महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-7, verse-22

यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् ।
एवं पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति ॥२२॥

22. yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram ,
evaṁ pūrvakṛtaṁ karma kartāramanugacchati.

22. yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatsaḥ vindati mātaram
evam pūrvakṛtam karma kartāram anugacchati

22. yathā vatsaḥ dhenusahasreṣu mātaram vindati
evam pūrvakṛtam karma kartāram anugacchati

22. Just as a calf finds its mother among thousands of cows, similarly, actions (karma) performed previously follow the doer.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• धेनुसहस्रेषु (dhenusahasreṣu) - among thousands of cows

• वत्सः (vatsaḥ) - a calf

• विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, knows

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, similarly

• पूर्वकृतम् (pūrvakṛtam) - previously done, formerly performed

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, consequence of actions (karma)

• कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer, agent, creator

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after, attends

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

धेनुसहस्रेषु (dhenusahasreṣu) - among thousands of cows

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dhenusahasra

dhenusahasra - a thousand cows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhenu+sahasra)

• dhenu – cow
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

वत्सः (vatsaḥ) - a calf

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - a calf, a son, a young animal

विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, knows

(verb)

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

root 'vid' (to find) of 6th class

Root: vid (class 6)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

पूर्वकृतम् (pūrvakṛtam) - previously done, formerly performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrvakṛta

pūrvakṛta - done before, performed in the past

Past Passive Participle

Compound of pūrva (before) and kṛta (done, from root kṛ)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pūrva+kṛta)

• pūrva – former, prior, earlier
  adjective (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'karma'

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, consequence of actions (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate, consequence of actions

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer, agent, creator

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent noun

From root kṛ (to do) + tṛc suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after, attends

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)