महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-252, verse-15

कामादन्ये क्षयादन्ये कारणैरपरैस्तथा ।
असन्तो हि वृथाचारं भजन्ते बहवोऽपरे ॥१५॥

15. kāmādanye kṣayādanye kāraṇairaparaistathā ,
asanto hi vṛthācāraṁ bhajante bahavo'pare.

15. kāmāt anye kṣayāt anye kāraṇaiḥ aparaiḥ tathā
asantaḥ hi vṛthācāram bhajante bahavaḥ apare

15. anye kāmāt anye kṣayāt tathā aparaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ
hi bahavaḥ apare asantaḥ vṛthācāram bhajante

15. Some are motivated by desire, others by decline or destruction, and still others by various different reasons. Indeed, many unrighteous (asantaḥ) individuals engage in vain and useless conduct.

Words meanings summery:

• कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from lust

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other people

• क्षयात् (kṣayāt) - from decay, from destruction, from loss

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other people

• कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

• अपरैः (aparaiḥ) - by other, by different

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

• असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the unrighteous, the non-existent, the bad

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• वृथाचारम् (vṛthācāram) - vain conduct, useless practice

• भजन्ते (bhajante) - they practice, they resort to, they cultivate

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• अपरे (apare) - others, other people

Words meanings and morphology

कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire, from lust

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, lust, sensual pleasure

अन्ये (anye) - others, other people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

क्षयात् (kṣayāt) - from decay, from destruction, from loss

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - decay, decline, destruction, loss, ruin, end

अन्ये (anye) - others, other people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

अपरैः (aparaiḥ) - by other, by different

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different, later, subsequent

Note: Agrees in gender with 'kāraṇaiḥ', which can also be masculine plural instrumental for 'kāraṇa'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the unrighteous, the non-existent, the bad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, wicked, untrue

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

वृथाचारम् (vṛthācāram) - vain conduct, useless practice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛthācāra

vṛthācāra - vain conduct, improper behavior, useless practice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛthā+ācāra)

• vṛthā – in vain, uselessly, wrongly
  indeclinable
• ācāra – conduct, practice, custom, behavior, tradition
  noun (masculine)

भजन्ते (bhajante) - they practice, they resort to, they cultivate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

अपरे (apare) - others, other people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different, later