महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-254, verse-31

यस्मादुद्विजते लोकः सर्पाद्वेश्मगतादिव ।
न स धर्ममवाप्नोति इह लोके परत्र च ॥३१॥

31. yasmādudvijate lokaḥ sarpādveśmagatādiva ,
na sa dharmamavāpnoti iha loke paratra ca.

31. yasmāt udvijate lokaḥ sarpāt veśmagatāt iva
na saḥ dharmam avāpnoti iha loke paratra ca

31. yasmāt lokaḥ veśmagatāt sarpāt iva udvijate
saḥ iha loke ca paratra dharmam na avāpnoti

31. He from whom people shrink back, just as one would from a snake that has entered the house, does not attain righteousness (dharma) in this world or in the next.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom, from which

• उद्विजते (udvijate) - trembles, is disturbed, shrinks away

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

• सर्पात् (sarpāt) - from a snake

• वेश्मगतात् (veśmagatāt) - from one gone into the house, from a house-dweller (snake)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - he

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, virtue, duty

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, in the next life

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom, from which

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

उद्विजते (udvijate) - trembles, is disturbed, shrinks away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of udvij

Present Indicative

from ud- + vij-

Prefix: ud

Root: vij (class 6)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, region

Root: lok (class 1)

सर्पात् (sarpāt) - from a snake

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

from root sṛp- to creep

Root: sṛp (class 1)

वेश्मगतात् (veśmagatāt) - from one gone into the house, from a house-dweller (snake)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of veśmagata

veśmagata - gone into the house, dwelling in the house

Past Passive Participle

from veśman (house) + gata (gone)

Compound type : tatpurusha (veśman+gata)

• veśman – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Root: viś (class 6)
• gata – gone, reached, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam- to go
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: modifies sarpāt

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, virtue, duty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of avāp

Present Indicative

from ava- + āp-

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, region

Root: lok (class 1)

परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, in the next life

(indeclinable)

from para (other) + tra (suffix of place)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)