महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-15

सत्यधर्मच्युतात्पुंसः क्रुद्धादाशीविषादिव ।
अनास्तिकोऽप्युद्विजते जनः किं पुनरास्तिकः ॥१५॥

15. satyadharmacyutātpuṁsaḥ kruddhādāśīviṣādiva ,
anāstiko'pyudvijate janaḥ kiṁ punarāstikaḥ.

15. satyadharmacyutāt puṃsaḥ kruddhāt āśīviṣāt iva
anāstikaḥ api udvijate janaḥ kim punaḥ āstikaḥ

15. From an angry man who has abandoned truth and dharma, one recoils as if from a venomous snake; even a non-believer is disturbed by such a person, what then of a believer?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यधर्मच्युतात् (satyadharmacyutāt) - Refers to a man who has deviated from moral and righteous conduct. (from one fallen from truth and dharma)

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - from a man, of a man

• क्रुद्धात् (kruddhāt) - Refers to the angry state of the man. (from an angry (one))

• आशीविषात् (āśīviṣāt) - Used as a comparison to illustrate the danger. (from a venomous snake)

• इव (iva) - Indicates a simile. (like, as if, similar to)

• अनास्तिकः (anāstikaḥ) - One who does not believe in traditional doctrines or afterlife. (a non-believer, an atheist)

• अपि (api) - Emphasizes that *even* a non-believer is disturbed. (even, also, too)

• उद्विजते (udvijate) - recoils, is disturbed, trembles, shrinks back

• जनः (janaḥ) - Used generally, referring to any person. (a person, people)

• किम् (kim) - rhetorical question, implying 'how much more so' (what, how much more)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - In 'kim punaḥ', means 'how much more so'. (again, moreover, then)

• आस्तिकः (āstikaḥ) - One who believes in traditional doctrines or afterlife. (a believer)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यधर्मच्युतात् (satyadharmacyutāt) - Refers to a man who has deviated from moral and righteous conduct. (from one fallen from truth and dharma)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of satyadharmacyuta

satyadharmacyuta - fallen from truth and dharma

Compound of satya (truth), dharma (righteousness), and cyuta (fallen). cyuta is P.P.P. of cyu (to move, fall)

Compound type : tatpurusha (satya+dharma+cyuta)

• satya – truth, true
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – dharma, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
• cyuta – fallen, deviated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of root cyu (to move, fall)
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Qualifies puṃsaḥ

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - from a man, of a man

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person

Note: Source of fear/recoil

क्रुद्धात् (kruddhāt) - Refers to the angry state of the man. (from an angry (one))

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies puṃsaḥ

आशीविषात् (āśīviṣāt) - Used as a comparison to illustrate the danger. (from a venomous snake)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake, cobra

Note: Object of comparison (upameya)

इव (iva) - Indicates a simile. (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अनास्तिकः (anāstikaḥ) - One who does not believe in traditional doctrines or afterlife. (a non-believer, an atheist)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anāstika

anāstika - non-believer, atheist

Derived from nāstika (believer in non-existence) with negative prefix an-

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āstika)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• āstika – believer (in Veda, afterlife, etc.)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of udvijate

अपि (api) - Emphasizes that *even* a non-believer is disturbed. (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

उद्विजते (udvijate) - recoils, is disturbed, trembles, shrinks back

(verb)

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

Present Middle Third Singular

Root vij (class 6, to tremble) with upasarga ud- in present tense, middle voice, third person singular.

Prefix: ud

Root: vij (class 6)

जनः (janaḥ) - Used generally, referring to any person. (a person, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people

Note: Subject (in apposition to anāstikaḥ)

किम् (kim) - rhetorical question, implying 'how much more so' (what, how much more)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the idiom 'kim punaḥ'

पुनः (punaḥ) - In 'kim punaḥ', means 'how much more so'. (again, moreover, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the idiom 'kim punaḥ'

आस्तिकः (āstikaḥ) - One who believes in traditional doctrines or afterlife. (a believer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstika

āstika - believer (in Veda, afterlife, etc.)

Note: Implied subject of recoil (how much more would a believer recoil?)