महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-31, verse-41

कर्म चेत्कृतमन्वेति कर्तारं नान्यमृच्छति ।
कर्मणा तेन पापेन लिप्यते नूनमीश्वरः ॥४१॥

41. karma cetkṛtamanveti kartāraṁ nānyamṛcchati ,
karmaṇā tena pāpena lipyate nūnamīśvaraḥ.

41. karma cet kṛtam anveti kartāram na anyam ṛcchati
karmaṇā tena pāpena lipyate nūnam īśvaraḥ

41. If a deed (karma) that is performed follows the doer and does not affect anyone else, then surely the Lord (īśvara) Himself would be tainted by that sinful action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

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

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, supposing that, provided that)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (done, made, performed, completed)

• अन्वेति (anveti) - follows (follows, goes after, pursues, conforms to)

• कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer (the doer, the agent, the creator)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यम् (anyam) - anyone else (another, other, different)

• ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - reaches (reaches, obtains, goes to, finds)

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action (karma) (by action, by deed)

• तेन (tena) - by that (by that, by him, by it)

• पापेन (pāpena) - by sinful (action) (by sin, by evil, by sinful)

• लिप्यते (lipyate) - would be stained (is stained, is smeared, adheres, is involved in)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed, now)

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - God (īśvara) (master, lord, ruler, God)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

चेत् (cet) - if (if, supposing that, provided that)

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - performed (done, made, performed, completed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished, finished

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'karma'

अन्वेति (anveti) - follows (follows, goes after, pursues, conforms to)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active, with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

कर्तारम् (kartāram) - the doer (the doer, the agent, the creator)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent Noun

from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अन्यम् (anyam) - anyone else (another, other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different

Note: Masculine form, referring to another person

ऋच्छति (ṛcchati) - reaches (reaches, obtains, goes to, finds)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active

Root: ṛch (class 6)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action (karma) (by action, by deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, consequence of actions

तेन (tena) - by that (by that, by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā' and 'pāpena'

पापेन (pāpena) - by sinful (action) (by sin, by evil, by sinful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad, wicked, misfortune

Note: Agrees with 'karmaṇā'

लिप्यते (lipyate) - would be stained (is stained, is smeared, adheres, is involved in)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lipyate

Present Passive Indicative

3rd person singular present passive

Root: lip (class 6)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed, now)

(indeclinable)

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - God (īśvara) (master, lord, ruler, God)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, God, Shiva