महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-7, verse-5

न नश्यति कृतं कर्म सदा पञ्चेन्द्रियैरिह ।
ते ह्यस्य साक्षिणो नित्यं षष्ठ आत्मा तथैव च ॥५॥

5. na naśyati kṛtaṁ karma sadā pañcendriyairiha ,
te hyasya sākṣiṇo nityaṁ ṣaṣṭha ātmā tathaiva ca.

5. na naśyati kṛtam karma sadā pañca indriyaiḥ iha te
hi asya sākṣiṇaḥ nityam ṣaṣṭhaḥ ātmā tathā eva ca

5. The action (karma) performed by the five senses in this world never perishes. For they are perpetually its witnesses, and the self (ātman) is similarly the sixth.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (action) (done, made, performed)

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (whose result does not perish) (action, deed, consequence (karma))

• सदा (sadā) - perpetually (always, ever)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the five senses (by the senses, by the sense organs)

• इह (iha) - in this world (of action) (here, in this world)

• ते (te) - the five senses (they)

• हि (hi) - for (explaining the previous statement) (for, indeed, because)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (karma) (of this, its)

• साक्षिणः (sākṣiṇaḥ) - witnesses

• नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually (always, constantly, perpetually)

• षष्ठः (ṣaṣṭhaḥ) - sixth

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self (ātman), soul)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - similarly, too (only, indeed, just)

• च (ca) - and (connecting the two parts of the sentence) (and)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'naś' (4th conjugation), present tense, 3rd person singular active voice.

Root: naś (class 4)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (action) (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix 'ta'. Neuter nominative singular, agreeing with 'karma'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'karma'.

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (whose result does not perish) (action, deed, consequence (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, 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: Subject of 'naśyati'.

सदा (sadā) - perpetually (always, ever)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'naśyati'.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'indriyaiḥ'.

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the five senses (by the senses, by the sense organs)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power

From 'indra' (Indra) + 'īya' (belonging to). Relates to Indra's power or vigor.

Note: Agent of 'kṛtam karma'.

इह (iha) - in this world (of action) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

ते (te) - the five senses (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'are' (asti/santi).

हि (hi) - for (explaining the previous statement) (for, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (karma) (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

साक्षिणः (sākṣiṇaḥ) - witnesses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sākṣin

sākṣin - witness

Note: Predicate nominative for 'te'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - perpetually (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

षष्ठः (ṣaṣṭhaḥ) - sixth

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmā'.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self (ātman), soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul (ātman)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

एव (eva) - similarly, too (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'tathā' to mean 'just so', 'likewise'.

च (ca) - and (connecting the two parts of the sentence) (and)

(indeclinable)