महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-18, verse-3

पापं चापि तथैव स्यात्पापेन मनसा कृतम् ।
पुरोधाय मनो हीह कर्मण्यात्मा प्रवर्तते ॥३॥

3. pāpaṁ cāpi tathaiva syātpāpena manasā kṛtam ,
purodhāya mano hīha karmaṇyātmā pravartate.

3. pāpam ca api tathā eva syāt pāpena manasā kṛtam
purudhāya manaḥ hi iha karmaṇi ātmā pravartate

3. pāpam ca api tathā eva syāt pāpena manasā kṛtam
hi iha manaḥ purudhāya ātmā karmaṇi pravartate

3. Sin also occurs similarly when an action is performed with a sinful mind, for it is by focusing the mind that the self (ātman) engages in actions here.

Words meanings summery:

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin (as a result of an action) (sin, evil, bad deed)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

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

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• स्यात् (syāt) - occurs (would be) (might be, would be, should be)

• पापेन (pāpena) - by a sinful (mind) (by sinful, by evil)

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, with the mind

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (with reference to an action causing sin) (done, made, performed)

• पुरुधाय (purudhāya) - having focused (the mind) (having placed in front, having focused)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, surely, for)

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

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in actions (in action, in deed)

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

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - engages (in actions) (proceeds, engages, begins, acts)

Words meanings and morphology

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (as a result of an action) (sin, evil, bad deed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad deed, wicked

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - occurs (would be) (might be, would be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

root verb 'to be'

Root: as (class 2)

पापेन (pāpena) - by a sinful (mind) (by sinful, by evil)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sinful, evil, bad

Note: Agrees with 'manasā'

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind, with the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (with reference to an action causing sin) (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ- 'to do'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'pāpam'

पुरुधाय (purudhāya) - having focused (the mind) (having placed in front, having focused)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'pura' (in front) and root 'dhā' (to place)

Prefix: pura

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form. The verb root is dhā, with pura acting as a preverb.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in actions (in action, in deed)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, (karma)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, (ātman)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - engages (in actions) (proceeds, engages, begins, acts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

root 'vṛt' with preverb 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)