महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-283, verse-12

ततो मोहपरीतास्ते नापश्यन्त यथा पुरा ।
परस्परावमर्देन वर्तयन्ति यथासुखम् ॥१२॥

12. tato mohaparītāste nāpaśyanta yathā purā ,
parasparāvamardena vartayanti yathāsukham.

12. tataḥ mohaparītāḥ te na apaśyanta yathā purā
| parasparāvamardena vartayanti yathāsukham

12. tataḥ mohaparītāḥ te purā yathā na apaśyanta
parasparāvamardena yathāsukham vartayanti

12. Then, overcome by delusion (moha), they no longer perceived things as they had before. They conducted themselves by mutually oppressing each other, acting as they pleased.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, subsequently

• मोहपरीताः (mohaparītāḥ) - overcome by delusion, enveloped in delusion

• ते (te) - they

• न (na) - not, no

• अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw, they perceived

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, before, in the past

• परस्परावमर्देन (parasparāvamardena) - by mutual oppression, by crushing each other

• वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they act, they behave, they proceed

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as they pleased, according to their pleasure, comfortably

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, subsequently

(indeclinable)

मोहपरीताः (mohaparītāḥ) - overcome by delusion, enveloped in delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mohaparīta

mohaparīta - overcome/enveloped by delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+parīta)

• moha – delusion, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• parīta – enveloped, surrounded, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root iṇ (to go) with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: iṇ (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Forms for masculine nominative plural.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw, they perceived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada form.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, before, in the past

(indeclinable)

परस्परावमर्देन (parasparāvamardena) - by mutual oppression, by crushing each other

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parasparāvamarda

parasparāvamarda - mutual oppression/crushing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paraspara+avamarda)

• paraspara – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  adjective (masculine)
• avamarda – crushing, destroying, oppression
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root mṛd (to crush) with prefix ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they act, they behave, they proceed

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as they pleased, according to their pleasure, comfortably

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial compound.