महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-68, verse-16

यं चैव धर्मं कुरुते तस्य पुण्यफलं च यत् ।
सर्वस्यैवांशभाग्दाता तन्निमित्तं प्रवृत्तयः ॥१६॥

16. yaṁ caiva dharmaṁ kurute tasya puṇyaphalaṁ ca yat ,
sarvasyaivāṁśabhāgdātā tannimittaṁ pravṛttayaḥ.

16. yam ca eva dharmam kurute tasya puṇyaphalam ca yat
sarvasya eva aṃśabhāk dātā tat nimittam pravṛttayaḥ

16. yam ca eva dharmam kurute,
yat ca tasya puṇyaphalam,
(saḥ) sarvasya eva aṃśabhāk dātā (bhavati).
tat nimittam pravṛttayaḥ (bhavanti).

16. Whatever righteous action (dharma) one performs, and whatever meritorious fruit (puṇyaphalam) results from it, the giver (dātā) becomes a sharer (aṃśabhāk) in all of it. For that very reason, such activities (pravṛttayaḥ) are undertaken.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whatever (which, whom, what)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteous action (dharma) (sacred duty, righteousness, law, virtue)

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, does, makes)

• तस्य (tasya) - from it, of that (of that, his, her, its)

• पुण्यफलम् (puṇyaphalam) - meritorious fruit (puṇyaphalam) (fruit of merit, meritorious result)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all of it (of all, of everything)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• अंशभाक् (aṁśabhāk) - sharer (sharer, partaker)

• दाता (dātā) - giver (giver, donor)

• तत् (tat) - that (purpose) (that, therefore)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that purpose (cause, reason, motive, purpose)

• प्रवृत्तयः (pravṛttayaḥ) - activities (activities, actions, engagements, tendencies)

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whatever (which, whom, what)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, very (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteous action (dharma) (sacred duty, righteousness, law, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - sacred duty, righteousness, law, virtue, constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, does, makes)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - from it, of that (of that, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'dharmam'

पुण्यफलम् (puṇyaphalam) - meritorious fruit (puṇyaphalam) (fruit of merit, meritorious result)

(noun)

neuter, singular of puṇyaphala

puṇyaphala - fruit of merit, meritorious result

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+phala)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as a predicate nominative or object of an implied verb.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'puṇyaphalam'

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all of it (of all, of everything)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अंशभाक् (aṁśabhāk) - sharer (sharer, partaker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśabhāj

aṁśabhāj - sharer, partaker

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṃśa+bhāj)

• aṃśa – share, part
  noun (masculine)
• bhāj – partaking, sharing, possessing (agent noun from √bhaj)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From the root √bhaj 'to share, to partake'
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Formed due to sandhi (aṃśabhāj + dātā).

दाता (dātā) - giver (giver, donor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor, bestower

agent noun

Agent noun from √dā 'to give'

Root: dā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that (purpose) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sharing of merit.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that purpose (cause, reason, motive, purpose)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, motive, purpose, sign

Note: Often used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of, on account of'.

प्रवृत्तयः (pravṛttayaḥ) - activities (activities, actions, engagements, tendencies)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, action, engagement, tendency, manifestation

From pra- + √vṛt 'to turn, to exist'

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)