महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-24, verse-49

दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनंजय ।
बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥४९॥

49. dūreṇa hyavaraṁ karma buddhiyogāddhanaṁjaya ,
buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ.

49. dūreṇa hi avaram karma buddhiyogāt dhanaṃjaya
| buddhau śaraṇam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ

49. dhanaṃjaya,
hi buddhiyogāt karma dūreṇa avaram buddhau śaraṇam anviccha phalahetavaḥ kṛpaṇāḥ (bhavanti)

49. O Dhanaṃjaya, actions (karma) performed with a desire for results are indeed far inferior to the spiritual discipline (yoga) of intelligent discernment. Seek refuge in this intelligence (buddhi). Those who act for the sake of results are indeed pitiable.

Words meanings summery:

• दूरेण (dūreṇa) - by far (by a distance, by far, from afar)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• अवरम् (avaram) - inferior (inferior, lower, worse)

• कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, work, result of action)

• बुद्धियोगात् (buddhiyogāt) - from the spiritual discipline (yoga) of intelligent discernment (from the yoga of intelligence, from the spiritual discipline of discernment)

• धनंजय (dhanaṁjaya) - O Arjuna (conqueror of wealth, Arjuna)

• बुद्धौ (buddhau) - in this intelligence (buddhi) (in the intellect, in the intelligence)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

• अन्विच्छ (anviccha) - seek (seek, search for, desire)

• कृपणाः (kṛpaṇāḥ) - pitiable (pitiable, wretched, miserable, poor)

• फलहेतवः (phalahetavaḥ) - those who act for the sake of results (those whose motives are results, those who have results as their cause)

Words meanings and morphology

दूरेण (dūreṇa) - by far (by a distance, by far, from afar)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

अवरम् (avaram) - inferior (inferior, lower, worse)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avara

avara - lower, inferior, later, worse

Note: Agrees with 'karma' which is neuter.

कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, work, result of action)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, fate, result of action

from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बुद्धियोगात् (buddhiyogāt) - from the spiritual discipline (yoga) of intelligent discernment (from the yoga of intelligence, from the spiritual discipline of discernment)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of buddhiyoga

buddhiyoga - yoga of intelligence, spiritual discipline of discernment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (buddhi+yoga)

• buddhi – intellect, intelligence, discernment, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh (to know, to understand)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• yoga – spiritual discipline, union, conjunction
  noun (masculine)
  from root yuj (to join, to yoke)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

धनंजय (dhanaṁjaya) - O Arjuna (conqueror of wealth, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth, a name of Arjuna

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest, triumph
  noun (masculine)
  from root ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

बुद्धौ (buddhau) - in this intelligence (buddhi) (in the intellect, in the intelligence)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, intelligence, discernment, understanding

from root budh (to know, to understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, asylum

अन्विच्छ (anviccha) - seek (seek, search for, desire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of an-vi-iṣ

imperative mood

2nd person, singular, imperative, active voice with prefixes anu and vi

Prefixes: anu+vi

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कृपणाः (kṛpaṇāḥ) - pitiable (pitiable, wretched, miserable, poor)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - pitiable, wretched, miserable, poor

फलहेतवः (phalahetavaḥ) - those who act for the sake of results (those whose motives are results, those who have results as their cause)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phalahetu

phalahetu - cause of fruit/result, having fruit as motive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phala+hetu)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
  noun (masculine)