महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-96, verse-19

न धर्मोऽस्तीति मन्वानः शुचीनवहसन्निव ।
अश्रद्दधानभावाच्च विनाशमुपगच्छति ॥१९॥

19. na dharmo'stīti manvānaḥ śucīnavahasanniva ,
aśraddadhānabhāvācca vināśamupagacchati.

19. na dharmaḥ asti iti manvānaḥ śucīn avahasan iva
| aśraddadhāna-bhāvāt ca vināśam upagacchati

19. "dharmaḥ na asti" iti manvānaḥ,
śucīn avahasan iva ca aśraddadhāna-bhāvāt vināśam upagacchati

19. Thinking, "There is no natural law (dharma)," and as if ridiculing the pure, a person, due to a state of disbelief (aśraddadhāna), meets with destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech 'there is no dharma') (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech)

• मन्वानः (manvānaḥ) - thinking (thinking, believing, considering)

• शुचीन् (śucīn) - the pure (people) (the pure ones, the clean ones, the virtuous)

• अवहसन् (avahasan) - ridiculing (ridiculing, laughing at, mocking)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• अश्रद्दधान-भावात् (aśraddadhāna-bhāvāt) - due to a state of disbelief (aśraddadhāna) (from a state of disbelief, due to lack of faith)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction (destruction, ruin, perishing)

• उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - meets with (approaches, obtains, meets with)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'asti'.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, intrinsic nature, justice, religion

Derived from the root dhṛ (to hold, support, maintain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (marking direct speech 'there is no dharma') (thus, in this manner, marking direct speech)

(indeclinable)

मन्वानः (manvānaḥ) - thinking (thinking, believing, considering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manvāna

manvāna - thinking, believing, considering, supposing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root man (to think, believe) with śānac suffix

Root: man (class 4)

शुचीन् (śucīn) - the pure (people) (the pure ones, the clean ones, the virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy, virtuous, righteous

Note: Object of 'avahasan'.

अवहसन् (avahasan) - ridiculing (ridiculing, laughing at, mocking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahasat

avahasat - ridiculing, mocking, laughing at, scorning

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root has (to laugh) with prefix ava (down, away, scornfully)

Prefix: ava

Root: has (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies the action of ridiculing.

अश्रद्दधान-भावात् (aśraddadhāna-bhāvāt) - due to a state of disbelief (aśraddadhāna) (from a state of disbelief, due to lack of faith)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aśraddadhāna-bhāva

aśraddadhāna-bhāva - state of disbelief, lack of faith, absence of reverence

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'aśraddadhāna' (disbelieving) and 'bhāva' (state, condition)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśraddadhāna+bhāva)

• aśraddadhāna – disbelieving, lacking faith, irreverent
  adjective (masculine)
  Negative Present Middle Participle
  Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'śraddadhāna' (having faith). 'śraddadhāna' is from śrad (faith) + dhā (to place) in the intensive form, with śānac suffix.
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature, sentiment, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two reasons for destruction (thinking 'no dharma' and lacking faith).

विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction (destruction, ruin, perishing)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, death, loss, disappearance

Derived from the root naś (to perish) with prefix vi (apart, away)

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

उपगच्छति (upagacchati) - meets with (approaches, obtains, meets with)

(verb)

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

Root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'upa' (near, towards)

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)