महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-4

असन्तस्तु न्यवर्तन्त वेदेभ्य इव नास्तिकाः ।
नरकं भजमानास्ते प्रत्यपद्यन्त किल्बिषम् ॥४॥

4. asantastu nyavartanta vedebhya iva nāstikāḥ ,
narakaṁ bhajamānāste pratyapadyanta kilbiṣam.

4. asantaḥ tu ni avartanta vedebhyaḥ iva nāstikāḥ
narakam bhajamānāḥ te prati apadyanta kilbiṣam

4. tu asantaḥ nāstikāḥ vedebhyaḥ iva ni avartanta.
te narakam bhajamānāḥ kilbiṣam prati apadyanta.

4. But the wicked ones returned, just as non-believers turn away from the Vedas. They, experiencing hell, incurred punishment.

Words meanings summery:

• असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the non-existent, the bad

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• नि (ni) - down, into, back (as a prefix)

• अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they returned, they turned back

• वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - from the Vedas (turning away from) (from the Vedas, to the Vedas)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नास्तिकाः (nāstikāḥ) - atheists, non-believers

• नरकम् (narakam) - to hell, hell

• भजमानाः (bhajamānāḥ) - resorting to, serving, experiencing

• ते (te) - they, those

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return

• अपद्यन्त (apadyanta) - they obtained, they reached, they encountered

• किल्बिषम् (kilbiṣam) - punishment (sin, fault, guilt, punishment)

Words meanings and morphology

असन्तः (asantaḥ) - the wicked, the non-existent, the bad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asant

asant - non-existent, unreal, bad, wicked, dishonest

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from root as- (to be) with negation 'a-'

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

नि (ni) - down, into, back (as a prefix)

(indeclinable)

अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they returned, they turned back

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect indicative (laṅ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - from the Vedas (turning away from) (from the Vedas, to the Vedas)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, a Veda (Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, Atharvaveda)

Root: vid (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नास्तिकाः (nāstikāḥ) - atheists, non-believers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāstika

nāstika - non-believer, atheist, one who denies the authority of the Vedas

नरकम् (narakam) - to hell, hell

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, infernal region

भजमानाः (bhajamānāḥ) - resorting to, serving, experiencing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhajamāna

bhajamāna - resorting, enjoying, serving, undergoing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root bhaj- (to partake, enjoy, undergo) with suffix -śānac

Root: bhaj (class 1)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return

(indeclinable)

अपद्यन्त (apadyanta) - they obtained, they reached, they encountered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect indicative (laṅ) of pad

Root: pad (class 4)

किल्बिषम् (kilbiṣam) - punishment (sin, fault, guilt, punishment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kilbiṣa

kilbiṣa - sin, fault, crime, guilt, punishment, evil