महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-198, verse-43

न पापं प्रति पापः स्यात्साधुरेव सदा भवेत् ।
आत्मनैव हतः पापो यः पापं कर्तुमिच्छति ॥४३॥

43. na pāpaṁ prati pāpaḥ syātsādhureva sadā bhavet ,
ātmanaiva hataḥ pāpo yaḥ pāpaṁ kartumicchati.

43. na pāpam prati pāpaḥ syāt sādhuḥ eva sadā bhavet
| ātmanā eva hataḥ pāpaḥ yaḥ pāpam kartum icchati

43. One should not be evil towards evil; rather, one should always be virtuous. An evil person who desires to commit sin is destroyed by their own self (ātman).

43. אל תהיה רע כלפי הרע, היה תמיד אדם טוב. מי שרוצה לעשות רע נהרג בידי עצמו.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• पापम् (pāpam) - evil, sin, wickedness

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in response to

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - an evil person, sinner

• स्यात् (syāt) - one should be

• साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a virtuous person, good person

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be, become

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by oneself, by the self (ātman)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, destroyed, smitten

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - an evil person, sinner

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• पापम् (pāpam) - evil, sin, wickedness

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to commit

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पापम् (pāpam) - evil, sin, wickedness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, bad, wicked, misfortune

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in response to

(indeclinable)

पापः (pāpaḥ) - an evil person, sinner

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, bad, wicked, a sinner

स्यात् (syāt) - one should be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a virtuous person, good person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent, saint

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - one should be, become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by oneself, by the self (ātman)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

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

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, destroyed, smitten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, smitten, hurt

Past Passive Participle

Root: han (class 2)

पापः (pāpaḥ) - an evil person, sinner

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, bad, wicked, a sinner

Note: Here functioning as a substantive (wicked one).

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

पापम् (pāpam) - evil, sin, wickedness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, bad, wicked, misfortune

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to commit

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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