महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-225, verse-27

कथं न भिद्येत न च स्रवेत न च प्रसिच्येदिति रक्षितव्यम् ।
अरक्ष्यमाणः शतधा विशीर्येद्ध्रुवं न नाशोऽस्ति कृतस्य लोके ॥२७॥

27. kathaṁ na bhidyeta na ca sraveta; na ca prasicyediti rakṣitavyam ,
arakṣyamāṇaḥ śatadhā viśīrye;ddhruvaṁ na nāśo'sti kṛtasya loke.

27. katham na bhidyeta na ca sraveta
na ca prasicyeta iti rakṣitavyam
arakṣyamāṇaḥ śatadhā viśīryeta
dhruvam na nāśaḥ asti kṛtasya loke

27. It must be protected so that it is not broken, does not leak, and does not spill. If unprotected, it would certainly shatter in a hundred ways. Yet, surely, in this world, there is no destruction of that which has been accomplished (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• न (na) - not, no

• भिद्येत (bhidyeta) - should be broken, might be broken

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्रवेत (sraveta) - should leak, might flow

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रसिच्येत (prasicyeta) - should spill, might pour out

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• रक्षितव्यम् (rakṣitavyam) - must be protected, to be preserved

• अरक्ष्यमाणः (arakṣyamāṇaḥ) - if not protected, being unprotected

• शतधा (śatadhā) - in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces

• विशीर्येत (viśīryeta) - it would be shattered, it might perish

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly, firmly

• न (na) - not, no

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, loss, ruin

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कृतस्य (kṛtasya) - of that which has been accomplished (karma) (of what is done, of the deed, of the accomplished (karma))

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भिद्येत (bhidyeta) - should be broken, might be broken

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, potential (liṅ) of bhid

potential passive

root 'bhid' (class 7) in potential mood, passive voice, 3rd person singular

Root: bhid (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्रवेत (sraveta) - should leak, might flow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of sru

potential active

root 'sru' (class 1) in potential mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: sru (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रसिच्येत (prasicyeta) - should spill, might pour out

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of prasic

potential active

root 'sic' (class 6) with prefix 'pra', in potential mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: sic (class 6)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

रक्षितव्यम् (rakṣitavyam) - must be protected, to be preserved

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣitavya

rakṣitavya - to be protected, fit to be guarded

gerundive/future passive participle

formed from root 'rakṣ' with suffix '-tavya'

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

अरक्ष्यमाणः (arakṣyamāṇaḥ) - if not protected, being unprotected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arakṣyamāṇa

arakṣyamāṇa - unprotected, unguarded

present passive participle (negative)

negative compound of 'rakṣyamāṇa' (being protected), from root 'rakṣ'

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

शतधा (śatadhā) - in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces

(indeclinable)

formed from 'śata' (hundred) with suffix '-dhā'

विशीर्येत (viśīryeta) - it would be shattered, it might perish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of viśṝ

potential active

root 'śṝ' (class 9) with prefix 'vi', in potential mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly, firmly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, loss, ruin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, loss, ruin, disappearance

Root: naś (class 4)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

root 'as' (class 2) in present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

कृतस्य (kṛtasya) - of that which has been accomplished (karma) (of what is done, of the deed, of the accomplished (karma))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, deed, work

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-ta'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, universe