महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-43, verse-26

दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो लोभादेतत्प्रवर्तते ।
सत्यात्प्रच्यवमानानां संकल्पो वितथो भवेत् ॥२६॥

26. dānamadhyayanaṁ yajño lobhādetatpravartate ,
satyātpracyavamānānāṁ saṁkalpo vitatho bhavet.

26. dānam adhyayanam yajñaḥ lobhāt etat pravartate
satyāt pracyavamānānām saṃkalpaḥ vitathaḥ bhavet

26. Acts of charity (dāna), study, and Vedic ritual (yajña) may arise from greed. For those who stray from truth, their firm intention (saṃkalpa) becomes fruitless.

Words meanings summery:

• दानम् (dānam) - charity, gift, act of giving

• अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - study, learning, recitation

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - ritual sacrifice, worship

• लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed, due to avarice

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, arises, is performed

• सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, due to reality

• प्रच्यवमानानाम् (pracyavamānānām) - of those who are falling away, deviating

• संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - firm intention, resolve, determination

• वितथः (vitathaḥ) - fruitless, vain, false, unreal

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

दानम् (dānam) - charity, gift, act of giving

(noun)

neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, charity, act of giving

Root: dā (class 3)

अध्ययनम् (adhyayanam) - study, learning, recitation

(noun)

neuter, singular of adhyayana

adhyayana - study, learning, recitation

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - ritual sacrifice, worship

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - ritual sacrifice, worship, offering

Root: yaj (class 1)

लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed, due to avarice

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, avarice, desire

Root: lubh (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, arises, is performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, due to reality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, genuineness

प्रच्यवमानानाम् (pracyavamānānām) - of those who are falling away, deviating

(participle)

Genitive, masculine/feminine/neuter, plural of pracyavamāna

pracyavamāna - falling, deviating, straying

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root cyu with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: cyu (class 1)

संकल्पः (saṁkalpaḥ) - firm intention, resolve, determination

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkalpa

saṁkalpa - firm intention, resolve, determination, vow

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

वितथः (vitathaḥ) - fruitless, vain, false, unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vitatha

vitatha - fruitless, vain, false, unreal

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)