महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-94, verse-1

वामदेव उवाच ।
यत्राधर्मं प्रणयते दुर्बले बलवत्तरः ।
तां वृत्तिमुपजीवन्ति ये भवन्ति तदन्वयाः ॥१॥

1. vāmadeva uvāca ,
yatrādharmaṁ praṇayate durbale balavattaraḥ ,
tāṁ vṛttimupajīvanti ye bhavanti tadanvayāḥ.

1. vāmadevaḥ uvāca yatra adharmam praṇayate durbalé
balavattaraḥ tām vṛttim upajīvanti ye bhavanti tadanvayāḥ

1. vāmadevaḥ uvāca yatra balavattaraḥ durbalé adharmam
praṇayate ye tadanvayāḥ bhavanti tām vṛttim upajīvanti

1. Vāmadeva said: Where a stronger person imposes unrighteousness (adharma) upon a weaker one, those who are connected with that (stronger person) subsist on that kind of conduct.

Words meanings summery:

• वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case

• अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, injustice, evil)

• प्रणयते (praṇayate) - imposes, inflicts (performs, executes, inflicts, causes)

• दुर्बल्é (durbalé) - upon a weaker one (upon the weak, to the weak one)

• बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - a stronger person (stronger, more powerful)

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative singular)

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - that kind of conduct (conduct, behavior, way of life, mode)

• उपजीवन्ति (upajīvanti) - subsist on (live upon, subsist by, make a living from)

• ये (ye) - who (masculine nominative plural)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - who are (they are, they become)

• तदन्वयाः (tadanvayāḥ) - those who are connected with that (stronger person) (those connected with him, his followers)

Words meanings and morphology

वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - Vāmadeva (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāmadeva

vāmadeva - name of a sage, a deity

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

3rd singular perfect active indicative (liṭ), irregular formation from root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case

(indeclinable)

अधर्मम् (adharmam) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, injustice, evil)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, evil, wrong conduct

Negation of dharma by prefix 'a-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रणयते (praṇayate) - imposes, inflicts (performs, executes, inflicts, causes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of nī

present middle

3rd singular present middle indicative, from root 'nī' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: nī (class 1)

दुर्बल्é (durbalé) - upon a weaker one (upon the weak, to the weak one)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as a substantive here.

बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - a stronger person (stronger, more powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavattara

balavattara - stronger, more powerful

Comparative degree of 'balavat' (strong, powerful)

Note: Used as a substantive here.

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, she

Note: Refers to 'vṛttim'.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - that kind of conduct (conduct, behavior, way of life, mode)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - conduct, course of action, behavior, livelihood

From root 'vṛt' (to be, to exist, to turn) + 'ti' suffix.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उपजीवन्ति (upajīvanti) - subsist on (live upon, subsist by, make a living from)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd plural present active indicative, from root 'jīv' with prefix 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: jīv (class 1)

ये (ye) - who (masculine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the people connected to the stronger person.

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - who are (they are, they become)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd plural present active indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदन्वयाः (tadanvayāḥ) - those who are connected with that (stronger person) (those connected with him, his followers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadanvaya

tadanvaya - connected with that, following that, lineage from that

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+anvaya)

• tad – that, his
  pronoun
• anvaya – connection, lineage, succession, following
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used as a substantive here.