महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-22, verse-24

संजय उवाच ।
अतिक्रान्तं हि यत्कार्यं पश्चाच्चिन्तयतीति च ।
तच्चास्य न भवेत्कार्यं चिन्तया च विनश्यति ॥२४॥

24. saṁjaya uvāca ,
atikrāntaṁ hi yatkāryaṁ paścāccintayatīti ca ,
taccāsya na bhavetkāryaṁ cintayā ca vinaśyati.

24. sañjayaḥ uvāca | atikrāntam hi yat kāryam paścāt cintayati
iti ca | tat ca asya na bhavet kāryam cintayā ca vinaśyati

24. sañjayaḥ uvāca yat atikrāntam kāryam hi paścāt iti ca cintayati,
tat ca asya kāryam na bhavet,
cintayā ca vinaśyati

24. Sañjaya said: Indeed, any action that has already transpired, and which one subsequently ponders over, will not bear fruit for that person; moreover, it is destroyed by such contemplation.

Words meanings summery:

• सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अतिक्रान्तम् (atikrāntam) - passed, transpired, gone by

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, work, duty, task

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently

• चिन्तयति (cintayati) - ponders, thinks about

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• च (ca) - and

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and

• अस्य (asya) - for him, his, of this

• न (na) - not

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

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, result, purpose

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by contemplation, by worry, by thinking

• च (ca) - and, also

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sañjaya (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Tense (lit)

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: √vac (class 2)

अतिक्रान्तम् (atikrāntam) - passed, transpired, gone by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atikrānta

atikrānta - passed, gone by, overcome

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √kram (to step, go) with upasarga ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: √kram (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, work, duty, task

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, work

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Derived from √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयति (cintayati) - ponders, thinks about

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cintayati

Causative present

3rd person singular present active of √cint (causative of √cit)

Root: √cint (class 10)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - for him, his, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhavet

Optative Mode (liṅ)

3rd person singular optative active of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - action, result, purpose

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, work

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Derived from √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by contemplation, by worry, by thinking

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, worry, anxiety

Derived from √cint (to think)

Root: √cint (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vinaśyati

Present Tense (lat)

3rd person singular present active of √naś (to perish) with upasarga vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: √naś (class 4)