महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-61, verse-16

यत्किंचित्पुरुषः पापं कुरुते वृत्तिकर्शितः ।
अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते ॥१६॥

16. yatkiṁcitpuruṣaḥ pāpaṁ kurute vṛttikarśitaḥ ,
api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena pūyate.

16. yat kiñcit puruṣaḥ pāpam kurute vṛttikarśitaḥ
api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena pūyate

16. vṛttikarśitaḥ puruṣaḥ yat kiñcit pāpam
kurute api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena pūyate

16. Whatever sin a person, distressed in livelihood, commits, he is purified even by a land grant of merely a cowhide's area.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, whatsoever

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being (a person, a man)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

• कुरुते (kurute) - does, makes, performs

• वृत्तिकर्शितः (vṛttikarśitaḥ) - distressed in livelihood, impoverished

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• गोचर्ममात्रेण (gocarmamātreṇa) - by giving a small area of land (by merely a cowhide's measure (of land))

• भूमिदानेन (bhūmidānena) - by a land grant, by giving land

• पूयते (pūyate) - is purified, is cleansed

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, whatsoever

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a human being (a person, a man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, spirit, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad, wickedness

कुरुते (kurute) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वृत्तिकर्शितः (vṛttikarśitaḥ) - distressed in livelihood, impoverished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛttikarśita

vṛttikarśita - distressed in livelihood, impoverished, weakened due to profession

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vṛtti+karśita)

• vṛtti – livelihood, subsistence, conduct, profession
  noun (feminine)
• karśita – distressed, emaciated, weakened, tormented
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'puruṣaḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

गोचर्ममात्रेण (gocarmamātreṇa) - by giving a small area of land (by merely a cowhide's measure (of land))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gocarmamātra

gocarmamātra - merely a cowhide's measure, an area equivalent to a cowhide

Compound type : karmadhāraya (gocarman+mātra)

• gocarman – a cowhide, a specific measure of land (as much as can be covered by a cowhide)
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – measure, quantity, mere, only
  adjective

भूमिदानेन (bhūmidānena) - by a land grant, by giving land

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhūmidāna

bhūmidāna - gift of land, land grant

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūmi+dāna)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• dāna – gift, giving, donation
  noun (neuter)

पूयते (pūyate) - is purified, is cleansed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of pū

Root: pū (class 1)