Shloka 12.32Unverified draft

यः पश्चात्पूर्वकार्याणि कर्माण्यभिचिकीर्षति । पूर्वं चापरकार्याणि न स वेद नयानयौ ।।6.12.32।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
yaḥ paścātpūrvakāryāṇi karmāṇyabhicikīrṣatiयः पश्चात्पूर्वकार्याणि कर्माण्यभिचिकीर्षतिhe who wishes to do later the deeds that ought to be done firstrelative pronoun + adverb + accusative plural compound + accusative plural + desiderative verb
pūrvaṃ cāparakāryāṇi na sa veda nayānayauपूर्वं चापरकार्याणि न स वेद नयानयौand first those to be done later, does not know good and bad policyadverb + particle + accusative plural compound + negation + nominative pronoun + verb + accusative dual compound

Reference: 6.12.32 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa