महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-158, verse-2

कण्टकान्कूपमग्निं च वर्जयन्ति यथा नराः ।
तथा नृशंसकर्माणं वर्जयन्ति नरा नरम् ॥२॥

2. kaṇṭakānkūpamagniṁ ca varjayanti yathā narāḥ ,
tathā nṛśaṁsakarmāṇaṁ varjayanti narā naram.

2. kaṇṭakān kūpam agnim ca varjayanti yathā narāḥ
tathā nṛśaṃsakarmāṇam varjayanti narā naram

2. narāḥ yathā kaṇṭakān kūpam agnim ca varjayanti
tathā narāḥ nṛśaṃsakarmāṇam naram varjayanti

2. Just as people avoid thorns, a pit, and fire, so too do people shun a person whose deeds (karma) are cruel.

Words meanings summery:

• कण्टकान् (kaṇṭakān) - thorns

• कूपम् (kūpam) - well, pit

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• च (ca) - and

• वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, shun

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

• नृशंसकर्माणम् (nṛśaṁsakarmāṇam) - one whose actions are cruel, a cruel-doer

• वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, shun

• नरा (narā) - people, men

• नरम् (naram) - a person, man

Words meanings and morphology

कण्टकान् (kaṇṭakān) - thorns

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaṇṭaka

kaṇṭaka - thorn, prickle; difficulty, obstacle

कूपम् (kūpam) - well, pit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit, hole

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; god of fire

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, shun

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of varj

Present tense, 3rd person, plural, active voice

Root: vṛj (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

(indeclinable)

नृशंसकर्माणम् (nṛśaṁsakarmāṇam) - one whose actions are cruel, a cruel-doer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsakarmaṇ

nṛśaṁsakarmaṇ - one who performs cruel deeds, cruel in action

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nṛśaṃsa+karmaṇ)

• nṛśaṃsa – cruel, malicious, wicked
  adjective (masculine)
• karmaṇ – action, deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, shun

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of varj

Present tense, 3rd person, plural, active voice

Root: vṛj (class 10)

नरा (narā) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

नरम् (naram) - a person, man

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being