महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-85, verse-23

अधीयानः पण्डितं मन्यमानो यो विद्यया हन्ति यशः परेषाम् ।
तस्यान्तवन्तश्च भवन्ति लोका न चास्य तद्ब्रह्म फलं ददाति ॥२३॥

23. adhīyānaḥ paṇḍitaṁ manyamāno; yo vidyayā hanti yaśaḥ pareṣām ,
tasyāntavantaśca bhavanti lokā; na cāsya tadbrahma phalaṁ dadāti.

23. adhīyānaḥ paṇḍitam manyamānaḥ yaḥ
vidyayā hanti yaśaḥ pareṣām tasya
antavantaḥ ca bhavanti lokāḥ na
ca asya tat brahma phalam dadāti

23. He who, despite studying, considers himself learned and uses his knowledge (vidyā) to destroy the reputation of others, finds his worlds to be perishable, and that sacred knowledge (brahman) does not bestow any fruit upon him.

Words meanings summery:

• अधीयानः (adhīyānaḥ) - he who studies (studying, one who studies)

• पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - learned (as in, considering oneself learned) (learned, scholar, wise man)

• मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering (considering, thinking, believing)

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• विद्यया (vidyayā) - by his knowledge (vidyā) (by knowledge, by learning, by science)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes)

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - reputation (fame, glory, reputation)

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others (of others, of enemies)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the person described by 'yaḥ') (of him, his)

• अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (having an end, perishable, finite)

• च (ca) - and

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become, are (become, are, exist)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (referring to the realms of existence or rewards) (worlds, people)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and

• अस्य (asya) - him (dative sense: to him) (of him, his, of this)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'brahma') (that, it)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge (brahman) or the Veda (Brahman, sacred knowledge, Veda, prayer)

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, reward (fruit, result, reward)

• ददाति (dadāti) - bestows (gives, grants, bestows)

Words meanings and morphology

अधीयानः (adhīyānaḥ) - he who studies (studying, one who studies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhīyāna

adhīyāna - studying, learning, one who studies

Present Middle Participle

PMP of adhi-i (to study), used as a noun here

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

पण्डितम् (paṇḍitam) - learned (as in, considering oneself learned) (learned, scholar, wise man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, scholar

Note: Object of 'manyamānaḥ'.

मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering (considering, thinking, believing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyamāna

manyamāna - thinking, considering, believing, deeming

Present Middle Participle

PMP of man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'yaḥ'.

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

विद्यया (vidyayā) - by his knowledge (vidyā) (by knowledge, by learning, by science)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, wisdom

Root: vid (class 2)

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of han

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: han (class 2)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - reputation (fame, glory, reputation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, reputation, honor

Note: Object of 'hanti'.

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others (of others, of enemies)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of para

para - other, supreme, enemy, distant

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the person described by 'yaḥ') (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Corresponds to the relative pronoun 'yaḥ'.

अन्तवन्तः (antavantaḥ) - perishable (having an end, perishable, finite)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite, limited

Derived from anta (end) + matUP (possessive suffix)

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become, are (become, are, exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds (referring to the realms of existence or rewards) (worlds, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

Note: Subject of 'bhavanti'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - him (dative sense: to him) (of him, his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Used here with the sense of dative 'to him'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to 'brahma') (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge (brahman) or the Veda (Brahman, sacred knowledge, Veda, prayer)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (ultimate reality), sacred word, Veda, prayer, priest

Note: Subject of 'dadāti'.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, reward (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'dadāti'.

ददाति (dadāti) - bestows (gives, grants, bestows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dā

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated verb, Class 3

Root: dā (class 3)