महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-14

स्वकर्मभिश्च नहुषो नाशं यास्यति दुर्मतिः ।
कंचित्कालमिमं देवा मर्षयध्वमतन्द्रिताः ॥१४॥

14. svakarmabhiśca nahuṣo nāśaṁ yāsyati durmatiḥ ,
kaṁcitkālamimaṁ devā marṣayadhvamatandritāḥ.

14. sva-karmabhiḥ ca nahuṣaḥ nāśam yāsyati durmatiḥ
kañcit kālam imam devāḥ marṣayadhvam atandritāḥ

14. And Nahuṣa, the evil-minded one (durmati), will meet his ruin (nāśa) through his own actions (karma). O gods, for some time, please bear with this situation, remaining vigilant (atandrita).

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-कर्मभिः (sva-karmabhiḥ) - by his own actions (karma)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (name of a king)

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will attain

• दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - evil-minded, foolish

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - some, a certain

• कालम् (kālam) - time, period

• इमम् (imam) - this situation (this)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - O gods

• मर्षयध्वम् (marṣayadhvam) - you all endure, tolerate, bear

• अतन्द्रिताः (atandritāḥ) - vigilant, attentive, not lazy

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-कर्मभिः (sva-karmabhiḥ) - by his own actions (karma)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sva-karma

sva-karma - one's own action, one's own duty (karma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+karma)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• karma – action, deed, ritual, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Nahuṣa (a legendary king who usurped Indra's throne)

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - evil-minded, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durmati

durmati - evil-minded, ill-disposed, foolish

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dur+mati)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil (prefix)
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - some, a certain

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kiṃ-cid

kiṁ-cid - some, a certain, anything

Note: Qualifies kālam.

कालम् (kālam) - time, period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration of time.

इमम् (imam) - this situation (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

देवाः (devāḥ) - O gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

मर्षयध्वम् (marṣayadhvam) - you all endure, tolerate, bear

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of mṛṣ

Causative imperative

Root: mṛṣ (class 10)

अतन्द्रिताः (atandritāḥ) - vigilant, attentive, not lazy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atandrita

atandrita - vigilant, attentive, active, not weary, not lazy

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+tandrita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• tandrita – weary, lazy, negligent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tandr.
  Root: tandr