महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-22

अकीर्तिः कीर्त्यते यस्य लोके भूतस्य कस्यचित् ।
पतत्येवाधमाँल्लोकान्यावच्छब्दः स कीर्त्यते ॥२२॥

22. akīrtiḥ kīrtyate yasya loke bhūtasya kasyacit ,
patatyevādhamāँllokānyāvacchabdaḥ sa kīrtyate.

22. akīrtiḥ kīrtyate yasya loke bhūtasya kasyacit
patati eva adhamān lokān yāvat śabdaḥ saḥ kīrtyate

22. If ill fame (akīrti) is spread about any being (bhūta) in the world, that being indeed falls to lower worlds as long as that (ill) report (śabda) is proclaimed.

Words meanings summery:

• अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - ill fame (akīrti) (ill fame, disgrace, infamy)

• कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - is spread (is proclaimed, is celebrated, is spoken of)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which, of whom)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, on earth)

• भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of any being (bhūta) (of a being, of a creature, of an existing thing)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of any (being) (of anyone, of some)

• पतति (patati) - falls (falls, descends)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• अधमान् (adhamān) - lower (lower, lowest, base)

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, realms)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as)

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - (ill) report (śabda) (sound, report, fame, rumor)

• सः (saḥ) - that (report) (that, he, it)

• कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - is proclaimed (is proclaimed, is spoken of, is spread)

Words meanings and morphology

अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - ill fame (akīrti) (ill fame, disgrace, infamy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akīrti

akīrti - ill fame, disgrace, infamy

negative compound of kīrti

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kīrti)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Subject of `kīrtyate`.

कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - is spread (is proclaimed, is celebrated, is spoken of)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Present (laṭ) of kīrt

Root: kīrt (class 10)

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Agrees with `bhūtasya` and `kasyacit`.

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, on earth)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm

Note: Denotes location.

भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of any being (bhūta) (of a being, of a creature, of an existing thing)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

derived from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Possession or association.

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of any (being) (of anyone, of some)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain

derived from tad + cit

Note: Modifies `bhūtasya`.

पतति (patati) - falls (falls, descends)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied 'he' (referring to the person about whom ill fame is spread).

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

अधमान् (adhamān) - lower (lower, lowest, base)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adhama

adhama - lowest, worst, base

Note: Modifies `lokān`.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, realms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm

Note: Object of motion.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal conjunction.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - (ill) report (śabda) (sound, report, fame, rumor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, renown, report, rumor

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Subject of `kīrtyate`.

सः (saḥ) - that (report) (that, he, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - is proclaimed (is proclaimed, is spoken of, is spread)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, Present (laṭ) of kīrt

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: The subject is `saḥ śabdaḥ`.