महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-5, verse-6

महीवियद्दिगीशानां सर्वनाशमिवाद्भुतम् ।
कर्मणोरिव वैफल्यमुभयोः पुण्यपापयोः ॥६॥

6. mahīviyaddigīśānāṁ sarvanāśamivādbhutam ,
karmaṇoriva vaiphalyamubhayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ.

6. mahīviyaddigīśānām sarvanāśam iva adbhutam |
karmaṇoḥ iva vaiphalyam ubhayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ

6. mahīviyaddigīśānām adbhutam sarvanāśam iva
ubhayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ karmaṇoḥ vaiphalyam iva

6. Or like the astounding complete destruction of the earth, sky, and the guardians of the directions; or like the utter fruitlessness of both merit (puṇya) and demerit (pāpa).

Words meanings summery:

• महीवियद्दिगीशानाम् (mahīviyaddigīśānām) - of the earth, sky, and lords of the quarters

• सर्वनाशम् (sarvanāśam) - complete destruction, total ruin

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - astounding, wonderful, terrible, miraculous

• कर्मणोः (karmaṇoḥ) - of the two actions

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

• उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both

• पुण्यपापयोः (puṇyapāpayoḥ) - of both merit and demerit

Words meanings and morphology

महीवियद्दिगीशानाम् (mahīviyaddigīśānām) - of the earth, sky, and lords of the quarters

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahīviyaddigīśa

mahīviyaddigīśa - earth, sky, and lords of the quarters

Compound type : dvandva (mahī+viyat+digīśa)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• viyat – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• digīśa – lord of a quarter/direction
  noun (masculine)

सर्वनाशम् (sarvanāśam) - complete destruction, total ruin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvanāśa

sarvanāśa - complete destruction, total ruin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+nāśa)

• sarva – all, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - astounding, wonderful, terrible, miraculous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - astounding, wonderful, terrible, miraculous

कर्मणोः (karmaṇoḥ) - of the two actions

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of karman

karman - action, deed, fate (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiphala

vaiphala - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

abstract noun from viphala (fruitless)

उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of ubhaya

ubhaya - both

पुण्यपापयोः (puṇyapāpayoḥ) - of both merit and demerit

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of puṇyapāpa

puṇyapāpa - merit and demerit (puṇya and pāpa)

Compound type : dvandva (puṇya+pāpa)

• puṇya – merit, virtue
  noun (neuter)
• pāpa – demerit, sin
  noun (neuter)