महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-57, verse-31

स्वकर्मभिर्मानवं संनिबद्धं तीव्रान्धकारे नरके पतन्तम् ।
महार्णवे नौरिव वायुयुक्ता दानं गवां तारयते परत्र ॥३१॥

31. svakarmabhirmānavaṁ saṁnibaddhaṁ; tīvrāndhakāre narake patantam ,
mahārṇave nauriva vāyuyuktā; dānaṁ gavāṁ tārayate paratra.

31. svakarmabhiḥ mānavam saṃnibaddham
tīvrāndhakāre narake patantam
mahārṇave nauḥ iva vāyuyuktā
dānam gavām tārayate paratra

31. svakarmabhiḥ saṃnibaddham tīvrāndhakāre narake patantam mānavam,
gavām dānam,
vāyuyuktā nauḥ mahārṇave iva,
paratra tārayate

31. A human being tightly bound by their own actions (karma) and falling into the intense darkness of hell is saved in the hereafter by the giving (dāna) of cows, just as a wind-powered boat rescues (one) in a great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by one's own actions

• मानवम् (mānavam) - a human being, man

• संनिबद्धम् (saṁnibaddham) - tightly bound, tied, restrained

• तीव्रान्धकारे (tīvrāndhakāre) - in intense darkness

• नरके (narake) - in hell, in a hellish region

• पतन्तम् (patantam) - falling, plummeting

• महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

• नौः (nauḥ) - boat, ship

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वायुयुक्ता (vāyuyuktā) - wind-powered, wind-driven, equipped with wind

• दानम् (dānam) - gift, giving, donation

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• तारयते (tārayate) - causes to cross over, saves, rescues

• परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, hereafter

Words meanings and morphology

स्वकर्मभिः (svakarmabhiḥ) - by one's own actions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svakarma

svakarma - one's own action, one's own duty (karma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+karma)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate
  noun (neuter)

मानवम् (mānavam) - a human being, man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, human being, descendant of Manu

संनिबद्धम् (saṁnibaddham) - tightly bound, tied, restrained

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃnibaddha

bandh - to bind, tie, fasten

Past Passive Participle of sam-ni-bandh

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

तीव्रान्धकारे (tīvrāndhakāre) - in intense darkness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tīvrāndhakāra

tīvrāndhakāra - intense darkness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tīvra+andhakāra)

• tīvra – intense, sharp, severe
  adjective (masculine)
• andhakāra – darkness
  noun (masculine)

नरके (narake) - in hell, in a hellish region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, infernal region

पतन्तम् (patantam) - falling, plummeting

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patat

pat - to fall, descend

Root: pat (class 1)

महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

नौः (nauḥ) - boat, ship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वायुयुक्ता (vāyuyuktā) - wind-powered, wind-driven, equipped with wind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāyuyukta

vāyuyukta - joined with wind, propelled by wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāyu+yukta)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, endowed with, yoked
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root yuj- 'to join'
  Root: yuj (class 7)

दानम् (dānam) - gift, giving, donation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, donation, gift

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, cattle, earth

तारयते (tārayate) - causes to cross over, saves, rescues

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tārayati

Causative

Root: tṛ (class 1)

परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, hereafter

(indeclinable)