महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-133, verse-21

ये हि राष्ट्रोपरोधेन वृत्तिं कुर्वन्ति केचन ।
तदेव तेऽनु मीयन्ते कुणपं कृमयो यथा ॥२१॥

21. ye hi rāṣṭroparodhena vṛttiṁ kurvanti kecana ,
tadeva te'nu mīyante kuṇapaṁ kṛmayo yathā.

21. ye hi rāṣṭroparodhena vṛttim kurvanti kecana
tat eva te anu mīyante kuṇapam kṛmayaḥ yathā

21. hi kecana ye rāṣṭroparodhena vṛttim kurvanti
te tat eva kuṇapam kṛmayaḥ yathā anu mīyante

21. Indeed, some who make their living by obstructing the nation are regarded just like worms on a corpse.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

• राष्ट्रोपरोधेन (rāṣṭroparodhena) - by the obstruction of the kingdom/nation

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood, conduct, mode of life

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they perform

• केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एव (eva) - only, just, precisely

• ते (te) - they

• अनु (anu) - after, along, with, according to

• मीयन्ते (mīyante) - they are measured, they are estimated, they are regarded

• कुणपम् (kuṇapam) - corpse, dead body

• कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms

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

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

राष्ट्रोपरोधेन (rāṣṭroparodhena) - by the obstruction of the kingdom/nation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāṣṭroparodha

rāṣṭroparodha - obstruction of the kingdom/nation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāṣṭra+uparodha)

• rāṣṭra – kingdom, nation, country
  noun (neuter)
• uparodha – obstruction, hindrance, oppression
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: rudh (class 7)

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - livelihood, conduct, mode of life

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - livelihood, conduct, mode of life, existence

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they make, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense

Root kṛ (8), Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecana

kecana - some, a certain one

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अनु (anu) - after, along, with, according to

(indeclinable)

मीयन्ते (mīyante) - they are measured, they are estimated, they are regarded

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of mā

Present Tense

From root mā (3), Ātmanepada, passive voice

Root: mā (class 3)

कुणपम् (kuṇapam) - corpse, dead body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuṇapa

kuṇapa - corpse, dead body

कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛmi

kṛmi - worm, insect

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

(indeclinable)