महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-94, verse-26

तेन दत्तानि दानानि पापेन हतबुद्धिना ।
तानि सत्त्वमनासाद्य नश्यन्ति विपुलान्यपि ॥२६॥

26. tena dattāni dānāni pāpena hatabuddhinā ,
tāni sattvamanāsādya naśyanti vipulānyapi.

26. tena dattāni dānāni pāpena hatabuddhinā
tāni sattvam anāsādya naśyanti vipulāni api

26. tena pāpena hatabuddhinā dattāni vipulāni
api tāni dānāni sattvam anāsādya naśyanti

26. The gifts (dāna) given by that individual—whose intellect is corrupted by sin—even if numerous, perish without yielding true merit (sattva).

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that (individual/Brahmin) (by him, by that)

• दत्तानि (dattāni) - given (given, bestowed)

• दानानि (dānāni) - gifts (dāna) (gifts, donations, acts of giving)

• पापेन (pāpena) - by sin (by sin, by evil)

• हतबुद्धिना (hatabuddhinā) - by one whose intellect is corrupted (by one whose intellect is destroyed/corrupted)

• तानि (tāni) - those (gifts) (those, they)

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - true goodness, spiritual merit (goodness, purity, reality, essence, being, existence)

• अनासाद्य (anāsādya) - without yielding true merit (without obtaining, without reaching, without gaining)

• नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - perish, are destroyed (perish, are destroyed, vanish, are lost)

• विपुलानि (vipulāni) - numerous, abundant (abundant, numerous, extensive, large)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that (individual/Brahmin) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

दत्तानि (dattāni) - given (given, bestowed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of datta

datta - given, granted, offered, presented

Past Passive Participle

from root `dā` (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

दानानि (dānāni) - gifts (dāna) (gifts, donations, acts of giving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dāna

dāna - gift, donation, giving, charity, liberality

from root `dā` (to give) + `ana` suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of `naśyanti`.

पापेन (pāpena) - by sin (by sin, by evil)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked, vice

हतबुद्धिना (hatabuddhinā) - by one whose intellect is corrupted (by one whose intellect is destroyed/corrupted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hatabuddhi

hatabuddhi - whose intellect is destroyed/corrupted, having a ruined mind

bahuvrīhi compound of `hata` (destroyed) and `buddhi` (intellect)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+buddhi)

• hata – struck, destroyed, killed, ruined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root `han` (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception, mind
  noun (feminine)
  from root `budh` (to know, awaken)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `tena`.

तानि (tāni) - those (gifts) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of `naśyanti`.

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - true goodness, spiritual merit (goodness, purity, reality, essence, being, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, reality, essence, being, existence, strength, courage

from `sat` (being, real) + `tva` suffix

Root: as (class 2)

अनासाद्य (anāsādya) - without yielding true merit (without obtaining, without reaching, without gaining)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from `an` (not) + `ā-sad` (to approach, reach) + `ya` suffix

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āsādya)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• āsādya – having approached, having obtained, having reached
  indeclinable
  Absolutive (Gerund)
  from `ā-sad` (to approach)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Indicates the condition under which the gifts perish.

नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - perish, are destroyed (perish, are destroyed, vanish, are lost)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of naś

present tense

active voice, 3rd person plural

Root: naś (class 4)

विपुलानि (vipulāni) - numerous, abundant (abundant, numerous, extensive, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vipula

vipula - abundant, numerous, extensive, large, broad, wide

Root: pul (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

particle