महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-17

तव पुत्रा दुरात्मानः पापेष्वभिरताः सदा ।
निष्ठुरा हीनकर्माणस्तेन हीयन्ति संयुगे ॥१७॥

17. tava putrā durātmānaḥ pāpeṣvabhiratāḥ sadā ,
niṣṭhurā hīnakarmāṇastena hīyanti saṁyuge.

17. tava putrāḥ durātmanāḥ pāpeṣu abhiratāḥ sadā
niṣṭhurāḥ hīnakarmāṇaḥ tena hīyanti saṃyuge

17. tava putrāḥ durātmanāḥ sadā pāpeṣu abhiratāḥ niṣṭhurāḥ hīnakarmāṇaḥ (santi).
tena saṃyuge hīyanti.

17. Your sons, O King, are evil-minded (durātman), always engaged in sinful acts, cruel, and performing ignoble deeds. Therefore, they are defeated in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (the Kauravas) (sons)

• दुरात्मनाः (durātmanāḥ) - evil-minded (referring to their ātman/self) (evil-minded, wicked, ill-natured)

• पापेषु (pāpeṣu) - in sins, in evil deeds

• अभिरताः (abhiratāḥ) - delighting in, devoted to, engaged in

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

• निष्ठुराः (niṣṭhurāḥ) - harsh, cruel, severe, unkind

• हीनकर्माणः (hīnakarmāṇaḥ) - performing ignoble deeds (referring to karma) (performing ignoble deeds, of base actions)

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, by him

• हीयन्ति (hīyanti) - they are defeated, they fail, they are abandoned

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (the Kauravas) (sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

दुरात्मनाः (durātmanāḥ) - evil-minded (referring to their ātman/self) (evil-minded, wicked, ill-natured)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked, malevolent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+ātman)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill, evil
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness
  noun (masculine)

पापेषु (pāpeṣu) - in sins, in evil deeds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, vice

अभिरताः (abhiratāḥ) - delighting in, devoted to, engaged in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhirata

abhirata - delighting in, engaged in, devoted to, fond of

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: abhi

Root: ram (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

(indeclinable)

निष्ठुराः (niṣṭhurāḥ) - harsh, cruel, severe, unkind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niṣṭhura

niṣṭhura - harsh, cruel, severe, rough, unkind

हीनकर्माणः (hīnakarmāṇaḥ) - performing ignoble deeds (referring to karma) (performing ignoble deeds, of base actions)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hīnakarman

hīnakarman - one whose actions (karma) are ignoble, base-minded, vile-acting

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hīna+karman)

• hīna – deprived of, inferior, base, ignoble, left, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: hā (class 3)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of actions
  noun (neuter)

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हीयन्ति (hīyanti) - they are defeated, they fail, they are abandoned

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of hī

Derived from root 'hā' (to abandon) or 'hī' (to go, move, fail), here used in passive or middle voice sense for 'to fail/be defeated'.

Root: hā (class 3)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, conflict, encounter