महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-38, verse-8

क्रोधो हि धर्मं हरति यतीनां दुःखसंचितम् ।
ततो धर्मविहीनानां गतिरिष्टा न विद्यते ॥८॥

8. krodho hi dharmaṁ harati yatīnāṁ duḥkhasaṁcitam ,
tato dharmavihīnānāṁ gatiriṣṭā na vidyate.

8. krodhaḥ hi dharmam harati yatīnām duḥkhasamcitam
tataḥ dharmavihīnānām gatiḥ iṣṭā na vidyate

8. Anger, indeed, destroys the dharma of ascetics, which they accumulated through great hardship. Consequently, for those deprived of dharma, no desirable path or goal is found.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - their dharma (righteous conduct, merit) (dharma, righteousness)

• हरति (harati) - takes away, destroys (carries away, takes away, steals, destroys)

• यतीनाम् (yatīnām) - of ascetics (of ascetics, of renunciants)

• दुःखसम्चितम् (duḥkhasamcitam) - accumulated through hardship (accumulated with difficulty, acquired through suffering)

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, consequently (thence, from that, therefore)

• धर्मविहीनानाम् (dharmavihīnānām) - for those devoid of dharma (of those deprived of dharma)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, fate, course (path, movement, destination, state)

• इष्टा (iṣṭā) - desired (destination) (desired, wished, beloved)

• न (na) - not

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists (is found, exists, is)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

action noun

action noun from root krudh

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'harati'

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

धर्मम् (dharmam) - their dharma (righteous conduct, merit) (dharma, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, law, virtue, religious merit

derived from root dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'harati'

हरति (harati) - takes away, destroys (carries away, takes away, steals, destroys)

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यतीनाम् (yatīnām) - of ascetics (of ascetics, of renunciants)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yati

yati - ascetic, renunciant, one who controls himself

derived from root yat

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Possessive, 'their dharma'

दुःखसम्चितम् (duḥkhasamcitam) - accumulated through hardship (accumulated with difficulty, acquired through suffering)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥkhasamcita

duḥkhasamcita - accumulated with difficulty, acquired through suffering

compound of duḥkha and saṃcita (past passive participle from ci with sam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+samcita)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, difficulty, misery
  noun (neuter)
• samcita – collected, accumulated, heaped up
  adjective
  past passive participle
  derived from root ci (P. 5) with sam + kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'dharmam'

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, consequently (thence, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two halves of the verse

धर्मविहीनानाम् (dharmavihīnānām) - for those devoid of dharma (of those deprived of dharma)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmavihīna

dharmavihīna - devoid of dharma, deprived of righteousness

compound of dharma and vihīna (past passive participle from hā with vi)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+vihīna)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vihīna – deprived of, destitute of, without
  adjective
  past passive participle
  derived from root hā (P. 3) with vi + kta
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the people

गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, fate, course (path, movement, destination, state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, destination, state

action noun

derived from root gam (P. 1) + ktin

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vidyate'

इष्टा (iṣṭā) - desired (destination) (desired, wished, beloved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, sought, beloved, sacrificed

past passive participle

derived from root iṣ (P. 6) + kta

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'gatiḥ'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'vidyate'

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists (is found, exists, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Often used impersonally or with a nominative subject meaning 'is found'