महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-153, verse-3

अज्ञानान्निरयं याति तथाज्ञानेन दुर्गतिम् ।
अज्ञानात्क्लेशमाप्नोति तथापत्सु निमज्जति ॥३॥

3. ajñānānnirayaṁ yāti tathājñānena durgatim ,
ajñānātkleśamāpnoti tathāpatsu nimajjati.

3. ajñānāt nirayam yāti tathā ajñānena durgatim
ajñānāt kleśam āpnoti tathā āpatsu nimajjati

3. ajñānāt nirayam yāti tathā ajñānena durgatim
ajñānāt kleśam āpnoti tathā āpatsu nimajjati

3. Due to ignorance, one goes to misery and similarly falls into a wretched state. From ignorance, one obtains distress, and likewise sinks into calamities.

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to ignorance

• निरयम् (nirayam) - to misery, to hell

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, and

• अज्ञानेन (ajñānena) - by ignorance, through ignorance

• दुर्गतिम् (durgatim) - to a bad state, to misfortune

• अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to ignorance

• क्लेशम् (kleśam) - suffering, affliction

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, attains

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, and

• आपत्सु (āpatsu) - in calamities, in misfortunes

• निमज्जति (nimajjati) - sinks, dives, is immersed

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, understanding, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √jñā (class 9)

निरयम् (nirayam) - to misery, to hell

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niraya

niraya - hell, a place of torment, misery, misfortune

Prefix: ni

Root: √i (class 2)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of √yā

Root: √yā (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, and

(indeclinable)

अज्ञानेन (ajñānena) - by ignorance, through ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, understanding, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √jñā (class 9)

दुर्गतिम् (durgatim) - to a bad state, to misfortune

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durgati

durgati - a bad state, misfortune, distress, hell

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (dur+gati)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
• gati – going, motion, state, condition, destination
  noun (feminine)
  Root: √gam (class 1)

अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, understanding, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √jñā (class 9)

क्लेशम् (kleśam) - suffering, affliction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, affliction, suffering, trouble

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of √āp

Root: √āp (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, and

(indeclinable)

आपत्सु (āpatsu) - in calamities, in misfortunes

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, adversity

Prefix: ā

Root: √pad (class 4)

निमज्जति (nimajjati) - sinks, dives, is immersed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of nimajj

Prefix: ni

Root: √majj (class 6)