महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-27, verse-10

ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥१०॥

10. brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ ,
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā.

10. brahmaṇi ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgam tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na saḥ pāpena padma-patram iva ambhasā

10. yaḥ saṅgam tyaktvā karmāṇi brahmaṇi ādhāya karoti,
saḥ pāpena na lipyate,
padma-patram ambhasā iva

10. The one who performs actions (karma) by dedicating them to the absolute reality (brahman) and abandoning all attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains untouched by water.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in brahman, in the absolute reality

• आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed, having deposited, dedicating

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

• सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - attachment, clinging, connection

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• करोति (karoti) - he does, he performs

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

• लिप्यते (lipyate) - is tainted, is smeared, is bound

• न (na) - not

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पापेन (pāpena) - by sin, by evil

• पद्म-पत्रम् (padma-patram) - lotus leaf

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in brahman, in the absolute reality

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth, the creative principle (brahman)

Note: Refers to the impersonal absolute.

आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed, having deposited, dedicating

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root dhā 'to place' with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karman

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - attachment, clinging, connection

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅga

saṅga - attachment, clinging, connection, association

Prefix: sam

Root: sañj (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root tyaj 'to abandon'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

करोति (karoti) - he does, he performs

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

लिप्यते (lipyate) - is tainted, is smeared, is bound

(verb)

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

Root: lip (class 6)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that, it

पापेन (pāpena) - by sin, by evil

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, demerit

पद्म-पत्रम् (padma-patram) - lotus leaf

(noun)

neuter, singular of padma-patra

padma-patra - lotus leaf

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (padma+patra)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water