महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-40, verse-15

शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः ।
न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥१५॥

15. śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ ,
nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ.

15. śarīravāṅmanobhiḥ yat karma prārabhate naraḥ
nyāyyam vā viparītam vā pañca ete tasya hetavaḥ

15. naraḥ śarīravāṅmanobhiḥ yat nyāyyam vā viparītam
vā karma prārabhate tasya pañca ete hetavaḥ

15. Whatever action (karma) a person undertakes with the body, speech, and mind—whether it is proper or contrary (wrong)—these five are its causes.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरवाङ्मनोभिः (śarīravāṅmanobhiḥ) - by body, speech, and mind

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

• प्रारभते (prārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

• न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper, right, just

• वा (vā) - or

• विपरीतम् (viparītam) - contrary, opposite, wrong

• वा (vā) - or

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• एते (ete) - these

• तस्य (tasya) - Of that action (karma). (its, of that)

• हेतवः (hetavaḥ) - The five causes mentioned in the previous verse. (causes, reasons)

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरवाङ्मनोभिः (śarīravāṅmanobhiḥ) - by body, speech, and mind

(noun)

Instrumental, plural of śarīravāṅmanas

śarīravāṅmanas - body, speech, and mind

Compound type : dvandva (śarīra+vāc+manas)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• vāc – speech, voice
  noun (feminine)
• manas – mind
  noun (neuter)

Note: instrumental plural of the dvandva compound śarīravāṅmanas

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(relative pronoun)

Note: neuter nominative/accusative singular, referring to karma

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

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

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: neuter accusative singular

प्रारभते (prārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

(verb)

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

from root rabh (to take) with prefix pra-ā-

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

न्याय्यम् (nyāyyam) - proper, right, just

(adjective)

neuter, singular of nyāyya

nyāyya - proper, right, just, reasonable

from nyāya

Note: neuter nominative/accusative singular, referring to karma

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

विपरीतम् (viparītam) - contrary, opposite, wrong

(past passive participle)

Note: neuter nominative/accusative singular, referring to karma

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral adjective)

Note: nominative/accusative plural of pañcan, agreeing with hetavaḥ

एते (ete) - these

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: masculine nominative plural, agreeing with hetavaḥ

तस्य (tasya) - Of that action (karma). (its, of that)

(demonstrative pronoun)

Note: neuter genitive singular, referring to karma

हेतवः (hetavaḥ) - The five causes mentioned in the previous verse. (causes, reasons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

from root hi (to send, incite)

Root: hi (class 5)