महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-148, verse-30

यथा वार्धुषिको वृद्धिं देहभेदे प्रतीक्षते ।
धर्मेणापिहितं पापं धर्ममेवाभिवर्धयेत् ॥३०॥

30. yathā vārdhuṣiko vṛddhiṁ dehabhede pratīkṣate ,
dharmeṇāpihitaṁ pāpaṁ dharmamevābhivardhayet.

30. yathā vārdhuṣikaḥ vṛddhim dehabhede pratīkṣate |
dharmeṇa apihitam pāpam dharmam eva abhivardhayet

30. yathā vārdhuṣikaḥ dehabhede vṛddhim pratīkṣate
dharmeṇa apihitam pāpam dharmam eva abhivardhayet

30. Just as a usurer anticipates interest even after the debtor's death, so too, sin concealed by adherence to (natural) law (dharma) would only cause that (natural) law (dharma) itself to grow more powerful.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• वार्धुषिकः (vārdhuṣikaḥ) - a usurer (usurer, money-lender)

• वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - interest (growth, increase, interest (on a loan))

• देहभेदे (dehabhede) - upon the dissolution of the body (death) (at the separation of the body, at death)

• प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - anticipates (he expects, he waits for, he anticipates)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by (natural) law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by intrinsic nature)

• अपिहितम् (apihitam) - concealed (covered, concealed, hidden)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - that (natural) law (dharma) (dharma, natural law)

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• अभिवर्धयेत् (abhivardhayet) - would only cause to grow more powerful (it would increase, it would augment, it would cause to grow)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

वार्धुषिकः (vārdhuṣikaḥ) - a usurer (usurer, money-lender)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vārdhuṣika

vārdhuṣika - usurer, money-lender (one who lives by vṛddhi 'growth/interest')

from vṛddhi + -ika

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - interest (growth, increase, interest (on a loan))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, interest

from root vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

देहभेदे (dehabhede) - upon the dissolution of the body (death) (at the separation of the body, at death)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehabheda

dehabheda - separation of the body, death

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+bheda)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• bheda – splitting, breaking, separation, division
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhid
  Root: bhid (class 7)

प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - anticipates (he expects, he waits for, he anticipates)

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

prati- + root īkṣ (deponent)

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by (natural) law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, religious merit

from root dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अपिहितम् (apihitam) - concealed (covered, concealed, hidden)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apihita

apihita - covered, concealed, hidden, closed

Past Passive Participle

api- + root dhā (to place) + kta suffix

Prefix: api

Root: dhā (class 3)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (sin, evil)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wicked

Note: Subject of abhivardhayet.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - that (natural) law (dharma) (dharma, natural law)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, religious merit

from root dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of abhivardhayet.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

particle of emphasis

अभिवर्धयेत् (abhivardhayet) - would only cause to grow more powerful (it would increase, it would augment, it would cause to grow)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛdh

Optative Active

Causative stem vardhaya- from root vṛdh, abhi- prefix

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Pāpam (sin) is the subject, Dharmam (dharma) is the object.