महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-130, verse-8

यदेव प्रकृतं शास्त्रमविशेषेण विन्दति ।
तदेव मध्याः सेवन्ते मेधावी चाप्यथोत्तरम् ॥८॥

8. yadeva prakṛtaṁ śāstramaviśeṣeṇa vindati ,
tadeva madhyāḥ sevante medhāvī cāpyathottaram.

8. yat eva prakṛtam śāstram aviśeṣeṇa vindati | tat
eva madhyāḥ sevante medhāvī ca api atha uttaram

8. yat eva prakṛtam śāstram aviśeṣeṇa vindati,
madhyāḥ tat eva sevante,
medhāvī ca api atha uttaram (sevate).

8. Whatever doctrine (śāstra) is presented, one grasps it uniformly. The average people follow that very (doctrine), while the intelligent person (medhāvī) also pursues what is superior (to it).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which (neuter)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - presented, commenced, natural, essential

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - doctrine, scripture, treatise

• अविशेषेण (aviśeṣeṇa) - without distinction, uniformly

• विन्दति (vindati) - he finds, he obtains, he knows, he perceives

• तत् (tat) - that, that very thing (neuter)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• मध्याः (madhyāḥ) - average people, mediocre ones

• सेवन्ते (sevante) - they practice, they follow, they serve

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - an intelligent person, a wise one

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the superior, the higher, the later

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which (neuter)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

प्रकृतम् (prakṛtam) - presented, commenced, natural, essential

(adjective)

neuter, singular of prakṛta

prakṛta - presented, begun, natural, original

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - doctrine, scripture, treatise

(noun)

neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - doctrine, scripture, science, rule

Root: śās (class 2)

अविशेषेण (aviśeṣeṇa) - without distinction, uniformly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aviśeṣa

aviśeṣa - without distinction, general, uniform

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+viśeṣa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• viśeṣa – distinction, difference, peculiarity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ

विन्दति (vindati) - he finds, he obtains, he knows, he perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that, that very thing (neuter)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

मध्याः (madhyāḥ) - average people, mediocre ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhya

madhya - middle, average, mediocre

Note: Used as a substantivized adjective

सेवन्ते (sevante) - they practice, they follow, they serve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sev

Root: sev (class 1)

मेधावी (medhāvī) - an intelligent person, a wise one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, sagacious, wise

Note: Used as a substantivized adjective

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

(indeclinable)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - the superior, the higher, the later

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - higher, superior, later, subsequent

Note: Used as a substantivized adjective referring to a superior thing or doctrine.