महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-38, verse-7

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥७॥

7. pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ ,
na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate.

7. pravṛttim ca nivṛttim ca janāḥ na viduḥ āsurāḥ na
śaucam na api ca ācāraḥ na satyam teṣu vidyate

7. āsurāḥ janāḥ pravṛttim ca nivṛttim ca na viduḥ
teṣu na śaucam na api ca ācāraḥ na satyam vidyate

7. Demonic persons do not understand proper action (pravṛtti) or proper renunciation (nivṛtti). Purity (śaucam), good conduct, or truth are not found in them.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तिम् (pravṛttim) - proper action, engagement (activity, action, tendency, engagement)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निवृत्तिम् (nivṛttim) - proper renunciation, inactivity (cessation, abstention, renunciation, inactivity)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - persons (people, persons)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, understand (they know)

• आसुराः (āsurāḥ) - demonic (persons) (demonic, pertaining to asuras)

• न (na) - neither (not, no)

• शौचम् (śaucam) - purity (purity, cleanliness)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• अपि (api) - even, also (with na, forms 'nor even') (also, even, too)

• च (ca) - and, also (with na api, reinforces negation) (and, also)

• आचारः (ācāraḥ) - good conduct (conduct, custom, practice, good behavior)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, reality, righteousness)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them (demonic persons) (in them, among them)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists (exists, is found, is present)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तिम् (pravṛttim) - proper action, engagement (activity, action, tendency, engagement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, action, tendency, engagement, evolution, manifestation

from pra + vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निवृत्तिम् (nivṛttim) - proper renunciation, inactivity (cessation, abstention, renunciation, inactivity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, abstention, renunciation, inactivity, retirement

from ni + vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - persons (people, persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - man, person, people, creature

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, understand (they know)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

third person plural Present Indicative of root vid (to know), class 3 (irregular)

Root: vid (class 3)

आसुराः (āsurāḥ) - demonic (persons) (demonic, pertaining to asuras)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsura

āsura - demonic, belonging to asuras

derived from asura (demon)

Note: Acts as a noun here.

न (na) - neither (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शौचम् (śaucam) - purity (purity, cleanliness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śauca

śauca - purity, cleanliness, honesty

from śuci (pure)

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also (with na, forms 'nor even') (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also (with na api, reinforces negation) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आचारः (ācāraḥ) - good conduct (conduct, custom, practice, good behavior)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācāra

ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, good behavior, tradition

from ā + car (to move, behave)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, reality, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real, virtuous

from sat (being) + ya

तेषु (teṣu) - in them (demonic persons) (in them, among them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to āsurāḥ janāḥ.

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists (exists, is found, is present)

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

third person singular Present Indicative of root vid (to be, exist), class 4, Ātmanepada

Root: vid (class 4)