महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-81, verse-8

असाधुः साधुतामेति साधुर्भवति दारुणः ।
अरिश्च मित्रं भवति मित्रं चापि प्रदुष्यति ॥८॥

8. asādhuḥ sādhutāmeti sādhurbhavati dāruṇaḥ ,
ariśca mitraṁ bhavati mitraṁ cāpi praduṣyati.

8. asādhuḥ sādhutām eti sādhuḥ bhavati dāruṇaḥ
ariḥ ca mitram bhavati mitram ca api praduṣyati

8. asādhuḥ sādhutām eti sādhuḥ dāruṇaḥ bhavati ca
ariḥ mitram bhavati ca api mitram praduṣyati

8. An evil person may attain goodness, and a good person may become cruel. An enemy may become a friend, and a friend, too, may become corrupt.

Words meanings summery:

• असाधुः (asādhuḥ) - an evil person (unrighteous, evil, bad person)

• साधुताम् (sādhutām) - goodness, righteousness, virtue

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

• साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a good person (good person, virtuous, righteous)

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - cruel, harsh, terrible

• अरिः (ariḥ) - enemy

• च (ca) - and

• मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

• प्रदुष्यति (praduṣyati) - becomes corrupt (becomes corrupt, decays, deteriorates)

Words meanings and morphology

असाधुः (asādhuḥ) - an evil person (unrighteous, evil, bad person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asādhu

asādhu - unrighteous, bad, evil, a bad person

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sādhu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous, a good person
  adjective/noun (masculine)

साधुताम् (sādhutām) - goodness, righteousness, virtue

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sādhutā

sādhutā - goodness, righteousness, virtue

एति (eti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

साधुः (sādhuḥ) - a good person (good person, virtuous, righteous)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, a good person

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - cruel, harsh, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - cruel, harsh, terrible, fearful

अरिः (ariḥ) - enemy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ari

ari - enemy, foe

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

(noun)

neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, ally

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, ally

(noun)

neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, ally

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

प्रदुष्यति (praduṣyati) - becomes corrupt (becomes corrupt, decays, deteriorates)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: duṣ (class 4)