महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-43, verse-2

सनत्सुजात उवाच ।
नैनं सामान्यृचो वापि न यजूंषि विचक्षण ।
त्रायन्ते कर्मणः पापान्न ते मिथ्या ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥२॥

2. sanatsujāta uvāca ,
nainaṁ sāmānyṛco vāpi na yajūṁṣi vicakṣaṇa ,
trāyante karmaṇaḥ pāpānna te mithyā bravīmyaham.

2. sanatsujāta uvāca | na enam sāmāni ṛcaḥ vā api na yajūṃṣi
vicakṣaṇa | trāyante karmaṇaḥ pāpāt na te mithyā bravīmi aham

2. Sanatsujāta said: O discerning one, neither the Sāman chants, nor the Ṛk verses, nor the Yajus formulas protect this person from sinful actions (karma). I assure you, I am not speaking falsely.

Words meanings summery:

• सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not

• एनम् (enam) - Refers to the person implicated in sinful actions. (him, this one)

• सामानि (sāmāni) - Refers to the hymns of the Sāmaveda. (Sāman chants, sacred songs)

• ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - Refers to the verses of the Ṛgveda. (Ṛk verses, hymns)

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not

• यजूंषि (yajūṁṣi) - Refers to the mantras of the Yajurveda. (Yajus formulas, sacrificial formulas)

• विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) - Vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O discerning one, O wise one)

• त्रायन्ते (trāyante) - The Vedas do not protect. (they protect, they save)

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - from the consequences of actions (karma), specifically sinful ones. (from action, from work, from ritual)

• पापात् (pāpāt) - from sinful acts. (from evil, from sin)

• न (na) - not

• ते (te) - Dative singular of tvam (you). (to you)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, in vain

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - Sanatsujāta

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanatsujāta

sanatsujāta - The sage Sanatsujāta

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Perfect active, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - Refers to the person implicated in sinful actions. (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

सामानि (sāmāni) - Refers to the hymns of the Sāmaveda. (Sāman chants, sacred songs)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sāman

sāman - a Sāman chant, a sacred song or hymn

ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - Refers to the verses of the Ṛgveda. (Ṛk verses, hymns)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ṛc

ṛc - a Ṛk verse, a hymn

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

यजूंषि (yajūṁṣi) - Refers to the mantras of the Yajurveda. (Yajus formulas, sacrificial formulas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yajus

yajus - a sacrificial formula, a Yajus mantra

Root: yaj (class 1)

विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) - Vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O discerning one, O wise one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vicakṣaṇa

vicakṣaṇa - discerning, intelligent, wise

Prefix: vi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

त्रायन्ते (trāyante) - The Vedas do not protect. (they protect, they save)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of trā

Present active

3rd person plural, Present active, Ātmanepada

Root: trā (class 2)

Note: Used with accusative for the object protected and ablative for what is protected from.

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - from the consequences of actions (karma), specifically sinful ones. (from action, from work, from ritual)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Ablative case indicating separation/protection from.

पापात् (pāpāt) - from sinful acts. (from evil, from sin)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, sinful, sin, vice

Note: Ablative case.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - Dative singular of tvam (you). (to you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: Enclitic form.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, in vain

(indeclinable)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

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

Present active

1st person singular, Present active, Parasmaipada

Root: brū (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I