महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-4

कथं शुभाशुभे चायं कर्मणी स्वकृते नरः ।
उपभुङ्क्ते क्व वा कर्म विदेहस्योपतिष्ठति ॥४॥

4. kathaṁ śubhāśubhe cāyaṁ karmaṇī svakṛte naraḥ ,
upabhuṅkte kva vā karma videhasyopatiṣṭhati.

4. katham śubhāśubhe ca ayam karmaṇī svakṛte naraḥ
| upabhuṅkte kva vā karma videhasya upatiṣṭhati

4. ayam naraḥ svakṛte śubhāśubhe karmaṇī ca kathaṃ
upabhuṅkte vā videhasya karma kva upatiṣṭhati

4. How does this person (nara) experience the good and bad actions (karma) that he himself has performed? Or where does the (effect of) karma remain for a disembodied being?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - good and bad

• च (ca) - and, also

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• कर्मणी (karmaṇī) - actions, deeds

• स्वकृते (svakṛte) - self-made, done by oneself

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• उपभुङ्क्ते (upabhuṅkte) - experiences, enjoys, suffers

• क्व (kva) - where

• वा (vā) - or

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

• विदेहस्य (videhasya) - of the bodiless one, of the disembodied being

• उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - stands near, attends, remains, resides

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - good and bad

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, dual of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, pure, beautiful
  adjective
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, impure, evil
  adjective

Note: Agrees with karmaṇī

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

कर्मणी (karmaṇī) - actions, deeds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action

स्वकृते (svakṛte) - self-made, done by oneself

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, dual of svakṛta

svakṛta - self-made, done by oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kṛta)

• sva – self, one's own
  pronoun/adjective
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  past passive participle
  From root kṛ- (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Past passive participle acting as adjective, agrees with karmaṇī

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

उपभुङ्क्ते (upabhuṅkte) - experiences, enjoys, suffers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upabhuj

root bhuj- (to enjoy, eat) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: bhuj (class 7)

क्व (kva) - where

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of action

विदेहस्य (videhasya) - of the bodiless one, of the disembodied being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of videha

videha - bodiless, disembodied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+deha)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

उपतिष्ठति (upatiṣṭhati) - stands near, attends, remains, resides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upasthā

root sthā- (to stand) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)