महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-31, verse-42

अथ कर्म कृतं पापं न चेत्कर्तारमृच्छति ।
कारणं बलमेवेह जनाञ्शोचामि दुर्बलान् ॥४२॥

42. atha karma kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ na cetkartāramṛcchati ,
kāraṇaṁ balameveha janāñśocāmi durbalān.

42. atha karma kṛtam pāpam na cet kartāram ṛcchati
kāraṇam balam eva iha janān śocāmi durbalān

42. But if a sinful action (karma) performed does not reach its doer, then force alone is the cause here, and I lament for the weak.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - but (now, then, moreover, but)

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

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

• पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (action) (sin, evil, sinful, misfortune)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

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

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

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, motive, instrument)

• बलम् (balam) - force (strength, power, force, might)

• एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed, alone)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• जनान् (janān) - people (people, persons, men)

• शोचामि (śocāmi) - I lament (I lament, I grieve, I sorrow)

• दुर्बलान् (durbalān) - weak (weak, feeble, powerless)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - but (now, then, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

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

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' and 'pāpam'

पापम् (pāpam) - sinful (action) (sin, evil, sinful, misfortune)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad, wicked, misfortune

Note: Agrees with 'karma'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

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)

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)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, motive, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

बलम् (balam) - force (strength, power, force, might)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might, army

एव (eva) - alone (only, just, indeed, alone)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

जनान् (janān) - people (people, persons, men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

शोचामि (śocāmi) - I lament (I lament, I grieve, I sorrow)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śuc

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular present active

Root: śuc (class 1)

दुर्बलान् (durbalān) - weak (weak, feeble, powerless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless, infirm

Compound: dur (bad, difficult) + bala (strength)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'janān'