महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-5

राजदण्डभयादेके पापाः पापं न कुर्वते ।
यमदण्डभयादेके परलोकभयादपि ॥५॥

5. rājadaṇḍabhayādeke pāpāḥ pāpaṁ na kurvate ,
yamadaṇḍabhayādeke paralokabhayādapi.

5. rājadaṇḍabhayāt eke pāpāḥ pāpam na kurvate
yamadaṇḍabhayāt eke paralokabhayāt api

5. eke pāpāḥ rājadaṇḍabhayāt pāpam na kurvate
eke yamadaṇḍabhayāt paralokabhayāt api

5. Some wicked individuals do not commit sinful acts (pāpa) out of fear of royal punishment (rājadaṇḍa). Others [refrain] out of fear of Yama's rod (yamadaṇḍa), and still others even from fear of the afterlife.

Words meanings summery:

• राजदण्डभयात् (rājadaṇḍabhayāt) - from fear of royal punishment/justice

• एके (eke) - some (people)

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - wicked persons, sinners

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

• न (na) - not, no

• कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they make, they commit

• यमदण्डभयात् (yamadaṇḍabhayāt) - from fear of Yama's punishment/rod

• एके (eke) - some (people)

• परलोकभयात् (paralokabhayāt) - from fear of the other world, from fear of the afterlife

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

राजदण्डभयात् (rājadaṇḍabhayāt) - from fear of royal punishment/justice

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rājadaṇḍabhaya

rājadaṇḍabhaya - fear of royal punishment, fear of king's rod

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+daṇḍa+bhaya)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment, justice
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)

एके (eke) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, a certain, some

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - wicked persons, sinners

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sinful, sin, vice

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'sinners'

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sinful, sin, vice

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they make, they commit

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यमदण्डभयात् (yamadaṇḍabhayāt) - from fear of Yama's punishment/rod

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yamadaṇḍabhaya

yamadaṇḍabhaya - fear of Yama's punishment, fear of Yama's rod

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yama+daṇḍa+bhaya)

• yama – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment, justice
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)

एके (eke) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, a certain, some

परलोकभयात् (paralokabhayāt) - from fear of the other world, from fear of the afterlife

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of paralokabhaya

paralokabhaya - fear of the other world, fear of the afterlife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka+bhaya)

• para – other, next, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)