महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-21

अब्रह्मण्यो बलोपेतो मत्तो वरमदेन च ।
कामवृत्तः स दुष्टात्मा वाहयामास तानृषीन् ॥२१॥

21. abrahmaṇyo balopeto matto varamadena ca ,
kāmavṛttaḥ sa duṣṭātmā vāhayāmāsa tānṛṣīn.

21. abrahmaṇyaḥ balopetaḥ mattaḥ varamadena ca
kāmavṛttaḥ saḥ duṣṭātmā vāhayām āsa tān ṛṣīn

21. Hostile to Brahmins, endowed with strength, arrogant from the intoxication of his boon, and acting as he pleased, that evil-minded Nahusha caused those sages to carry him.

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रह्मण्यः (abrahmaṇyaḥ) - hostile to Brahmins (hostile to Brahmins, impious, wicked)

• बलोपेतः (balopetaḥ) - endowed with strength (endowed with strength, powerful)

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - arrogant, intoxicated (with power) (intoxicated, arrogant, mad)

• वरमदेन (varamadena) - by the arrogance/intoxication derived from the boon (by the intoxication of a boon, by the pride of a boon)

• च (ca) - and

• कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - acting as he pleased (acting as one pleases, self-willed, licentious)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Nahusha) (he, that)

• दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - evil-minded (Nahusha) (wicked-souled, evil-minded)

• वाहयाम् (vāhayām) - caused to carry (the sages) (caused to carry (part of periphrastic perfect))

• आस (āsa) - was (forms periphrastic perfect with 'vāhayām') (was (auxiliary verb for periphrastic perfect))

• तान् (tān) - those (sages) (them, those)

• ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages (sages)

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रह्मण्यः (abrahmaṇyaḥ) - hostile to Brahmins (hostile to Brahmins, impious, wicked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abrahmaṇya

abrahmaṇya - hostile to Brahmins, impious, unfit for Brahmins

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'brahmaṇya' (favorable to Brahmins).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+brahmaṇya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• brahmaṇya – favorable to Brahmins, pious
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'brahman' (Brahmin).

बलोपेतः (balopetaḥ) - endowed with strength (endowed with strength, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balopeta

balopeta - endowed with strength, accompanied by force

From 'bala' (strength) + 'upeta' (possessed of, endowed with).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+upeta)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• upeta – endowed with, possessed of, gone to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'upa-i' (to go near, to obtain).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - arrogant, intoxicated (with power) (intoxicated, arrogant, mad)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, arrogant, furious

Past Passive Participle

From root 'mad' (to be joyful, to be intoxicated).

Root: mad (class 4)

वरमदेन (varamadena) - by the arrogance/intoxication derived from the boon (by the intoxication of a boon, by the pride of a boon)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of varamada

varamada - intoxication from a boon, pride caused by a boon

From 'vara' (boon) + 'mada' (intoxication, arrogance).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vara+mada)

• vara – boon, blessing, choice
  noun (masculine)
• mada – intoxication, pride, arrogance, joy
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'mad' (to be intoxicated).
  Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Instrument of Nahusha's intoxication/arrogance.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjoins the preceding adjectives.

कामवृत्तः (kāmavṛttaḥ) - acting as he pleased (acting as one pleases, self-willed, licentious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmavṛtta

kāmavṛtta - acting as one pleases, willful, licentious

From 'kāma' (desire, will) + 'vṛtta' (conduct, acted).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+vṛtta)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• vṛtta – conducted, happened, existing, conduct
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'vṛt' (to turn, to exist, to behave).
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (Nahusha) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Masculine nominative singular.

दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - evil-minded (Nahusha) (wicked-souled, evil-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duṣṭātman

duṣṭātman - evil-minded, wicked, malevolent

From 'duṣṭa' (corrupted) + 'ātman' (self, soul).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duṣṭa+ātman)

• duṣṭa – corrupted, wicked, bad
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'duṣ' (to be corrupted).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

वाहयाम् (vāhayām) - caused to carry (the sages) (caused to carry (part of periphrastic perfect))

(indeclinable)

Causative stem form (used in periphrastic perfect)

Root 'vah' with causative suffix '-aya', then short 'a' and 'ām' suffix to form the first part of the periphrastic perfect.

Root: vah (class 1)

आस (āsa) - was (forms periphrastic perfect with 'vāhayām') (was (auxiliary verb for periphrastic perfect))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of as

Periphrastic Perfect auxiliary

Third person singular, periphrastic perfect.

Root: as (class 2)

तान् (tān) - those (sages) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, it

Masculine accusative plural.

Note: Refers to 'ṛṣīn'.

ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages (sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

Note: Object of 'vāhayām āsa'.