महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-40, verse-5

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत् ।
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥५॥

5. yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṁ kāryameva tat ,
yajño dānaṁ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām.

5. yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyam kāryam eva tat
yajñaḥ dānam tapaḥ ca eva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām

5. yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyam tat kāryam eva
ca eva yajñaḥ dānam tapaḥ manīṣiṇām pāvanāni

5. Actions like Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) must not be given up; they should certainly be performed. Indeed, Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) are purifying for discerning thinkers.

Words meanings summery:

• यज्ञदानतपःकर्म (yajñadānatapaḥkarma) - actions like Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) (actions related to Vedic ritual, charity, and austerity)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• त्याज्यम् (tyājyam) - must not be given up (to be abandoned, to be given up, discardable)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - they should certainly be performed (to be done, duty, action, work)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• तत् (tat) - they (referring to the aforementioned actions) (that, it)

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual (yajña), worship, devotion)

• दानम् (dānam) - charity (dāna) (giving, charity, donation (dāna))

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, spiritual fervor (tapas))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• पावनानि (pāvanāni) - purifiers (purifiers, purifying things)

• मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - for discerning thinkers (of the wise, of discerning thinkers)

Words meanings and morphology

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म (yajñadānatapaḥkarma) - actions like Vedic ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), and austerity (tapas) (actions related to Vedic ritual, charity, and austerity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yajñadānatapaḥkarma

yajñadānatapaḥkarma - actions of Vedic ritual, giving, and austerity

Compound

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (yajña+dāna+tapas+karma)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, devotion, worship (yajña)
  noun (masculine)
  From root yaj (to worship)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• dāna – giving, charity, donation (dāna)
  noun (neuter)
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 1)
• tapas – austerity, penance, spiritual fervor (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
  From root tap (to heat, to suffer)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• karma – action, deed, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

त्याज्यम् (tyājyam) - must not be given up (to be abandoned, to be given up, discardable)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of tyājya

tyājya - fit to be abandoned, to be given up, discardable

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Formed from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ya (kṛtya)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Expresses obligation ("must not be given up").

कार्यम् (kāryam) - they should certainly be performed (to be done, duty, action, work)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, action

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Formed from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya (kṛtya)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses obligation ("should be done").

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तत् (tat) - they (referring to the aforementioned actions) (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to the collective actions, treated as a singular neuter noun.

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - Vedic ritual (yajña) (Vedic ritual (yajña), worship, devotion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship (yajña)

From root yaj (to worship)

Root: yaj (class 1)

दानम् (dānam) - charity (dāna) (giving, charity, donation (dāna))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, charity, donation (dāna)

From root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 1)

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, spiritual fervor (tapas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, spiritual fervor (tapas)

From root tap (to heat, to suffer)

Root: tap (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the list of purifiers.

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, often combined with 'ca' as 'caiva'.

पावनानि (pāvanāni) - purifiers (purifiers, purifying things)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, sanctifying, a purifier

From root pū (to purify) with suffix -ana

Root: pū (class 1)

मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - for discerning thinkers (of the wise, of discerning thinkers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, a sage, a discerning person

From manīṣā (intellect) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Often translated as "for the wise" in context.