महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-149, verse-5

अकार्यमसकृत्कृत्वा दृश्यन्ते ह्यधना नराः ।
धनयुक्तास्त्वधर्मस्था दृश्यन्ते चापरे जनाः ॥५॥

5. akāryamasakṛtkṛtvā dṛśyante hyadhanā narāḥ ,
dhanayuktāstvadharmasthā dṛśyante cāpare janāḥ.

5. akāryam asakṛt kṛtvā dṛśyante hi adhanāḥ narāḥ
dhanayuktāḥ tu adharmasthāḥ dṛśyante ca apare janāḥ

5. hi narāḥ akāryam asakṛt kṛtvā adhanāḥ dṛśyante tu
ca apare janāḥ dhanayuktāḥ adharmasthāḥ dṛśyante

5. Indeed, people who repeatedly commit improper acts are seen to be without wealth. However, other people, though wealthy, are seen to abide in unrighteousness (adharma).

Words meanings summery:

• अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper action, wrong deed, that which ought not to be done

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, often, not once

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• अधनाः (adhanāḥ) - without wealth, poor, penniless

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• धनयुक्ताः (dhanayuktāḥ) - endowed with wealth, wealthy

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• अधर्मस्थाः (adharmasthāḥ) - abiding in unrighteousness, unrighteous

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपरे (apare) - other, others

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

Words meanings and morphology

अकार्यम् (akāryam) - improper action, wrong deed, that which ought not to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akārya

akārya - not to be done, improper, wrong

Gerundive

Negative prefix 'a-' + gerundive/kartṛ-kṛtya participle of √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, often, not once

(indeclinable)

Negative prefix 'a-' + sakṛt (once)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from √kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

अधनाः (adhanāḥ) - without wealth, poor, penniless

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhana

adhana - moneyless, poor

Negative prefix 'a-' + dhana (wealth)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being

धनयुक्ताः (dhanayuktāḥ) - endowed with wealth, wealthy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhanayukta

dhanayukta - joined with wealth, wealthy

Compound of dhana (wealth) and yukta (joined/endowed)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

अधर्मस्थाः (adharmasthāḥ) - abiding in unrighteousness, unrighteous

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adharmastha

adharmastha - standing in unrighteousness, unrighteous

Compound of adharma (unrighteousness) and stha (standing, abiding)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adharma+stha)

• adharma – unrighteousness, unrighteous conduct, injustice
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix 'a-' + dharma (righteousness)
• stha – standing, existing, abiding in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - other, others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, subsequent, inferior

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people

Root: jan (class 4)