महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-110, verse-22

च्युता देवमनुष्येभ्यो यथा प्रेतास्तथैव ते ।
धनादानाद्दुःखतरं जीविताद्विप्रयोजनम् ॥२२॥

22. cyutā devamanuṣyebhyo yathā pretāstathaiva te ,
dhanādānādduḥkhataraṁ jīvitādviprayojanam.

22. cyutāḥ deva-manuṣyebhyaḥ yathā pretāḥ tathā eva
te dhana-ādānāt duḥkhataram jīvitāt viprayojanam

22. te deva-manuṣyebhyaḥ cyutāḥ yathā pretāḥ tathā
eva jīvitāt viprayojanam dhana-ādānāt duḥkhataram

22. Those who have fallen from the graces of gods and humans are indeed like departed spirits (pretas). To be deprived of one's livelihood or very life is more painful than the confiscation of wealth.

Words meanings summery:

• च्युताः (cyutāḥ) - fallen, deprived, deviated, outcast

• देव-मनुष्येभ्यः (deva-manuṣyebhyaḥ) - from gods and humans

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• प्रेताः (pretāḥ) - departed spirits, ghosts, dead

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• ते (te) - they

• धन-आदानात् (dhana-ādānāt) - from taking wealth, than the seizure of wealth

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more painful, worse, more sorrowful

• जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - from life, than life, from livelihood

• विप्रयोजनम् (viprayojanam) - separation, deprivation, loss, removal

Words meanings and morphology

च्युताः (cyutāḥ) - fallen, deprived, deviated, outcast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, deprived, deviated, outcast

Past Passive Participle

From root 'cyu' (to move, to fall) with suffix 'kta'.

Root: cyu (class 1)

देव-मनुष्येभ्यः (deva-manuṣyebhyaḥ) - from gods and humans

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of deva-manuṣya

deva-manuṣya - gods and humans

Compound type : dvandva (deva+manuṣya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• manuṣya – human, man
  noun (masculine)
  From 'manu' with suffix 'ṣya'.

Note: Context indicates ablative 'from'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

प्रेताः (pretāḥ) - departed spirits, ghosts, dead

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of preta

preta - departed spirit, ghost, dead

Past Passive Participle

From 'pra' + root 'i' (to go) + 'kta'.

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धन-आदानात् (dhana-ādānāt) - from taking wealth, than the seizure of wealth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhana-ādāna

dhana-ādāna - taking of wealth, seizure of riches

Compound of 'dhana' (wealth) and 'ādāna' (taking).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+ādāna)

• dhana – wealth, riches, money
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• ādāna – taking, seizing, acquisition
  noun (neuter)
  From 'ā' + root 'dā' (to give/take) + 'lyuṭ' suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used with comparative 'duḥkhataram'.

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more painful, worse, more sorrowful

(adjective)

neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more painful, more sorrowful

Comparative degree of 'duḥkha' (pain, sorrow).

Note: Appears to function as a predicate here.

जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - from life, than life, from livelihood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, existence

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jīv' (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

विप्रयोजनम् (viprayojanam) - separation, deprivation, loss, removal

(noun)

neuter, singular of viprayojana

viprayojana - separation, deprivation, loss, removal

From 'vi' + 'pra' + root 'yuj' (to join) + 'lyuṭ' suffix.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)