महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-40, verse-7

आशा धृतिं हन्ति समृद्धिमन्तकः क्रोधः श्रियं हन्ति यशः कदर्यता ।
अपालनं हन्ति पशूंश्च राजन्नेकः क्रुद्धो ब्राह्मणो हन्ति राष्ट्रम् ॥७॥

7. āśā dhṛtiṁ hanti samṛddhimantakaḥ; krodhaḥ śriyaṁ hanti yaśaḥ kadaryatā ,
apālanaṁ hanti paśūṁśca rāja;nnekaḥ kruddho brāhmaṇo hanti rāṣṭram.

7. āśā dhṛtim hanti samṛddhim antakaḥ
krodhaḥ śriyam hanti yaśaḥ kadaryatā
apālanaṃ hanti paśūn ca rājan
ekaḥ kruddhaḥ brāhmaṇaḥ hanti rāṣṭram

7. Desire destroys steadfastness. Death (antaka) destroys prosperity. Anger destroys fortune. Miserliness destroys fame. Neglect destroys cattle, O King! And a single angry brahmin destroys a kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• आशा (āśā) - hope, desire, expectation

• धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - steadfastness, firmness, courage, patience, resolve

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

• समृद्धिम् (samṛddhim) - prosperity, wealth, success, abundance

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - ender, destroyer, Yama (god of death)

• क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger, wrath

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - fortune, prosperity, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, reputation, honor

• कदर्यता (kadaryatā) - stinginess, miserliness, meanness, wretchedness

• अपालनं (apālanaṁ) - neglect, lack of protection, misgovernance

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

• पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle, beasts

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, alone

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, wrathful

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin, a member of the priestly class

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, nation, country, realm

Words meanings and morphology

आशा (āśā) - hope, desire, expectation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, expectation, a quarter of the sky

Root: āś

धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - steadfastness, firmness, courage, patience, resolve

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, steadfastness, courage, patience, resolve

derived from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

root han, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: han (class 2)

समृद्धिम् (samṛddhim) - prosperity, wealth, success, abundance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samṛddhi

samṛddhi - prosperity, success, abundance, wealth

derived from sam-ṛdh (to prosper, flourish)

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛdh

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - ender, destroyer, Yama (god of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - ender, destroyer, Yama (the god of death)

from anta (end) + suffix ka

क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger, wrath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh

श्रियम् (śriyam) - fortune, prosperity, beauty, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - fortune, prosperity, wealth, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

root han, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: han (class 2)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, reputation, honor

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, reputation, honor

Note: In this context, it is accusative (object of hanti), but the form is the same as nominative for neuter s-stem nouns.

कदर्यता (kadaryatā) - stinginess, miserliness, meanness, wretchedness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadaryatā

kadaryatā - stinginess, miserliness, meanness, wretchedness

derived from kadarya (miserly, mean) + suffix tā

अपालनं (apālanaṁ) - neglect, lack of protection, misgovernance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apālana

apālana - neglect, lack of protection, misgovernance, not cherishing

a (negation) + pālana (protecting)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pālana)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• pālana – protection, cherishing, guarding
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root pāl (to protect) + suffix ana
  Root: pāl

Note: Subject of hanti

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

root han, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: han (class 2)

पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle, beasts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, cattle, beast, victim

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

n-stem noun

Root: rāj

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, single, alone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Modifies brāhmaṇaḥ

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged, wrathful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, provoked

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh (to be angry) + suffix ta

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Modifies brāhmaṇaḥ

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin, a member of the priestly class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class, relating to Brahman

Note: Subject of hanti

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, injures

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

root han, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: han (class 2)

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, nation, country, realm

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, nation, country, realm

Root: rāj