महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-148, verse-36

लोके क्षीणे क्षयं यान्ति भावा लोकप्रवर्तकाः ।
युगक्षयकृता धर्माः प्रार्थनानि विकुर्वते ॥३६॥

36. loke kṣīṇe kṣayaṁ yānti bhāvā lokapravartakāḥ ,
yugakṣayakṛtā dharmāḥ prārthanāni vikurvate.

36. loke kṣīṇe kṣayam yānti bhāvāḥ lokapravartakāḥ
yugakṣayakṛtāḥ dharmāḥ prārthanāni vikurvate

36. When the world declines, the very principles that govern it also decay. The (natural) laws (dharma) established by the decline of the age (yuga) corrupt people's aspirations.

Words meanings summery:

• लोके (loke) - in the age (yuga) or world (loka) (in the world, in the age, among people)

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when it has declined (declined, wasted, perished, emaciated)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, decay, loss, decline

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed, they reach

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - the principles or entities (principles, states, entities, beings, emotions)

• लोकप्रवर्तकाः (lokapravartakāḥ) - the principles that sustain the world (that which sets the world in motion, principles that drive the world, promoters of the world)

• युगक्षयकृताः (yugakṣayakṛtāḥ) - resulting from the decline of the age (yuga) (caused by the decline of an age, made by the destruction of an epoch)

• धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - the (natural) laws (dharma) (natural laws, intrinsic natures, principles, duties, righteousness)

• प्रार्थनानि (prārthanāni) - people's aspirations (prayers, requests, desires, aspirations)

• विकुर्वते (vikurvate) - they distort, they change, they corrupt, they pervert

Words meanings and morphology

लोके (loke) - in the age (yuga) or world (loka) (in the world, in the age, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, age, universe

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when it has declined (declined, wasted, perished, emaciated)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - declined, wasted, perished, exhausted, emaciated

Past Passive Participle

From root kṣi (to waste, perish)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Matches 'loke' in case and number, suggesting it modifies 'loka'.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, decay, loss, decline

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, loss, decline, decrease

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Used with 'yānti' (to go) to mean 'undergo decay' or 'go to ruin'.

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed, they reach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - the principles or entities (principles, states, entities, beings, emotions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, feeling, principle, entity

From root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'yānti'.

लोकप्रवर्तकाः (lokapravartakāḥ) - the principles that sustain the world (that which sets the world in motion, principles that drive the world, promoters of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokapravartaka

lokapravartaka - that which sets the world in motion, promoter of the world, sustainer of the world

Agent noun formed from loka and pravartaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pravartaka)

• loka – world, realm, people, age, universe
  noun (masculine)
• pravartaka – promoter, instigator, causing to proceed, sustainer
  adjective
  Agent noun
  From pra-vṛt (to set in motion, cause to proceed)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Appositional to 'bhāvāḥ'.

युगक्षयकृताः (yugakṣayakṛtāḥ) - resulting from the decline of the age (yuga) (caused by the decline of an age, made by the destruction of an epoch)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yugakṣayakṛta

yugakṣayakṛta - caused by the decline of an age, made by the destruction of an epoch

Past Passive Participle

Compound ending in PPP of kṛ (to do, make)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+kṣaya+kṛta)

• yuga – age, era, epoch
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, decline, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• kṛta – done, made, caused, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'dharmāḥ'.

धर्माः (dharmāḥ) - the (natural) laws (dharma) (natural laws, intrinsic natures, principles, duties, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, constitution, virtue

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vikurvate'.

प्रार्थनानि (prārthanāni) - people's aspirations (prayers, requests, desires, aspirations)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of prārthanā

prārthanā - prayer, request, desire, aspiration, entreaty

From pra-arth (to request)

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Object of 'vikurvate'.

विकुर्वते (vikurvate) - they distort, they change, they corrupt, they pervert

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (lat) of vi-kṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)