महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-152, verse-17

कुर्वते च बहून्मार्गांस्तांस्तान्हेतुबलाश्रिताः ।
सर्वं मार्गं विलुम्पन्ति लोभाज्ञानेषु निष्ठिताः ॥१७॥

17. kurvate ca bahūnmārgāṁstāṁstānhetubalāśritāḥ ,
sarvaṁ mārgaṁ vilumpanti lobhājñāneṣu niṣṭhitāḥ.

17. kurvate ca bahūn mārgān tān tān hetubalāśritāḥ
sarvam mārgam vilumpanti lobhājñāneṣu niṣṭhitāḥ

17. hetubalāśritāḥ ca tān tān bahūn mārgān kurvate
sarvam mārgam lobhājñāneṣu niṣṭhitāḥ vilumpanti

17. Supported by the strength of arguments (hetubalāśritāḥ), they create many such paths. Yet, those established in greed and ignorance (lobhājñāneṣu niṣṭhitāḥ) plunder every path.

Words meanings summery:

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also, yet)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

• मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths (paths, ways, roads)

• तान् (tān) - such (those, such)

• तान् (tān) - such (those, such)

• हेतुबलाश्रिताः (hetubalāśritāḥ) - supported by the strength of arguments

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - every (all, every, whole)

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, way, road)

• विलुम्पन्ति (vilumpanti) - plunder (they plunder, they rob, they destroy)

• लोभाज्ञानेषु (lobhājñāneṣu) - in greed and ignorance

• निष्ठिताः (niṣṭhitāḥ) - established in (established, fixed, devoted to, engaged in)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(verb)

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

From root kṛ (8th class verb)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also, yet)

(indeclinable)

बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant, numerous

मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths (paths, ways, roads)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course, system

Root: mṛg (class 2)

तान् (tān) - such (those, such)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, such

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'those very ones'

तान् (tān) - such (those, such)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, such

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'those very ones'

हेतुबलाश्रिताः (hetubalāśritāḥ) - supported by the strength of arguments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hetubalāśrita

hetubalāśrita - supported by the strength of reasons or arguments, depending on logic

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hetubala+āśrita)

• hetu – reason, cause, argument, motive
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• āśrita – resorted to, dependent on, supported by, protected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā + śri (to lean on, resort to)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - every (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path (path, way, road)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course, system

Root: mṛg (class 2)

विलुम्पन्ति (vilumpanti) - plunder (they plunder, they rob, they destroy)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Lat) of vilump

From vi + lump (to break, cut off)

Prefix: vi

Root: lup (class 6)

लोभाज्ञानेषु (lobhājñāneṣu) - in greed and ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of lobhājñāna

lobhājñāna - greed and ignorance

Compound type : dvandva (lobha+ajñāna)

• lobha – greed, covetousness, desire
  noun (masculine)
  From root lubh (to covet)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Negation of jñāna (knowledge)
  Prefix: a

निष्ठिताः (niṣṭhitāḥ) - established in (established, fixed, devoted to, engaged in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niṣṭhita

niṣṭhita - established, fixed, completed, devoted to, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From ni + sthā (to stand, remain)

Prefix: ni

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used substantively