महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-186, verse-47

धर्मिष्ठाः परिहीयन्ते पापीयान्वर्धते जनः ।
धर्मस्य बलहानिः स्यादधर्मश्च बली तथा ॥४७॥

47. dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyānvardhate janaḥ ,
dharmasya balahāniḥ syādadharmaśca balī tathā.

47. dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyān vardhate janaḥ
dharmasya bala-hāniḥ syāt adharmaḥ ca balī tathā

47. Those who are most committed to natural law (dharma) dwindle, while the more sinful person prospers. There would be a weakening of natural law (dharma), and thus unrighteousness (adharma) would become powerful.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मिष्ठाः (dharmiṣṭhāḥ) - those who are most committed to natural law (dharma) (most righteous, most virtuous, most devoted to natural law (dharma))

• परिहीयन्ते (parihīyante) - they decline, they are diminished, they are abandoned

• पापीयान् (pāpīyān) - the more sinful person (more sinful, worse, more wicked)

• वर्धते (vardhate) - he increases, he grows, he prospers

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, people, man

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of righteousness)

• बल-हानिः (bala-hāniḥ) - loss of strength, weakening, decay of power

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, un-natural law, impiety)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• बली (balī) - powerful, strong

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मिष्ठाः (dharmiṣṭhāḥ) - those who are most committed to natural law (dharma) (most righteous, most virtuous, most devoted to natural law (dharma))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmiṣṭha

dharmiṣṭha - most righteous, most virtuous, most devoted to natural law (dharma)

superlative degree of `dharmin` (righteous, possessing dharma)

परिहीयन्ते (parihīyante) - they decline, they are diminished, they are abandoned

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: hā (class 3)

पापीयान् (pāpīyān) - the more sinful person (more sinful, worse, more wicked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpīyas

pāpīyas - more sinful, worse, more wicked

comparative degree of `pāpa` (sinful, evil)

वर्धते (vardhate) - he increases, he grows, he prospers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

जनः (janaḥ) - person, people, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of righteousness)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, constitution, duty

बल-हानिः (bala-hāniḥ) - loss of strength, weakening, decay of power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bala-hāni

bala-hāni - loss of strength, weakening, decay of power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+hāni)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• hāni – loss, abandonment, destruction, decline
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from root √hā (to abandon, to lose)
  Root: hā (class 3)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness (adharma) (unrighteousness, un-natural law, impiety)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, un-natural law, impiety, injustice

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• dharma – natural law, righteousness, constitution, duty
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

बली (balī) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty

possessive suffix -in

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)