महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-7, verse-3

येन येन शरीरेण यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः ।
तेन तेन शरीरेण तत्तत्फलमुपाश्नुते ॥३॥

3. yena yena śarīreṇa yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ ,
tena tena śarīreṇa tattatphalamupāśnute.

3. yena yena śarīreṇa yat yat karma karoti yaḥ
tena tena śarīreṇa tat tat phalam upāśnute

3. By whatever body a person performs whatever action (karma), with that very same body he experiences that very result.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by whatever (repeated for emphasis) (by which, by whom)

• येन (yena) - by whatever (repeated for emphasis) (by which, by whom)

• शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by whatever body (by the body)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (which, whatever)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (which, whatever)

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (that leads to results) (action, deed, consequence of action (karma))

• करोति (karoti) - does, performs

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

• तेन (tena) - by that very (repeated for emphasis) (by that)

• तेन (tena) - by that very (repeated for emphasis) (by that)

• शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by that very body (by the body)

• तत् (tat) - that very (repeated for emphasis) (that, that very)

• तत् (tat) - that very (repeated for emphasis) (that, that very)

• फलम् (phalam) - result, consequence of action (fruit, result, consequence)

• उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences (the result) (experiences, enjoys, obtains)

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by whatever (repeated for emphasis) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or indefinite sense ("whatever").

येन (yena) - by whatever (repeated for emphasis) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or indefinite sense ("whatever").

शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by whatever body (by the body)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

यत् (yat) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or indefinite sense ("whatever").

यत् (yat) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or indefinite sense ("whatever").

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (that leads to results) (action, deed, consequence of action (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, destiny (karma)

action noun

From root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix 'man'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

करोति (karoti) - does, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Present Active

Root 'kṛ' (8th conjugation), present tense, 3rd person singular active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'karoti' and 'upāśnute'.

तेन (tena) - by that very (repeated for emphasis) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or emphatic sense ("that very").

तेन (tena) - by that very (repeated for emphasis) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or emphatic sense ("that very").

शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by that very body (by the body)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

तत् (tat) - that very (repeated for emphasis) (that, that very)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or emphatic sense ("that very").

तत् (tat) - that very (repeated for emphasis) (that, that very)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Repeated for distributive or emphatic sense ("that very").

फलम् (phalam) - result, consequence of action (fruit, result, consequence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'upāśnute'.

उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - experiences (the result) (experiences, enjoys, obtains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of upāś

Present Middle

Root 'aś' (5th conjugation) with prefix 'upa', present tense, 3rd person singular middle voice. 'upa + aś' > 'upāś'.

Prefix: upa

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: The subject is 'yaḥ'.