महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-92, verse-9

तानलज्जान्गतह्रीकान्हीनवृत्तान्वृथाव्रतान् ।
क्षमा लक्ष्मीश्च धर्मश्च नचिरात्प्रजहुस्ततः ।
लक्ष्मीस्तु देवानगमदलक्ष्मीरसुरान्नृप ॥९॥

9. tānalajjāngatahrīkānhīnavṛttānvṛthāvratān ,
kṣamā lakṣmīśca dharmaśca nacirātprajahustataḥ ,
lakṣmīstu devānagamadalakṣmīrasurānnṛpa.

9. tān alajjān gatahrīkān hīnavṛttān
vṛthāvratān kṣamā lakṣmīḥ ca dharmaḥ
ca nacirāt prajahuḥ tataḥ lakṣmīḥ
tu devān agamat alakṣmīḥ asurān nṛpa

9. Patience, prosperity (lakṣmī), and natural law (dharma) quickly abandoned those who were shameless, devoid of modesty, had poor conduct, and whose vows were useless. Prosperity (lakṣmī) went to the gods, O king, while misfortune (alakṣmī) went to the Asuras.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - the Asuras (them, those)

• अलज्जान् (alajjān) - the shameless, impudent ones

• गतह्रीकान् (gatahrīkān) - those who have lost shame, those devoid of modesty

• हीनवृत्तान् (hīnavṛttān) - those of low conduct, those with poor behavior

• वृथाव्रतान् (vṛthāvratān) - those whose vows are in vain, those with useless vows

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - patience, forgiveness, endurance

• लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity, good fortune, wealth, Lakṣmī (goddess)

• च (ca) - and

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

• च (ca) - and

• नचिरात् (nacirāt) - quickly, soon, not long after

• प्रजहुः (prajahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up, they forsook

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity, good fortune, Lakṣmī (goddess)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• देवान् (devān) - to the gods

• अगमत् (agamat) - it went, it reached

• अलक्ष्मीः (alakṣmīḥ) - misfortune, ill-luck, lack of prosperity

• असुरान् (asurān) - to the Asuras, to the demons

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - the Asuras (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अलज्जान् (alajjān) - the shameless, impudent ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of alajja

alajja - shameless, impudent

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lajjā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lajjā – shame, modesty
  noun (feminine)

गतह्रीकान् (gatahrīkān) - those who have lost shame, those devoid of modesty

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gatahrīka

gatahrīka - one who has lost shame

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+hrī)

• gata – gone, departed, lost
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• hrī – shame, modesty
  noun (feminine)

हीनवृत्तान् (hīnavṛttān) - those of low conduct, those with poor behavior

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hīnavṛtta

hīnavṛtta - one whose conduct is low or mean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hīna+vṛtta)

• hīna – abandoned, devoid of, low, inferior
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: hā
• vṛtta – conduct, behavior
  noun (neuter)

वृथाव्रतान् (vṛthāvratān) - those whose vows are in vain, those with useless vows

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛthāvrata

vṛthāvrata - one whose vows are useless or in vain

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛthā+vrata)

• vṛthā – in vain, uselessly, wrongly
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred rule
  noun (neuter)

क्षमा (kṣamā) - patience, forgiveness, endurance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - patience, forgiveness, endurance, earth

लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity, good fortune, wealth, Lakṣmī (goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - prosperity, wealth, good fortune, the goddess Lakṣmī

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

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

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नचिरात् (nacirāt) - quickly, soon, not long after

(indeclinable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+cirāt)

• na – not, non-
  indeclinable
• cirāt – for a long time, after a long time
  indeclinable

प्रजहुः (prajahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up, they forsook

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of hā

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - prosperity, good fortune, Lakṣmī (goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - prosperity, wealth, good fortune, the goddess Lakṣmī

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

देवान् (devān) - to the gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

अगमत् (agamat) - it went, it reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अलक्ष्मीः (alakṣmīḥ) - misfortune, ill-luck, lack of prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alakṣmī

alakṣmī - misfortune, ill-luck, poverty

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lakṣmī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lakṣmī – prosperity, wealth, good fortune, the goddess Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)

असुरान् (asurān) - to the Asuras, to the demons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, titan, anti-god

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler