महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-38, verse-9

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥९॥

9. etāṁ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ ,
prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ.

9. etām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmānaḥ alpabuddhayaḥ
prabhavanti ugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagataḥ ahitāḥ

9. etām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmānaḥ alpabuddhayaḥ
ugrakarmāṇaḥ ahitāḥ jagataḥ kṣayāya prabhavanti

9. Clinging to this perspective, those whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is lost, who possess meager intellect, and whose actions are fierce and hostile, arise for the destruction of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• एताम् (etām) - this

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - view, vision, perspective, opinion

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having resorted to, having clung to, having grasped

• नष्टात्मानः (naṣṭātmānaḥ) - whose self is lost, deluded in self

• अल्पबुद्धयः (alpabuddhayaḥ) - those with meager intellect, dull-witted

• प्रभवन्ति (prabhavanti) - they arise, they originate, they flourish

• उग्रकर्माणः (ugrakarmāṇaḥ) - those with fierce actions, cruel in action

• क्षयाय (kṣayāya) - for the destruction, for the ruin

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world, of living beings

• अहिताः (ahitāḥ) - hostile, enemies, harmful

Words meanings and morphology

एताम् (etām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Feminine accusative singular of 'etad'.

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - view, vision, perspective, opinion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, view, opinion, wisdom

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ti.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having resorted to, having clung to, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root stabh (to prop, support) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: stabh (class 9)

नष्टात्मानः (naṣṭātmānaḥ) - whose self is lost, deluded in self

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭātman

naṣṭātman - one whose self is lost, bewildered in soul

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+ātman)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root naś (to perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound 'naṣṭa' + 'ātman'. 'ātman' here refers to the true nature/self.

अल्पबुद्धयः (alpabuddhayaḥ) - those with meager intellect, dull-witted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of alpabuddhi

alpabuddhi - one with small/meager intellect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+buddhi)

• alpa – small, little, meager
  adjective (masculine)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Compound 'alpa' + 'buddhi'.

प्रभवन्ति (prabhavanti) - they arise, they originate, they flourish

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'pra'.

उग्रकर्माणः (ugrakarmāṇaḥ) - those with fierce actions, cruel in action

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ugrakarman

ugrakarman - one whose actions are fierce/cruel

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ugra+karman)

• ugra – fierce, terrible, cruel, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Compound 'ugra' + 'karman'.

क्षयाय (kṣayāya) - for the destruction, for the ruin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, decay

Derived from root kṣi (to destroy, perish).

Root: kṣi (class 1)

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world, of living beings

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves

Present participle of root gam (to go, move).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Root 'gam' (to go), present participle used as noun.

अहिताः (ahitāḥ) - hostile, enemies, harmful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ahita

ahita - harmful, hostile, enemy

Negative prefix 'a' + hita (beneficial, good).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• hita – beneficial, good, placed, set
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root dhā (to place, set).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Negation of 'hita' (beneficial).