महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-17

प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति यो धर्ममतिशङ्कते ।
ध्यायन्स कृपणः पापो न लोकान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥१७॥

17. prāyaścittaṁ na tasyāsti yo dharmamatiśaṅkate ,
dhyāyansa kṛpaṇaḥ pāpo na lokānpratipadyate.

17. prāyaścittam na tasya asti yaḥ dharmam atiśaṅkate
dhyāyan saḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pāpaḥ na lokān pratipadyate

17. There is no expiation (prāyaścitta) for one who excessively distrusts natural law (dharma). Such a wretched, sinful person, even when engaged in contemplation (dhyāna), does not attain the (higher) worlds (loka).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

• न (na) - not, no

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, of him, his

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness

• अतिशङ्कते (atiśaṅkate) - excessively doubts, distrusts

• ध्यायन् (dhyāyan) - meditating, contemplating

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched, miserable, poor

• पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinful, wicked, evil

• न (na) - not, no

• लोकान् (lokān) - higher worlds or planes of existence (worlds, realms)

• प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - attains, obtains, reaches

Words meanings and morphology

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - for him, of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अतिशङ्कते (atiśaṅkate) - excessively doubts, distrusts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of atiśaṅk

Prefix: ati

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

ध्यायन् (dhyāyan) - meditating, contemplating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhyāyat

dhyāyat - meditating, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root dhyā (to meditate)

Root: dhyā (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched, miserable, poor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - wretched, miserable, poor, pitiable

Root: kḷp (class 1)

पापः (pāpaḥ) - sinful, wicked, evil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sinful, wicked, evil; sin, evil

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लोकान् (lokān) - higher worlds or planes of existence (worlds, realms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

Root: lok (class 1)

प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pratipad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)