महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-52

पापं प्रज्ञां नाशयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
नष्टप्रज्ञः पापमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥५२॥

52. pāpaṁ prajñāṁ nāśayati kriyamāṇaṁ punaḥ punaḥ ,
naṣṭaprajñaḥ pāpameva nityamārabhate naraḥ.

52. pāpam prajñām nāśayati kriyamāṇam punaḥ punaḥ
naṣṭaprajñaḥ pāpam eva nityam ārabhate naraḥ

52. Sin (pāpa), when committed repeatedly, destroys one's wisdom (prajñā). A person whose wisdom (prajñā) is destroyed then invariably commits only sin (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin (an evil action or its adverse consequence) (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

• प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - one's intellectual faculty or discernment (prajñā) (wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment)

• नाशयति (nāśayati) - causes to perish, destroys, ruins

• क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being done, being performed, being made

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

• नष्टप्रज्ञः (naṣṭaprajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is lost/destroyed

• पापम् (pāpam) - evil action or its result (pāpa) (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal, perpetual, constant, always

• आरभते (ārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

Words meanings and morphology

पापम् (pāpam) - sin (an evil action or its adverse consequence) (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness, misfortune

प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - one's intellectual faculty or discernment (prajñā) (wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

नाशयति (nāśayati) - causes to perish, destroys, ruins

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nāśay

causative

Causative stem from root √naś, class 4 (intr.) / 1 (tr.)

Root: naś (class 4)

क्रियमाणम् (kriyamāṇam) - being done, being performed, being made

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being performed, being made

Present Passive Participle

Formed from √kṛ (to do, make) + passive 'ya' + śānac suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'pāpam'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

नष्टप्रज्ञः (naṣṭaprajñaḥ) - one whose wisdom is lost/destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭaprajña

naṣṭaprajña - one whose wisdom is lost or destroyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+prajñā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined, perished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √naś (to perish, to be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• prajñā – wisdom, intellect, understanding, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

पापम् (pāpam) - evil action or its result (pāpa) (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness, misfortune

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal, perpetual, constant, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here, meaning 'always' or 'invariably'.

आरभते (ārabhate) - undertakes, begins, commences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ārabha

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person