महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-251, verse-5

अलब्ध्वा निपुणं धर्मं पापः पापे प्रसज्जति ।
न च पापकृतः पापान्मुच्यन्ते केचिदापदि ॥५॥

5. alabdhvā nipuṇaṁ dharmaṁ pāpaḥ pāpe prasajjati ,
na ca pāpakṛtaḥ pāpānmucyante kecidāpadi.

5. alabdhvā nipuṇam dharmam pāpaḥ pāpe prasajjati
na ca pāpakṛtaḥ pāpān mucyante kecit āpadi

5. pāpaḥ nipuṇam dharmam alabdhvā pāpe prasajjati
ca āpadi api kecit pāpakṛtaḥ pāpān na mucyante

5. One who fails to grasp the true nature of righteousness (dharma) becomes steeped in sin. And even in times of calamity, those who commit evil are not released from their wrongdoings.

Words meanings summery:

• अलब्ध्वा (alabdhvā) - without having grasped (the true nature of) (not having obtained, without having grasped)

• निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - true, profound (qualifying dharma) (skillful, expert, clever, excellent, profound)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - the true nature of righteousness (dharma) (righteousness, natural law, duty, intrinsic nature)

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - a wicked person (wicked person, sinner, evil-doer)

• पापे (pāpe) - in sin (in sin, in evil)

• प्रसज्जति (prasajjati) - becomes steeped in, indulges in (clings, adheres, indulges, becomes addicted, applies oneself to)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पापकृतः (pāpakṛtaḥ) - those who commit evil (those who commit evil, sinners, doers of sin)

• पापान् (pāpān) - their wrongdoings (sins) (sins, evils)

• मुच्यन्ते (mucyante) - are released (are freed, are released)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

• आपदि (āpadi) - in times of calamity (in distress, in calamity, in danger)

Words meanings and morphology

अलब्ध्वा (alabdhvā) - without having grasped (the true nature of) (not having obtained, without having grasped)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed by negative prefix 'a-' and the absolutive form 'labdhvā' from root 'labh'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+labdhvā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• labdhvā – having obtained, having grasped
  indeclinable
  absolutive
  Absolutive from root labh (to obtain, grasp)
  Root: labh (class 1)

निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - true, profound (qualifying dharma) (skillful, expert, clever, excellent, profound)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nipuṇa

nipuṇa - skillful, expert, clever, excellent, profound, true

Note: Qualifies 'dharmam'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the true nature of righteousness (dharma) (righteousness, natural law, duty, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, justice, virtue, intrinsic nature, constitution

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'alabdhvā'.

पापः (pāpaḥ) - a wicked person (wicked person, sinner, evil-doer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sin, sinner

Note: Subject of 'prasajjati'.

पापे (pāpe) - in sin (in sin, in evil)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sin

प्रसज्जति (prasajjati) - becomes steeped in, indulges in (clings, adheres, indulges, becomes addicted, applies oneself to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sajj

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice. From √sañj (class 1 'sajati' / 'sajjate') with prefix 'pra-'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sañj (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

पापकृतः (pāpakṛtaḥ) - those who commit evil (those who commit evil, sinners, doers of sin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakṛt

pāpakṛt - doer of evil, sinner, wicked

agent noun

Compound of 'pāpa' (sin) and 'kṛt' (doer, agent suffix from √kṛ).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+kṛt)

• pāpa – evil, sin
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – doer, maker
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'mucyante'.

पापान् (pāpān) - their wrongdoings (sins) (sins, evils)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, wickedness

Note: Often used in ablative with 'mucyate' ('freed from'). Here accusative plural, possibly indicating the sins as objects of release.

मुच्यन्ते (mucyante) - are released (are freed, are released)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

present passive

3rd person plural, present tense, passive voice, middle voice ending. The root 'muc' forms passive in 'mucyate'.

Root: muc (class 6)

केचित् (kecit) - some (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecit

kecit - some, certain, any

Indefinite pronoun formed from the nominative plural masculine of 'kim' ('ke') and the indefinite particle 'cit'.

Note: Refers to 'pāpakṛtaḥ'.

आपदि (āpadi) - in times of calamity (in distress, in calamity, in danger)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - distress, calamity, adversity, misfortune

From prefix 'ā-' + root 'pad' (to go, fall), forming the feminine noun stem 'āpad'.

Root: pad (class 4)