महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-45, verse-4

न तस्या मन्त्रवत्कार्यं
कश्चित्कुर्वीत किंचन ॥४॥

4. na tasyā mantravatkāryaṁ
kaścitkurvīta kiṁcana.

4. na tasyāḥ mantravat kāryam
kaścit kurvīta kiṃcana

4. kaścit tasyāḥ mantravat
kiṃcana kāryam na kurvīta

4. No one should perform any consecrated ritual (kārya) using sacred invocations (mantras) for her.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her (the woman) (for her, of her)

• मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - using sacred invocations (accompanied by mantras, consecrated, sacred)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - consecrated ritual (work, duty, action, ritual, deed)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative context, "no one") (someone, anyone)

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should perform (he should do, he should perform)

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (used with 'na' to mean "nothing") (anything, something (in a negative sense, "nothing"))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her (the woman) (for her, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Feminine genitive singular of 'tad'.

मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - using sacred invocations (accompanied by mantras, consecrated, sacred)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mantravat

mantravat - accompanied by mantras, possessing mantras

Suffixed with '-vat' meaning 'having' or 'like'.

Note: Nominative/accusative singular (neuter) of 'mantravat', agreeing with 'kāryam'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - consecrated ritual (work, duty, action, ritual, deed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, business, action, ritual

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) + -ya suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Nominative singular of 'kārya' (neuter noun).

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in a negative context, "no one") (someone, anyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one

Combination of 'ka' (who) + 'cid' (an indefinite particle).

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'kaścid'.

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should perform (he should do, he should perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, optative.

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (used with 'na' to mean "nothing") (anything, something (in a negative sense, "nothing"))

(indeclinable)

Combination of 'kim' (what) + 'cana' (an indefinite particle).

Note: Used with a preceding negative particle (na) to convey 'nothing' or 'not any'.