महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-204

इतिहासपुराणाभ्यां वेदं समुपबृंहयेत् ।
बिभेत्यल्पश्रुताद्वेदो मामयं प्रतरिष्यति ॥२०४॥

204. itihāsapurāṇābhyāṁ vedaṁ samupabṛṁhayet ,
bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṁ pratariṣyati.

204. itihāsa-purāṇābhyām vedam samupabṛṁhayet
bibheti alpa-śrutāt vedaḥ mām ayam pratariṣyati

204. One should supplement the Veda with the Itihāsas and Purāṇas. The Veda fears a person of little learning, thinking, 'This one will misinterpret me'.

Words meanings summery:

• इतिहास-पुराणाभ्याम् (itihāsa-purāṇābhyām) - by means of the Itihāsas and Purāṇas (by Itihāsas and Purāṇas)

• वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda

• समुपबृंहयेत् (samupabṛṁhayet) - should supplement (should strengthen, should elaborate, should supplement)

• बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid of)

• अल्प-श्रुतात् (alpa-śrutāt) - from a person of little learning (from one with little learning)

• वेदः (vedaḥ) - the Veda

• माम् (mām) - me

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (one))

• प्रतरिष्यति (pratariṣyati) - will misinterpret (will deceive, will misinterpret, will overcome)

Words meanings and morphology

इतिहास-पुराणाभ्याम् (itihāsa-purāṇābhyām) - by means of the Itihāsas and Purāṇas (by Itihāsas and Purāṇas)

(noun)

Instrumental, dual of itihāsa-purāṇa

itihāsa-purāṇa - Itihāsa and Purāṇa (types of sacred historical texts)

Compound type : dvandva (itihāsa+purāṇa)

• itihāsa – history, legend, traditional narrative (especially epics like Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa)
  noun (masculine)
• purāṇa – ancient tale, Purāṇa (a class of Hindu religious texts)
  noun (neuter)

वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, the Vedas (scriptures)

Root: vid (class 2)

समुपबृंहयेत् (samupabṛṁhayet) - should supplement (should strengthen, should elaborate, should supplement)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bṛṁhay

causative

causative stem of bṛh

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: bṛh (class 1)

बिभेति (bibheti) - fears (fears, is afraid of)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

अल्प-श्रुतात् (alpa-śrutāt) - from a person of little learning (from one with little learning)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of alpa-śruta

alpa-śruta - little-learned, one who has heard/learned little

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+śruta)

• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective
• śruta – heard, learned, knowledge, sacred tradition
  noun/participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  derived from root śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)

वेदः (vedaḥ) - the Veda

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, the Vedas (scriptures)

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (1st person pronoun)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

प्रतरिष्यति (pratariṣyati) - will misinterpret (will deceive, will misinterpret, will overcome)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of tṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: tṛ (class 1)