महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-101, verse-36

देवाः प्रीणन्ति सततं मानिता मानयन्ति च ।
अवज्ञातावधूताश्च निर्दहन्त्यधमान्नरान् ॥३६॥

36. devāḥ prīṇanti satataṁ mānitā mānayanti ca ,
avajñātāvadhūtāśca nirdahantyadhamānnarān.

36. devāḥ prīṇanti satatam mānitāḥ mānayanti ca
avajñāta-avadhūtāḥ ca nirdahanti adhamān narān

36. devāḥ satatam prīṇanti ca mānitāḥ mānayanti ca
avajñāta-avadhūtāḥ adhamān narān nirdahanti

36. The gods are constantly delighted. When honored, they (the gods) bestow honor, and when disrespected and spurned, they consume the wicked among humans.

Words meanings summery:

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• प्रीणन्ति (prīṇanti) - they (the gods) are delighted/satisfied (by offerings) (they please, satisfy, delight)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• मानिताः (mānitāḥ) - when (the gods are) honored (honored, respected, esteemed)

• मानयन्ति (mānayanti) - they honor, they show respect, they esteem

• च (ca) - and

• अवज्ञात-अवधूताः (avajñāta-avadhūtāḥ) - when (the gods are) disrespected and spurned (disregarded and scorned, disrespected and rejected)

• च (ca) - and

• निर्दहन्ति (nirdahanti) - they burn down, they destroy, they consume

• अधमान् (adhamān) - the wicked among men (wicked, low, inferior (accusative plural))

• नरान् (narān) - humans, men (accusative plural)

Words meanings and morphology

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

प्रीणन्ति (prīṇanti) - they (the gods) are delighted/satisfied (by offerings) (they please, satisfy, delight)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of prī

Root verb in present tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: prī (class 9)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Neuter accusative singular used adverbially.

मानिताः (mānitāḥ) - when (the gods are) honored (honored, respected, esteemed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānita

mānita - honored, respected, esteemed, thought of, conceived

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the causative stem of √man (to think, respect).

Root: man (class 4)

मानयन्ति (mānayanti) - they honor, they show respect, they esteem

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of mānaya

Causative verb form

Causative stem of √man (to think, respect), present tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अवज्ञात-अवधूताः (avajñāta-avadhūtāḥ) - when (the gods are) disrespected and spurned (disregarded and scorned, disrespected and rejected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avajñāta-avadhūta

avajñāta-avadhūta - disregarded and scorned, disrespected and rejected, insulted and spurned

Past Passive Participle

Dvanda compound of two past passive participles.

Compound type : dvandva (avajñāta+avadhūta)

• avajñāta – disregarded, disrespected, scorned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √jñā with prefix ava.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• avadhūta – rejected, spurned, shaken off, despised
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of √dhū (to shake) with prefix ava.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: dhū (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निर्दहन्ति (nirdahanti) - they burn down, they destroy, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of nirdah

Root verb √dah (to burn) with prefix nir, present tense, 3rd person plural.

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

अधमान् (adhamān) - the wicked among men (wicked, low, inferior (accusative plural))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adhama

adhama - lowest, inferior, mean, vile, wicked

नरान् (narān) - humans, men (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person