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.

42. אם עומדת בפני אדם פעולה אחרת, אל יעשה את הפעולה הנוספת, אלא יקדיש את עצמו למה שנראה לו טוב.

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)

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