महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-259, verse-16

गरीयांसो गरीयांसमपराधे पुनः पुनः ।
तथा विसर्गमर्हन्ति न यथा प्रथमे तथा ॥१६॥

16. garīyāṁso garīyāṁsamaparādhe punaḥ punaḥ ,
tathā visargamarhanti na yathā prathame tathā.

16. gariyāṃsaḥ gariyāṃsam aparādhe punaḥ punaḥ
tathā visargam arhanti na yathā prathame tathā

16. punaḥ punaḥ gariyāṃsam aparādhe (kṛtāḥ) gariyāṃsaḥ visargam arhanti,
na yathā prathame (aparādhe) tathā

16. For offenses committed repeatedly, increasingly severe consequences (visarga) are deserved; they should not be treated as for the first instance.

Words meanings summery:

• गरियांसः (gariyāṁsaḥ) - more severe (consequences or punishments) (more severe, heavier, more grievous)

• गरियांसम् (gariyāṁsam) - a more severe (offense) (more severe, heavier, more grievous)

• अपराधे (aparādhe) - in an offense, in a fault, for a transgression

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

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

• विसर्गम् (visargam) - consequence or punishment for an offense (release, abandonment, emission, consequence, punishment)

• अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - they deserve, they are worthy of

• न (na) - not

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what way

• प्रथमे (prathame) - in the first instance or first offense (in the first)

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

गरियांसः (gariyāṁsaḥ) - more severe (consequences or punishments) (more severe, heavier, more grievous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, more weighty, more severe, more grievous

Comparative degree of 'guru' (heavy, weighty).

Note: Here refers implicitly to the 'consequences' or 'punishments' that are deserved.

गरियांसम् (gariyāṁsam) - a more severe (offense) (more severe, heavier, more grievous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, more weighty, more severe, more grievous

Comparative degree of 'guru' (heavy, weighty).

Note: Modifies an implied 'aparādham' (offense).

अपराधे (aparādhe) - in an offense, in a fault, for a transgression

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aparādha

aparādha - offense, fault, transgression, crime

From 'apa-rād' (to fail, offend).

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 5)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ' for 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the iterative expression 'punaḥ punaḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + '-thā' (manner suffix).

विसर्गम् (visargam) - consequence or punishment for an offense (release, abandonment, emission, consequence, punishment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of visarga

visarga - emission, discharge, creation, abandonment, giving up, consequence, punishment

From 'vi-sṛj' (to let go, abandon, create).

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - they deserve, they are worthy of

(verb)

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

Present active

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice.

Root: arh (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the comparison that follows.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what way

(indeclinable)

From 'yad' (what) + '-thā' (manner suffix).

प्रथमे (prathame) - in the first instance or first offense (in the first)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, primary, initial

Superlative form derived from 'pra' (foremost).

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + '-thā' (manner suffix).