महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-70, verse-19

ह्रीर्हता बाधते धर्मं धर्मो हन्ति हतः श्रियम् ।
श्रीर्हता पुरुषं हन्ति पुरुषस्यास्वता वधः ॥१९॥

19. hrīrhatā bādhate dharmaṁ dharmo hanti hataḥ śriyam ,
śrīrhatā puruṣaṁ hanti puruṣasyāsvatā vadhaḥ.

19. hrīḥ hatā bādhate dharmam dharmaḥ hanti hataḥ śriyam
śrīḥ hatā puruṣam hanti puruṣasya asvatā vadhaḥ

19. The loss of shame impedes righteousness (dharma). Righteousness (dharma), when impeded, destroys prosperity. When prosperity is lost, it harms a person. For an individual (puruṣa), the lack of possessions is equivalent to destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• ह्रीः (hrīḥ) - shame, modesty, humility, bashfulness

• हता (hatā) - lost, diminished (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

• बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts, impedes, obstructs, harasses

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, moral order (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, moral order (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes

• हतः (hataḥ) - impeded, obstructed (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

• हता (hatā) - lost, diminished (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - an individual person (person, man, male, cosmic person (puruṣa))

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person, of the man, of the human being

• अस्वता (asvatā) - lack of possessions, poverty, destitution

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - utter ruin, destruction (metaphorical for life) (killing, destruction, slaughter, death)

Words meanings and morphology

ह्रीः (hrīḥ) - shame, modesty, humility, bashfulness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hrī

hrī - shame, modesty, humility, bashfulness

हता (hatā) - lost, diminished (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

बाधते (bādhate) - afflicts, impedes, obstructs, harasses

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bādh

Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: (ātmanepada)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - righteousness, moral order (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, moral law, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, moral order (righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, moral law, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - impeded, obstructed (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively, qualifying 'dharmaḥ'

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

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

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

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

हता (hatā) - lost, diminished (destroyed, killed, struck down, deprived of)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - an individual person (person, man, male, cosmic person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of the person, of the man, of the human being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

अस्वता (asvatā) - lack of possessions, poverty, destitution

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asvatā

asvatā - lack of possessions, poverty, destitution

Derived from 'asva' (without wealth) + 'tā' (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sva – one's own, wealth, property
  noun (masculine)

Note: The 'tā' suffix forms abstract feminine nouns.

वधः (vadhaḥ) - utter ruin, destruction (metaphorical for life) (killing, destruction, slaughter, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction, death

From root 'vadh' (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh