महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-198, verse-42

कर्म चेत्किंचिदन्यत्स्यादितरन्न समाचरेत् ।
यत्कल्याणमभिध्यायेत्तत्रात्मानं नियोजयेत् ॥४२॥

42. karma cetkiṁcidanyatsyāditaranna samācaret ,
yatkalyāṇamabhidhyāyettatrātmānaṁ niyojayet.

42. karma cet kiñcit anyat syāt itarat na samācaret |
yat kalyāṇam abhidhyāyet tatra ātmānam niyojayet

42. If some other action (karma) were to be considered, one should not perform it; rather, whatever brings welfare, one should engage oneself in that.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, whatever

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

• स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it may be, it exists

• इतरत् (itarat) - the other, different from it

• न (na) - not, no

• समाचरेत् (samācaret) - one should perform, practice, behave

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - welfare, good, auspicious

• अभिध्यायेत् (abhidhyāyet) - one should think of, desire, contemplate

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman)

• नियोजयेत् (niyojayet) - one should engage, apply, appoint

Words meanings and morphology

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, destiny, ritual (karma)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - something, anything, whatever

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it may be, it exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इतरत् (itarat) - the other, different from it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, different, the remaining

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

समाचरेत् (samācaret) - one should perform, practice, behave

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of samācar

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - welfare, good, auspicious

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - welfare, auspicious, blessed, beautiful, excellent

अभिध्यायेत् (abhidhyāyet) - one should think of, desire, contemplate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhidhyā

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhyāi (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

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

नियोजयेत् (niyojayet) - one should engage, apply, appoint

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of niyoj

Causal form of 'yuj'

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 10)