महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-11, verse-16

अथ ये कर्म निन्दन्तो मनुष्याः कापथं गताः ।
मूढानामर्थहीनानां तेषामेनस्तु विद्यते ॥१६॥

16. atha ye karma nindanto manuṣyāḥ kāpathaṁ gatāḥ ,
mūḍhānāmarthahīnānāṁ teṣāmenastu vidyate.

16. atha ye karma nindantaḥ manuṣyāḥ kāpatham gatāḥ
mūḍhānām arthahīnānām teṣām enas tu vidyate

16. atha ye manuṣyāḥ karma nindantaḥ kāpatham gatāḥ,
teṣām mūḍhānām arthahīnānām enas tu vidyate.

16. But those people who, condemning action (karma), have gone astray onto a wrong path—for those deluded and purposeless individuals, indeed, sin (enas) is present.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - but (now, then, moreover, but)

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual)

• निन्दन्तः (nindantaḥ) - condemning, blaming, criticizing

• मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - humans, people

• कापथम् (kāpatham) - wrong path, evil path

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone astray (gone, attained, reached)

• मूढानाम् (mūḍhānām) - of the foolish, of the deluded

• अर्थहीनानाम् (arthahīnānām) - of the purposeless individuals (of the purposeless, of the senseless, of those devoid of meaning/wealth)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• एनस् (enas) - sin (enas) (sin, fault, offense, evil)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

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

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - but (now, then, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate, effect of action

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निन्दन्तः (nindantaḥ) - condemning, blaming, criticizing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nindat

nindat - condemning, blaming, criticizing (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

derived from root 'nind' (to blame, condemn)

Root: nind (class 1)

मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - humans, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man, person

कापथम् (kāpatham) - wrong path, evil path

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāpatha

kāpatha - wrong path, bad road, evil course

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ku+patha)

• ku – bad, evil, wrong
  indeclinable
• patha – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
  Root: path (class 1)

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone astray (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, reached, obtained, past

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

मूढानाम् (mūḍhānām) - of the foolish, of the deluded

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, stupid, deluded, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'muh' (to be confused, deluded)

Root: muh (class 4)

अर्थहीनानाम् (arthahīnānām) - of the purposeless individuals (of the purposeless, of the senseless, of those devoid of meaning/wealth)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of arthahīna

arthahīna - devoid of purpose, meaningless, destitute, poor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (artha+hīna)

• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object, desire
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – devoid of, deprived of, deficient, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, to lose)
  Root: hā (class 3)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एनस् (enas) - sin (enas) (sin, fault, offense, evil)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of enas

enas - sin, fault, offense, crime, evil

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is, exists, is found

(verb)

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

present

root conjugation, middle voice, class 4

Root: vid (class 4)