महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-133, verse-33

लोष्टैः स्तम्भैरुपायैर्वा जन्तून्बाधति शोभने ।
हिंसार्थं निकृतिप्रज्ञः प्रोद्वेजयति चैव ह ॥३३॥

33. loṣṭaiḥ stambhairupāyairvā jantūnbādhati śobhane ,
hiṁsārthaṁ nikṛtiprajñaḥ prodvejayati caiva ha.

33. loṣṭaiḥ stambhaiḥ upāyaiḥ vā jantūn bādhate śobhane
hiṃsārtham nikṛtiprajñaḥ prodvejayati ca eva ha

33. śobhane,
nikṛtiprajñaḥ (yaḥ) hiṃsārtham jantūn loṣṭaiḥ vā stambhaiḥ vā upāyaiḥ vā bādhate ca eva ha prodvejayati.

33. O beautiful one, whoever, with a treacherous intellect, for the purpose of causing harm, torments beings with clods of earth, pillars, or (other) devices, and indeed causes them distress...

Words meanings summery:

• लोष्टैः (loṣṭaiḥ) - with clods of earth, with lumps of clay

• स्तम्भैः (stambhaiḥ) - with posts, with pillars, with poles

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - with (other) various devices or means (to harm) (with means, with devices, with tricks, with expedients)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• जन्तून् (jantūn) - sentient beings (creatures, beings, living things)

• बाधते (bādhate) - torments or afflicts (harasses, oppresses, torments, afflicts)

• शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one (vocative, addressing a female) (O beautiful one, O excellent one)

• हिंसार्थम् (hiṁsārtham) - for the purpose of harming, with intent to injure

• निकृतिप्रज्ञः (nikṛtiprajñaḥ) - having a crooked intellect, treacherous, deceitful

• प्रोद्वेजयति (prodvejayati) - causes distress or torments (causes to tremble, frightens, torments, distresses)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (particle)

Words meanings and morphology

लोष्टैः (loṣṭaiḥ) - with clods of earth, with lumps of clay

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of loṣṭa

loṣṭa - clod, lump of earth/clay, stone

Masculine or neuter noun.

स्तम्भैः (stambhaiḥ) - with posts, with pillars, with poles

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of stambha

stambha - post, pillar, column, trunk (of a tree)

Masculine noun. From root √stambh (to prop, support, make firm).

Root: stambh (class 5)

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - with (other) various devices or means (to harm) (with means, with devices, with tricks, with expedients)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device, trick, stratagem

From upa-√i (to go near, approach, attain), noun derived from this root.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

जन्तून् (jantūn) - sentient beings (creatures, beings, living things)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man

Masculine noun. From root √jan (to be born, produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'bādhate' and 'prodvejayati'.

बाधते (bādhate) - torments or afflicts (harasses, oppresses, torments, afflicts)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

1st conjugation verb, parasmaipada/ātmanepada. Here ātmanepada.

Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'yaḥ' from the previous verse.

शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one (vocative, addressing a female) (O beautiful one, O excellent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śobhanā

śobhana - beautiful, splendid, auspicious, good, excellent

Adjective from √śubh (to shine, be beautiful), feminine form.

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Direct address to a female interlocutor.

हिंसार्थम् (hiṁsārtham) - for the purpose of harming, with intent to injure

(indeclinable)

Compound: hiṃsā (harm, injury) + artham (for the sake of). Used adverbially.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hiṃsā+artha)

• hiṃsā – harm, injury, violence
  noun (feminine)
  From root √hiṃs (to injure, harm).
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an adverbial phrase.

निकृतिप्रज्ञः (nikṛtiprajñaḥ) - having a crooked intellect, treacherous, deceitful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nikṛtiprajña

nikṛtiprajña - having a crooked or deceitful intellect

Compound: nikṛti (fraud, deceit) + prajñā (wisdom, intellect).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nikṛti+prajñā)

• nikṛti – fraud, deceit, treachery, degradation
  noun (feminine)
  From ni-√kṛ (to do, make, compose), here meaning wrong doing, deceit.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prajñā – wisdom, intelligence, intellect, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  From pra-√jñā (to know, understand).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'yaḥ' from 105029.

प्रोद्वेजयति (prodvejayati) - causes distress or torments (causes to tremble, frightens, torments, distresses)

(verb)

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

Causative Present Active

Causative form of pra-ud-√vij (to tremble, shake).

Prefixes: pra+ud

Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Subject is 'yaḥ' from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'bādhate' and 'prodvejayati'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (particle)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.