महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-9

अनुबन्धं च संप्रेक्ष्य विपाकांश्चैव कर्मणाम् ।
उत्थानमात्मनश्चैव धीरः कुर्वीत वा न वा ॥९॥

9. anubandhaṁ ca saṁprekṣya vipākāṁścaiva karmaṇām ,
utthānamātmanaścaiva dhīraḥ kurvīta vā na vā.

9. anubandham ca saṃprekṣya vipākān ca eva karmaṇām
utthānam ātmanaḥ ca eva dhīraḥ kurvīta vā na vā

9. A steadfast person (dhīraḥ), having thoroughly considered the consequences and results of actions (karma), and also their own effort (ātman), should then either undertake it or not.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुबन्धम् (anubandham) - consequence (consequence, attendant circumstance, accessory)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• संप्रेक्ष्य (saṁprekṣya) - having thoroughly considered (having seen well, having thoroughly considered, having observed)

• विपाकान् (vipākān) - results (results, ripenings, consequences)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (of actions, of deeds)

• उत्थानम् (utthānam) - own effort or undertaking (rising, effort, exertion, undertaking)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of one's own (effort) (of the self, of oneself, own)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• धीरः (dhīraḥ) - a steadfast person (wise, firm, steady, brave person)

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should then either undertake it (one should do, one should make, one should perform)

• वा (vā) - either (or, either)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वा (vā) - or not (or, either)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुबन्धम् (anubandham) - consequence (consequence, attendant circumstance, accessory)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anubandha

anubandha - consequence, attachment, bond, accessory

From √bandh with anu-prefix

Prefix: anu

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Object of 'saṃprekṣya'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

संप्रेक्ष्य (saṁprekṣya) - having thoroughly considered (having seen well, having thoroughly considered, having observed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √īkṣ 'to see' with sam- and pra- prefixes

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive modifying the action of 'dhīraḥ'.

विपाकान् (vipākān) - results (results, ripenings, consequences)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vipāka

vipāka - ripening, maturation, result, consequence

From √pac 'to cook, ripen' with vi-prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Object of 'saṃprekṣya'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (of actions, of deeds)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

Derived from √kṛ 'to do'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'vipākān'.

उत्थानम् (utthānam) - own effort or undertaking (rising, effort, exertion, undertaking)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of utthāna

utthāna - rising, getting up, effort, exertion, undertaking

From √sthā 'to stand' with ud-prefix

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'saṃprekṣya'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of one's own (effort) (of the self, of oneself, own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual

Note: Qualifies 'utthānam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धीरः (dhīraḥ) - a steadfast person (wise, firm, steady, brave person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīra

dhīra - wise, firm, steady, brave, patient

Often used as a noun meaning a wise or firm person

Note: Subject of 'kurvīta'.

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should then either undertake it (one should do, one should make, one should perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Optative Mood, Ātmanepada

3rd person, singular, optative, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वा (vā) - either (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in pair 'vā... na vā'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or not (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in pair 'vā... na vā'.