महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-42

धर्माभिचारिणः पापाश्चारा लोकस्य कण्टकाः ।
समागच्छन्ति तान्बुद्ध्वा नियच्छेच्छमयेदपि ॥४२॥

42. dharmābhicāriṇaḥ pāpāścārā lokasya kaṇṭakāḥ ,
samāgacchanti tānbuddhvā niyacchecchamayedapi.

42. dharma-abhicāriṇaḥ pāpāḥ cārāḥ lokasya kaṇṭakāḥ
samāgacchanti tān buddhvā niyacchet śamayet api

42. dharma-abhicāriṇaḥ pāpāḥ cārāḥ lokasya kaṇṭakāḥ
samāgacchanti tān buddhvā niyacchet api śamayet

42. Evildoers who violate natural law (dharma), wicked persons, spies, and thorns of society gather. Having understood them, one should restrain and even pacify them.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्म-अभिचारिणः (dharma-abhicāriṇaḥ) - violators of natural law, transgressors of duty

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - evildoers, wicked persons

• चाराः (cārāḥ) - spies, scouts

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of society

• कण्टकाः (kaṇṭakāḥ) - metaphorically refers to troublesome individuals or enemies of society (thorns, nuisances, enemies)

• समागच्छन्ति (samāgacchanti) - they gather, they come together

• तान् (tān) - them

• बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• नियच्छेत् (niyacchet) - one should restrain, one should control, one should curb

• शमयेत् (śamayet) - one should pacify, one should calm, one should subdue

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

Words meanings and morphology

धर्म-अभिचारिणः (dharma-abhicāriṇaḥ) - violators of natural law, transgressors of duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma-abhicārin

dharma-abhicārin - one who acts against natural law/duty, violator of natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+abhicārin)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• abhicārin – acting against, attacking, transgressor
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root 'car' with 'abhi'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: car (class 1)

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - evildoers, wicked persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sinful; evildoer, sinner

चाराः (cārāḥ) - spies, scouts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cāra

cāra - spy, scout, secret agent, messenger

Root: car (class 1)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of society

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, mankind, society

कण्टकाः (kaṇṭakāḥ) - metaphorically refers to troublesome individuals or enemies of society (thorns, nuisances, enemies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇṭaka

kaṇṭaka - thorn, spike, enemy, nuisance, impediment

समागच्छन्ति (samāgacchanti) - they gather, they come together

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

absolutative/gerund

Root: budh (class 1)

नियच्छेत् (niyacchet) - one should restrain, one should control, one should curb

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of niyam

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

शमयेत् (śamayet) - one should pacify, one should calm, one should subdue

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of śam

causative

Causative of root śam (class 4), or root śam (class 10)

Root: śam (class 4)

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)