महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-156, verse-22

ईषच्चपलकर्माणं मनुष्यमिह भारत ।
द्विषन्ति सर्वभूतानि ताडयन्ति च राक्षसाः ॥२२॥

22. īṣaccapalakarmāṇaṁ manuṣyamiha bhārata ,
dviṣanti sarvabhūtāni tāḍayanti ca rākṣasāḥ.

22. īṣat capalakarmāṇam manuṣyam iha bhārata
dviṣanti sarvabhūtāni tāḍayanti ca rākṣasāḥ

22. O Bharata, here, all beings despise a man whose actions (karma) are even slightly unsteady, and rākṣasas harass him.

Words meanings summery:

• ईषत् (īṣat) - slightly, a little

• चपलकर्माणम् (capalakarmāṇam) - one whose actions are unsteady/fickle

• मनुष्यम् (manuṣyam) - a man, human

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata

• द्विषन्ति (dviṣanti) - they hate, they dislike

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings

• ताडयन्ति (tāḍayanti) - they strike, harass, torment

• च (ca) - and

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

ईषत् (īṣat) - slightly, a little

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying 'capala'.

चपलकर्माणम् (capalakarmāṇam) - one whose actions are unsteady/fickle

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of capalakarmāṇ

capalakarmāṇ - one whose actions are unsteady/fickle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (capala+karmaṇ)

• capala – fickle, unsteady, restless, swift
  adjective (masculine)
• karmaṇ – action (karma), deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'manuṣyam'.

मनुष्यम् (manuṣyam) - a man, human

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being, person

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, name of an ancient king, name of a dynasty

द्विषन्ति (dviṣanti) - they hate, they dislike

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dviṣ

Present active third person plural

root dviṣ (cl. 2) + anti (present active ending)

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū (to be, become) + kta (past participle suffix)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ताडयन्ति (tāḍayanti) - they strike, harass, torment

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tāḍay

Causative present active third person plural

from root taḍ (to strike) + ṇic (causative suffix) + anti (present active ending)

Root: taḍ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa

from rakṣ (to protect, guard, but also implies 'harm' in some contexts, or related to 'raks' from 'night-roamer')

Root: rakṣ (class 1)