महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-174, verse-3

दुर्भिक्षादेव दुर्भिक्षं क्लेशात्क्लेशं भयाद्भयम् ।
मृतेभ्यः प्रमृतं यान्ति दरिद्राः पापकारिणः ॥३॥

3. durbhikṣādeva durbhikṣaṁ kleśātkleśaṁ bhayādbhayam ,
mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtaṁ yānti daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ.

3. durbhikṣāt eva durbhikṣam kleśāt kleśam bhayāt bhayam
| mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtam yānti daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ

3. daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ durbhikṣāt eva durbhikṣam
kleśāt kleśam bhayāt bhayam mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtam yānti

3. Those who are impoverished and commit sins go from one famine to another, from one suffering to another, from one fear to another, and from the dead to utter death.

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्भिक्षात् (durbhikṣāt) - From one famine. (from famine, from scarcity)

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the continuous nature of the suffering. (only, just, indeed)

• दुर्भिक्षम् (durbhikṣam) - To another famine. (famine, scarcity)

• क्लेशात् (kleśāt) - From one suffering. (from suffering, from distress)

• क्लेशम् (kleśam) - To another suffering. (suffering, distress)

• भयात् (bhayāt) - From one fear. (from fear, from dread)

• भयम् (bhayam) - To another fear. (fear, dread)

• मृतेभ्यः (mṛtebhyaḥ) - From the state of being dead. (from the dead (ones))

• प्रमृतम् (pramṛtam) - To utter death. (utter death, complete death)

• यान्ति (yānti) - They go (from one state to another). (they go, they move)

• दरिद्राः (daridrāḥ) - The impoverished (ones). (poor, destitute)

• पापकारिणः (pāpakāriṇaḥ) - Those who commit sins. (sin-doers, evil-doers)

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्भिक्षात् (durbhikṣāt) - From one famine. (from famine, from scarcity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of durbhikṣa

durbhikṣa - famine, scarcity, distress, bad alms

Compound of dur- ('bad') and bhikṣa ('alms, food')

Note: Source of transition.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the continuous nature of the suffering. (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

दुर्भिक्षम् (durbhikṣam) - To another famine. (famine, scarcity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durbhikṣa

durbhikṣa - famine, scarcity, distress, bad alms

Compound of dur- ('bad') and bhikṣa ('alms, food')

Note: Destination of transition.

क्लेशात् (kleśāt) - From one suffering. (from suffering, from distress)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, suffering, affliction, trouble

Note: Source of transition.

क्लेशम् (kleśam) - To another suffering. (suffering, distress)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, suffering, affliction, trouble

Note: Destination of transition.

भयात् (bhayāt) - From one fear. (from fear, from dread)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

Note: Source of transition.

भयम् (bhayam) - To another fear. (fear, dread)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

Note: Destination of transition.

मृतेभ्यः (mṛtebhyaḥ) - From the state of being dead. (from the dead (ones))

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased; a dead person

Past Passive Participle

From √mṛ ('to die')

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Can refer to dead people or the state of death.

प्रमृतम् (pramṛtam) - To utter death. (utter death, complete death)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramṛta

pramṛta - quite dead, completely dead; utter death

Past Passive Participle

From √mṛ with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Destination of transition.

यान्ति (yānti) - They go (from one state to another). (they go, they move)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd person plural present indicative active of √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ'.

दरिद्राः (daridrāḥ) - The impoverished (ones). (poor, destitute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daridra

daridra - poor, needy, destitute, impoverished

From √daridrā ('to be poor')

Root: daridrā (class 2)

Note: Acts as a noun, the subject.

पापकारिणः (pāpakāriṇaḥ) - Those who commit sins. (sin-doers, evil-doers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakārin

pāpakārin - sin-doing, evil-doing; a sinner, an evil-doer

Compound of pāpa ('sin') and kārin ('doer')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+kārin)

• pāpa – evil, bad, wicked; sin, vice, evil deed
  noun (neuter)
• kārin – doing, making, causing; a doer, agent
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Suffix -in added to √kṛ ('to do')
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Also acts as a noun, subject, parallel to 'daridrāḥ'.