महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-181, verse-18

अशुभैः कर्मभिः पापास्तिर्यङ्नरकगामिनः ।
संसारेषु विचित्रेषु पच्यमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥१८॥

18. aśubhaiḥ karmabhiḥ pāpāstiryaṅnarakagāminaḥ ,
saṁsāreṣu vicitreṣu pacyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ.

18. aśubhaiḥ karmabhiḥ pāpāḥ tiryak narakagāminaḥ
saṃsāreṣu vicitreṣu pacyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ

18. Those sinful individuals, by their inauspicious actions (karma), become destined for subhuman existences and hell, being tormented again and again in various cycles of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अशुभैः (aśubhaiḥ) - by inauspicious, by evil

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful ones, wicked people

• तिर्यक् (tiryak) - destined for subhuman existences (subhuman, animal, horizontal)

• नरकगामिनः (narakagāminaḥ) - going to hell, destined for hell

• संसारेषु (saṁsāreṣu) - in existences, in cycles of rebirth

• विचित्रेषु (vicitreṣu) - in various, in diverse, in strange

• पच्यमानाः (pacyamānāḥ) - being tormented (by the suffering of saṃsāra) (being cooked, being tormented, being ripened)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

अशुभैः (aśubhaiḥ) - by inauspicious, by evil

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, evil, bad

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'karmabhiḥ'.

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions, by deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual, fate, effect of action

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the principle of action and its consequences (karma).

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful ones, wicked people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked, sinful person

Note: Refers to the sinful individuals.

तिर्यक् (tiryak) - destined for subhuman existences (subhuman, animal, horizontal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tiryañc

tiryañc - going obliquely, horizontal, subhuman, animal

Derived from 'tiras' (across) + 'añc' (to bend/go).

Prefix: tiras

Root: añc (class 1)

Note: Often refers to the animal kingdom or subhuman births.

नरकगामिनः (narakagāminaḥ) - going to hell, destined for hell

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narakagāmin

narakagāmin - going to hell, hell-bound

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'in' with noun 'naraka'.

Compound noun 'naraka' + agent suffix 'gāmin'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (naraka+gāmin)

• naraka – hell, Hades
  noun (masculine)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Agent Noun
  From root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'in'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to those who go to hell. Adjectivally modifies 'pāpāḥ'.

संसारेषु (saṁsāreṣu) - in existences, in cycles of rebirth

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence

From 'sam' + 'sṛ' (to flow, to move).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

विचित्रेषु (vicitreṣu) - in various, in diverse, in strange

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - various, diverse, strange, variegated

From 'vi' + 'citra'.

Note: Modifies 'saṃsāreṣu'.

पच्यमानाः (pacyamānāḥ) - being tormented (by the suffering of saṃsāra) (being cooked, being tormented, being ripened)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pacyamāna

pacyamāna - being cooked, being tormented, being ripened (passive sense)

Present Passive Participle

Formed from root 'pac' (to cook, ripen, suffer) + 'śānac' (māna suffix).

Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'pāpāḥ'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis: 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)