महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-54

असूयको दन्दशूको निष्ठुरो वैरकृन्नरः ।
स कृच्छ्रं महदाप्नोति नचिरात्पापमाचरन् ॥५४॥

54. asūyako dandaśūko niṣṭhuro vairakṛnnaraḥ ,
sa kṛcchraṁ mahadāpnoti nacirātpāpamācaran.

54. asūyakaḥ dandaśūkaḥ niṣṭhuraḥ vairakṛt naraḥ
saḥ kṛcchram mahat āpnoti nacirāt pāpam ācaran

54. A person who is envious, cruel (like a venomous creature), harsh, and creates enmity, will soon experience great distress, for he engages in sinful acts (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• असूयकः (asūyakaḥ) - envious, malicious, fault-finding

• दन्दशूकः (dandaśūkaḥ) - cruel, like a venomous creature (repeatedly biting, venomous, malicious, snake)

• निष्ठुरः (niṣṭhuraḥ) - harsh, cruel, unkind, rigid

• वैरकृत् (vairakṛt) - creating enmity, hostile, an enemy

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

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, trouble, pain

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, experiences, acquires

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

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

• आचरन् (ācaran) - performing, practicing, behaving

Words meanings and morphology

असूयकः (asūyakaḥ) - envious, malicious, fault-finding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asūyaka

asūyaka - envious, malicious, fault-finding

From root √asūy (to envy, be malicious) + ṇvul suffix.

Root: asūy (class 1)

दन्दशूकः (dandaśūkaḥ) - cruel, like a venomous creature (repeatedly biting, venomous, malicious, snake)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dandaśūka

dandaśūka - a snake (that bites repeatedly), venomous, malicious, repeatedly biting

Intensive/frequentative derivative of √daś (to bite) with -ūka suffix.

Root: daś (class 1)

निष्ठुरः (niṣṭhuraḥ) - harsh, cruel, unkind, rigid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣṭhura

niṣṭhura - harsh, cruel, unkind, rigid, hard

वैरकृत् (vairakṛt) - creating enmity, hostile, an enemy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vairakṛt

vairakṛt - one who creates enmity or hostility, hostile, an enemy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaira+kṛt)

• vaira – enmity, hostility, revenge, hatred
  noun (neuter)
• kṛt – making, doing, causing, performing; a maker, doer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make), with primary suffix -kvip.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, trouble, pain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, distress, trouble, pain, misery

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - obtains, reaches, experiences, acquires

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

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

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (na+cirāt)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• cirāt – after a long time, for a long time (ablative used adverbially)
  indeclinable
  Ablative case of 'cira' (long time) used adverbially.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness, misfortune

आचरन् (ācaran) - performing, practicing, behaving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācarat

ācarat - performing, practicing, behaving, acting

Present Active Participle

Formed from √car (to move, behave) with prefix ā, and śatṛ suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the 'naraḥ'.