महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-201, verse-9

तस्याधर्मप्रवृत्तस्य गुणा नश्यन्ति साधवः ।
एकशीलाश्च मित्रत्वं भजन्ते पापकर्मिणः ॥९॥

9. tasyādharmapravṛttasya guṇā naśyanti sādhavaḥ ,
ekaśīlāśca mitratvaṁ bhajante pāpakarmiṇaḥ.

9. tasya adharmapravṛttasya guṇāḥ naśyanti sādhavaḥ
ekaśīlāḥ ca mitratvam bhajante pāpakarmīṇaḥ

9. For a person engaged in unrighteousness (adharma), his virtuous qualities perish. And those who are evil-doers, being of the same character, form friendships.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• अधर्मप्रवृत्तस्य (adharmapravṛttasya) - of one engaged in unrighteousness, of one prone to unrighteousness

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed, they vanish

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous, good, righteous

• एकशीलाः (ekaśīlāḥ) - of the same character, like-minded

• च (ca) - and, also

• मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship, state of being a friend

• भजन्ते (bhajante) - they associate with, they cultivate, they resort to

• पापकर्मीणः (pāpakarmīṇaḥ) - evil-doers, sinners

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

अधर्मप्रवृत्तस्य (adharmapravṛttasya) - of one engaged in unrighteousness, of one prone to unrighteousness

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of adharmapravṛtta

adharmapravṛtta - engaged in unrighteousness (adharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adharma+pravṛtta)

• adharma – unrighteousness, impiety, violation of natural law (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• pravṛtta – engaged in, active, commenced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛt with pra- prefix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, strand

नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed, they vanish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous, good, righteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, proper, a saint

एकशीलाः (ekaśīlāḥ) - of the same character, like-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekaśīla

ekaśīla - having the same character/nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+śīla)

• eka – one, same
  numeral/adjective (masculine)
• śīla – character, nature, habit, conduct
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मित्रत्वम् (mitratvam) - friendship, state of being a friend

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mitratva

mitratva - friendship

From mitra + -tva (suffix forming abstract nouns).

भजन्ते (bhajante) - they associate with, they cultivate, they resort to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

पापकर्मीणः (pāpakarmīṇaḥ) - evil-doers, sinners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakarmin

pāpakarmin - evil-doer, sinner

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+karmin)

• pāpa – evil, sin
  noun (neuter)
• karmin – doer, worker, performer (one who has karma)
  noun (masculine)