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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-206, verse-4

कामात्क्रोधमवाप्याथ लोभमोहौ च मानवाः ।
मानदर्पादहंकारमहंकारात्ततः क्रियाः ॥४॥
4. kāmātkrodhamavāpyātha lobhamohau ca mānavāḥ ,
mānadarpādahaṁkāramahaṁkārāttataḥ kriyāḥ.
4. kāmāt krodham avāpya atha lobha mohau ca mānavāḥ
māna darpāt ahaṅkāram ahaṅkārāt tataḥ kriyāḥ
4. mānavāḥ kāmāt krodham avāpya atha lobha mohau
ca mānadarpāt ahaṅkāram ahaṅkārāt tataḥ kriyāḥ
4. Human beings, driven by desire, first acquire anger. Following this, they experience greed and delusion. From pride and arrogance, they develop a sense of ego (ahaṅkāra), and from this ego (ahaṅkāra), actions arise.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from lust
  • क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath
  • अवाप्य (avāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having acquired
  • अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now, and
  • लोभ (lobha) - greed
  • मोहौ (mohau) - delusion, infatuation
  • (ca) - and, also
  • मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men
  • मान (māna) - pride, honor, respect
  • दर्पात् (darpāt) - from arrogance, from pride
  • अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), egotism, self-conceit
  • अहङ्कारात् (ahaṅkārāt) - from ego (ahaṅkāra), from egotism
  • ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards
  • क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, activities, deeds

Words meanings and morphology

कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from lust
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma
kāma - desire, wish, lust, love, object of desire
Root: kam (class 1)
क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of krodha
krodha - anger, wrath, fury
Derived from √krudh 'to be angry'.
Root: krudh (class 4)
अवाप्य (avāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having acquired
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
Formed from prefix ava- + root √āp (to obtain) + -ya suffix.
Prefix: ava
Root: āp (class 5)
अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now, and
(indeclinable)
लोभ (lobha) - greed
(noun)
masculine, singular of lobha
lobha - greed, covetousness, avarice
Derived from √lubh 'to covet'.
Root: lubh (class 4)
Note: First part of a dvandva compound 'lobhamohau'.
मोहौ (mohau) - delusion, infatuation
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of moha
moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance
Derived from √muh 'to be bewildered, confused'.
Root: muh (class 4)
Note: Second part of a dvandva compound 'lobhamohau'.
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings, men
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava
mānava - human, human being, man, descendant of Manu
From Manu (man) + -a (descendant).
Root: man
मान (māna) - pride, honor, respect
(noun)
masculine, singular of māna
māna - pride, honor, respect, self-respect, measurement
From √man 'to think'.
Root: man (class 4)
Note: First part of a dvandva compound 'mānadarpāt'.
दर्पात् (darpāt) - from arrogance, from pride
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of darpa
darpa - arrogance, pride, haughtiness, conceit
From √dṛp 'to be proud'.
Root: dṛp (class 4)
Note: Second part of a dvandva compound 'mānadarpāt'.
अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), egotism, self-conceit
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra
ahaṅkāra - ego, egotism, self-conceit, the sense of 'I' or 'my'
From aham (I) + kāra (maker, doer).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अहङ्कारात् (ahaṅkārāt) - from ego (ahaṅkāra), from egotism
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra
ahaṅkāra - ego, egotism, self-conceit, the sense of 'I' or 'my'
From aham (I) + kāra (maker, doer).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards
(indeclinable)
Adverbial form of tad (that).
क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - actions, activities, deeds
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of kriyā
kriyā - action, activity, deed, rite, performance
From √kṛ 'to do'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: The verb 'arise' or 'happen' is implicit.