महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-73, verse-6

अपहृत्य तु यो गां वै ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छति ।
यावद्दाने फलं तस्यास्तावन्निरयमृच्छति ॥६॥

6. apahṛtya tu yo gāṁ vai brāhmaṇāya prayacchati ,
yāvaddāne phalaṁ tasyāstāvannirayamṛcchati.

6. apahṛtya tu yaḥ gām vai brāhmaṇāya prayacchati
yāvat dāne phalam tasya tāvat nirayam ṛcchati

6. yaḥ tu gām vai apahṛtya brāhmaṇāya prayacchati,
tasya dāne yāvat phalam,
tāvat nirayam ṛcchati

6. Whoever steals a cow and then gives it to a brahmin, attains as much suffering in hell (nirayam) as the merit that a proper donation (dāna) would have otherwise generated.

Words meanings summery:

• अपहृत्य (apahṛtya) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

• गाम् (gām) - cow (cow, earth, speech)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, truly, certainly)

• ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to a brahmin

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives (gives, offers, bestows)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as (as much as, as long as)

• दाने (dāne) - in a donation (dāna) (in a gift, in giving, in a donation)

• फलम् (phalam) - merit, result (of an action/donation) (fruit, result, consequence, reward, merit)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the giver) (his, its, of that)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, to that extent (so much, so long, to that extent)

• निरयम् (nirayam) - hell (nirayam) (hell, underworld, abode of torment)

• ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, experiences (attains, reaches, goes to, suffers)

Words meanings and morphology

अपहृत्य (apahṛtya) - having stolen (having stolen, having carried away)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root hṛ with prefix apa and suffix -tya.

Prefix: apa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

Relative pronoun

गाम् (gām) - cow (cow, earth, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, earth, speech, ray of light, water

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Particle

ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to a brahmin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, related to brahman, sacred

Note: Denotes the recipient of the action.

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives (gives, offers, bestows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-yam

Present indicative active, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as (as much as, as long as)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb/adjective.

दाने (dāne) - in a donation (dāna) (in a gift, in giving, in a donation)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, donation, giving, liberality

From root 'dā' (to give) with suffix -ana.

Root: dā (class 3)

फलम् (phalam) - merit, result (of an action/donation) (fruit, result, consequence, reward, merit)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, profit, merit

Note: Here it acts as the subject of an implied verb 'is'.

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the giver) (his, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, to that extent (so much, so long, to that extent)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb/adjective.

निरयम् (nirayam) - hell (nirayam) (hell, underworld, abode of torment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niraya

niraya - hell, lowest world, abode of torment

From 'ni' (down) + 'i' (to go) + 'aya'. Place of no going out.

Prefix: ni

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ṛcchati'.

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - attains, experiences (attains, reaches, goes to, suffers)

(verb)

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

Present indicative active, 3rd person singular. Root ṛcch, from ṛ (to go/move) with added -cch.

Root: ṛ (class 6)