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15,42

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-42, verse-8

यावन्न क्षीयते कर्म तावदस्य स्वरूपता ।
संक्षीणकर्मा पुरुषो रूपान्यत्वं नियच्छति ॥८॥
8. yāvanna kṣīyate karma tāvadasya svarūpatā ,
saṁkṣīṇakarmā puruṣo rūpānyatvaṁ niyacchati.
8. yāvat na kṣīyate karma tāvat asya svarūpatā
saṃkṣīṇakarmā puruṣaḥ rūpānyatvam niyacchati
8. yāvat karma na kṣīyate tāvat asya svarūpatā (bhavati)
saṃkṣīṇakarmā puruṣaḥ rūpānyatvam niyacchati
8. As long as one's action (karma) is not exhausted, so long does one maintain one's essential nature. A person whose actions (karma) are completely exhausted attains a different form or state of being.

Words meanings summery:

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  • यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while, until
  • (na) - not, no, nor
  • क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is exhausted, is diminished, perishes
  • कर्म (karma) - one's actions or deeds that produce results (action, deed, work, religious rite, (karma))
  • तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much, then
  • अस्य (asya) - of one's (of this, of him, of it)
  • स्वरूपता (svarūpatā) - own form, essential nature, identity
  • संक्षीणकर्मा (saṁkṣīṇakarmā) - one whose actions are completely exhausted
  • पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, soul, (puruṣa)
  • रूपान्यत्वम् (rūpānyatvam) - change of form, different nature, transformation
  • नियच्छति (niyacchati) - attains a state of being (attains, obtains, controls, restrains)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, while, until
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no, nor
(indeclinable)
क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - is exhausted, is diminished, perishes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of kṣī
Root: kṣī (class 1)
कर्म (karma) - one's actions or deeds that produce results (action, deed, work, religious rite, (karma))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karman
karman - action, deed, work, religious rite, (karma)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much, then
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - of one's (of this, of him, of it)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
स्वरूपता (svarūpatā) - own form, essential nature, identity
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of svarūpatā
svarūpatā - own form, essential nature, identity
Derived from svarūpa (own form) + suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix)
संक्षीणकर्मा (saṁkṣīṇakarmā) - one whose actions are completely exhausted
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkṣīṇakarman
saṁkṣīṇakarman - one whose actions (karma) are completely exhausted
Bahuvrihi compound
Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃkṣīṇa+karman)
  • saṃkṣīṇa – completely exhausted, worn out, diminished
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from root √kṣī (to waste, perish) with prefix sam-
    Prefix: sam
    Root: kṣī (class 1)
  • karman – action, deed, work, (karma)
    noun (neuter)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, soul, (puruṣa)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - person, man, male, spirit, soul, (puruṣa)
रूपान्यत्वम् (rūpānyatvam) - change of form, different nature, transformation
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpānyatva
rūpānyatva - change of form, different nature
Tatpuruṣa compound
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpa+anyatva)
  • rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
    noun (neuter)
  • anyatva – otherness, distinctness, difference
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from anya (other) + suffix -tva
नियच्छति (niyacchati) - attains a state of being (attains, obtains, controls, restrains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of niyam
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1)