महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-53

पुण्यं प्रज्ञां वर्धयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
वृद्धप्रज्ञः पुण्यमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥५३॥

53. puṇyaṁ prajñāṁ vardhayati kriyamāṇaṁ punaḥ punaḥ ,
vṛddhaprajñaḥ puṇyameva nityamārabhate naraḥ.

53. puṇyam prajñām vardhayati kriyamāṇam punaḥ punaḥ
vṛddhaprajñaḥ puṇyam eva nityam ārabhate naraḥ

53. Merit (puṇya), when performed repeatedly, increases one's wisdom (prajñā). A person whose wisdom (prajñā) is thus increased then invariably commits only meritorious deeds (puṇya).

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious action or its positive result (puṇya) (merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness)

• प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - one's intellectual faculty or discernment (prajñā) (wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment)

• वर्धयति (vardhayati) - causes to grow, increases, develops, strengthens

• क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being done, being performed, being made

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

• वृद्धप्रज्ञः (vṛddhaprajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is increased/developed

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious action or its positive result (puṇya) (merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness)

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

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal, perpetual, constant, always

• आरभते (ārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious action or its positive result (puṇya) (merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness, auspicious

प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - one's intellectual faculty or discernment (prajñā) (wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

वर्धयति (vardhayati) - causes to grow, increases, develops, strengthens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vardhay

causative

Causative stem from root √vṛdh (to grow, increase), class 1.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being done, being performed, being made

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being performed, being made

Present Passive Participle

Formed from √kṛ (to do, make) + passive 'ya' + śānac suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'puṇyam'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

वृद्धप्रज्ञः (vṛddhaprajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is increased/developed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddhaprajña

vṛddhaprajña - one whose wisdom is increased or developed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛddha+prajñā)

• vṛddha – grown, increased, developed, old
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √vṛdh (to grow, increase), class 1.
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• prajñā – wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious action or its positive result (puṇya) (merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness, auspicious

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

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal, perpetual, constant, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'always' or 'invariably'.

आरभते (ārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ārabha

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person