महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-20

अप्रशस्तानि कर्माणि यो मोहादनुतिष्ठति ।
स तेषां विपरिभ्रंशे भ्रश्यते जीवितादपि ॥२०॥

20. apraśastāni karmāṇi yo mohādanutiṣṭhati ,
sa teṣāṁ viparibhraṁśe bhraśyate jīvitādapi.

20. apraśastāni karmāṇi yaḥ mohāt anutiṣṭhati
saḥ teṣām viparibhraṃśe bhraśyate jīvitāt api

20. Whoever performs improper actions (karma) due to delusion (moha), he loses even his life (jīvita) upon the failure of those actions.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्रशस्तानि (apraśastāni) - improper, disapproved, inauspicious, unworthy

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds (karma)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of infatuation/ignorance (moha)

• अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - performs, carries out, follows, observes

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

• विपरिभ्रंशे (viparibhraṁśe) - in the downfall, in the ruin, in the failure

• भ्रश्यते (bhraśyate) - falls, perishes, is deprived, is ruined

• जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - from life, of life

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

अप्रशस्तानि (apraśastāni) - improper, disapproved, inauspicious, unworthy

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of apraśasta

apraśasta - improper, disapproved, inauspicious, unworthy, not praised

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+praśasta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• praśasta – praised, approved, auspicious, excellent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'śaṃs' (to praise) with prefix 'pra-'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'karmāṇi'.

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of infatuation/ignorance (moha)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, ignorance, bewilderment (moha)

अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - performs, carries out, follows, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anu-sthā

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yaḥ'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'karmāṇi'.

विपरिभ्रंशे (viparibhraṁśe) - in the downfall, in the ruin, in the failure

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viparibhraṃśa

viparibhraṁśa - failure, ruin, downfall, destruction, falling away

Noun formed from the root 'bhraṃś' (to fall) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'pari-'.

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

भ्रश्यते (bhraśyate) - falls, perishes, is deprived, is ruined

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of bhraṃś

Passive voice of the root 'bhraṃś' (to fall). The 'yat' suffix indicates passive voice formation.

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - from life, of life

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood (jīvita)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)