महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-83, verse-3

इन्द्र उवाच ।
यदावमंस्थाः सदृशः श्रेयसश्च पापीयसश्चाविदितप्रभावः ।
तस्माल्लोका अन्तवन्तस्तवेमे क्षीणे पुण्ये पतितास्यद्य राजन् ॥३॥

3. indra uvāca ,
yadāvamaṁsthāḥ sadṛśaḥ śreyasaśca; pāpīyasaścāviditaprabhāvaḥ ,
tasmāllokā antavantastaveme; kṣīṇe puṇye patitāsyadya rājan.

3. indra uvāca yat avamansthāḥ sadṛśaḥ
śreyasaḥ ca pāpīyasaḥ ca aviditaprabhāvaḥ
tasmāt lokāḥ antavantaḥ tava
ime kṣīṇe puṇye patitāḥ asi adya rājan

3. Indra said: "Because you, unaware of their true power, disrespected your equals, superiors, and even your inferiors, these worlds you attained are therefore perishable. With your merit exhausted, O king, you have fallen today."

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - because (because, that which, since)

• अवमन्स्थाः (avamansthāḥ) - you disrespected (you disrespected, you scorned)

• सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - equals (equals, similar ones)

• श्रेयसः (śreyasaḥ) - superiors (superiors, better ones, more excellent ones)

• च (ca) - and

• पापीयसः (pāpīyasaḥ) - inferiors (inferiors, worse ones, more sinful ones)

• च (ca) - and, even (and)

• अविदितप्रभावः (aviditaprabhāvaḥ) - unaware of their true power (whose power/influence is unknown)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (you attained) (worlds, realms)

• अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (having an end, perishable, finite)

• तव (tava) - your (your, yours)

• इमे (ime) - these (worlds) (these)

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when diminished/exhausted (diminished, exhausted, wasted)

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - in (your) merit (in merit, religious merit)

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (fallen, descended)

• असि (asi) - you are

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Yayati) (O king)

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of the king of gods), chief, excellent

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (lit) form of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - because (because, that which, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the causal clause.

अवमन्स्थाः (avamansthāḥ) - you disrespected (you disrespected, you scorned)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ) of avaman

Root 'man' with upasarga 'ava'; Aorist middle second person singular form

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to Yayati.

सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - equals (equals, similar ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, similar, equal, resembling

Note: Object of 'avamansthāḥ'.

श्रेयसः (śreyasaḥ) - superiors (superiors, better ones, more excellent ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, more excellent, blessed

Comparative form of 'śrī'

Note: Object of 'avamansthāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'sadṛśaḥ' and 'śreyasaḥ'.

पापीयसः (pāpīyasaḥ) - inferiors (inferiors, worse ones, more sinful ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāpīyas

pāpīyas - worse, more evil, more sinful, inferior

Comparative form of 'pāpa'

Note: Object of 'avamansthāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, even (and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'śreyasaḥ' and 'pāpīyasaḥ'.

अविदितप्रभावः (aviditaprabhāvaḥ) - unaware of their true power (whose power/influence is unknown)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aviditaprabhāva

aviditaprabhāva - one whose power/influence is unknown; ignorant of power

Bahuvrihi compound: a (not) + vidita (known) + prabhāva (power)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vidita+prabhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vidita – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)
• prabhāva – power, influence, might, dignity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Yayati (the implied subject of 'avamansthāḥ').

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the consequence.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (you attained) (worlds, realms)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Subject of 'antavantaḥ'.

अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (having an end, perishable, finite)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite, limited

From 'anta' (end) + 'vat' (suffix meaning 'possessing')

Note: Predicate adjective for 'lokāḥ'.

तव (tava) - your (your, yours)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Qualifies 'lokāḥ'.

इमे (ime) - these (worlds) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Qualifies 'lokāḥ'.

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when diminished/exhausted (diminished, exhausted, wasted)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, exhausted, wasted, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'kṣi'

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'puṇye'.

पुण्ये (puṇye) - in (your) merit (in merit, religious merit)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, religious merit

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (fallen, descended)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'pat'

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Yayati (implied subject of 'asi').

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense form of root 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Yayati) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler