesome and unwholesome (deeds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, wholesome and unwholesome

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – auspicious, good, wholesome
  adjective
• aśubha – unwholesome, inauspicious, bad, evil
  adjective
  negation of śubha
  Prefix: a

Note: Qualifies 'actions' (karma) implied.

आचरन् (ācaran) - performing, acting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācar

ācar - to act, perform, behave, practice

root car with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'naraḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed, because, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तस्य (tasya) - of each (deed) (of that, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'śubha' (wholesome) or 'aśubha' (unwholesome) act.

तस्य (tasya) - of each (deed) (of that, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Emphasizes 'each' when repeated (e.g., of *that* and *that* means of *each*).

अश्नुते (aśnute) - experiences, attains, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of aś

Root: aś (class 5)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'experiences'.