महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-36, verse-25

मग्नास्तमसि दुर्वृत्ताः स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणाः ।
अवाक्स्रोतस इत्येते मग्नास्तमसि तामसाः ॥२५॥

25. magnāstamasi durvṛttāḥ svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ ,
avāksrotasa ityete magnāstamasi tāmasāḥ.

25. magnāḥ tamasi durvṛttāḥ svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ
avāksrotasaḥ iti ete magnāḥ tamasi tāmasāḥ

25. Those of wicked conduct, whose characteristics are shaped by their own actions (karma), are plunged into darkness. Indeed, these beings, whose course of existence flows downwards, are of the nature of ignorance (tamas) and are submerged in darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - plunged, immersed, sunk

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

• दुर्वृत्ताः (durvṛttāḥ) - ill-behaved, wicked, depraved

• स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणाः (svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ) - whose characteristics are determined by their own actions (karma)

• अवाक्स्रोतसः (avāksrotasaḥ) - referring to beings destined for lower realms of existence (those with a downward current/flow (of existence))

• इति (iti) - indicates the conclusion or summation of a statement (thus, in this manner, indeed, so)

• एते (ete) - referring to the durvṛttāḥ and svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ (these)

• मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - plunged, immersed, sunk

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

• तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - those belonging to tamas, dominated by tamas, dull, ignorant

Words meanings and morphology

मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - plunged, immersed, sunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of magna

magna - immersed, plunged, sunk

Past Passive Participle

From root √maj (to sink, plunge)

Root: √maj (class 6)

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, the quality of tamas

दुर्वृत्ताः (durvṛttāḥ) - ill-behaved, wicked, depraved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durvṛtta

durvṛtta - ill-behaved, wicked, depraved

Past Passive Participle

Compound: dur (bad) + vṛtta (behaved/conducted, PPP of √vṛt)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dur+vṛtta)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, behaved, conducted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vṛt (to turn, to be, to behave)
  Root: √vṛt (class 1)

स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणाः (svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ) - whose characteristics are determined by their own actions (karma)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇa

svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇa - marked by one's own actions; having characteristics created by one's own karma

Compound: svakarma (own karma) + kṛta (made/done) + lakṣaṇa (mark/sign)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svakarma+kṛta+lakṣaṇa)

• svakarma – one's own action (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: sva (own) + karma (action)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
  noun (neuter)

अवाक्स्रोतसः (avāksrotasaḥ) - referring to beings destined for lower realms of existence (those with a downward current/flow (of existence))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avāksrotas

avāksrotas - having a downward current, whose flow is downwards

Compound: avāk (downward) + srotas (current, stream)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avāk+srotas)

• avāk – downward, downwards
  indeclinable
• srotas – stream, current, flow, channel
  noun (neuter)

इति (iti) - indicates the conclusion or summation of a statement (thus, in this manner, indeed, so)

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - referring to the durvṛttāḥ and svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - plunged, immersed, sunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of magna

magna - immersed, plunged, sunk

Past Passive Participle

From root √maj (to sink, plunge)

Root: √maj (class 6)

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, the quality of tamas

तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - those belonging to tamas, dominated by tamas, dull, ignorant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāmasa

tāmasa - relating to tamas, dark, ignorant, dull, sluggish

Derivative from tamas (darkness, ignorance) with aṇ suffix.