महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-42

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यदभीक्ष्णं निषेवते ।
तदेवापहरत्येनं तस्मात्कल्याणमाचरेत् ॥४२॥

42. karmaṇā manasā vācā yadabhīkṣṇaṁ niṣevate ,
tadevāpaharatyenaṁ tasmātkalyāṇamācaret.

42. karmaṇā manasā vācā yat abhīkṣṇam niṣevate
tat eva apaharati enam tasmāt kalyāṇam ācaret

42. Whatever one consistently engages in through action (karma), mind, and speech, that very thing carries him along. Therefore, one should always perform auspicious deeds.

Words meanings summery:

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

• मनसा (manasā) - by mind, through thought

• वाचा (vācā) - by speech, through word

• यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - constantly, repeatedly, frequently

• निषेवते (niṣevate) - one practices, one attends to, one resorts to, one cultivates

• तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

• अपहरति (apaharati) - directs, engrosses, shapes (the person's destiny/nature) (takes away, carries away, deprives, diverts)

• एनम् (enam) - him, this (person)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

• कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - auspicious deeds/actions (auspicious, fortunate, good, welfare)

• आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should do, one should practice, one should perform

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

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

From root `kṛ`

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनसा (manasā) - by mind, through thought

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, intention, heart

Root: man (class 4)

वाचा (vācā) - by speech, through word

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

From root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - constantly, repeatedly, frequently

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of adjective `abhīkṣṇa`

निषेवते (niṣevate) - one practices, one attends to, one resorts to, one cultivates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

Present Middle

From root `sev` with `ni` prefix

Prefix: ni

Root: sev (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Demonstrative pronoun

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अपहरति (apaharati) - directs, engrosses, shapes (the person's destiny/nature) (takes away, carries away, deprives, diverts)

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root `hṛ` with `apa` prefix

Prefix: apa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

एनम् (enam) - him, this (person)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (emphatic or referring to previous discourse)

Demonstrative pronoun

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, for that reason

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of `tad` used adverbially.

कल्याणम् (kalyāṇam) - auspicious deeds/actions (auspicious, fortunate, good, welfare)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalyāṇa

kalyāṇa - beautiful, excellent, auspicious, virtuous, good, welfare, happiness

आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should do, one should practice, one should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of car

Optative Active

From root `car` with `ā` prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)