महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-140, verse-14

परिमुष्णन्ति शास्त्राणि शास्त्रदोषानुदर्शिनः ।
विज्ञानमथ विद्यानां न सम्यगिति वर्तते ॥१४॥

14. parimuṣṇanti śāstrāṇi śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ ,
vijñānamatha vidyānāṁ na samyagiti vartate.

14. parimuṣṇanti śāstrāṇi śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ
vijñānam atha vidyānām na samyak iti vartate

14. śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ śāstrāṇi parimuṣṇanti
atha vidyānām vijñānam iti samyak na vartate

14. Those who merely point out flaws in scriptures, plunder or distort the true meaning of the scriptures. Thus, their specific knowledge (vijñāna) of the various branches of learning (vidyā) is not rightly established.

Words meanings summery:

• परिमुष्णन्ति (parimuṣṇanti) - they distort or misrepresent the scriptures (they steal, they plunder, they deprive, they distort)

• शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures, sacred texts, treatises

• शास्त्रदोषानुदर्शिनः (śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ) - those who point out faults in scriptures, critics of scriptures

• विज्ञानम् (vijñānam) - practical or specific understanding (specific knowledge, discrimination, science)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and

• विद्यानाम् (vidyānām) - of sciences, of branches of learning

• न (na) - not, no

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, well

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• वर्तते (vartate) - it exists, it prevails, it proceeds, it happens

Words meanings and morphology

परिमुष्णन्ति (parimuṣṇanti) - they distort or misrepresent the scriptures (they steal, they plunder, they deprive, they distort)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of parimuṣ

Present Active Indicative

From root 'muṣ' (to steal) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: muṣ (class 9)

शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures, sacred texts, treatises

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, sacred text, treatise, rule, instruction

From root 'śās' (to teach, instruct).

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Object of 'parimuṣṇanti'.

शास्त्रदोषानुदर्शिनः (śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ) - those who point out faults in scriptures, critics of scriptures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāstradoṣānudarśin

śāstradoṣānudarśin - one who observes/points out faults in scriptures

Compound formed from 'śāstra' (scripture), 'doṣa' (fault), and 'anudarśin' (one who observes/points out).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śāstra+doṣa+anudarśin)

• śāstra – scripture, sacred text
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'duṣ' (to be corrupt).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• anudarśin – one who sees, observes, points out
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'dṛś' with prefix 'anu'.
  Suffix -in from 'dṛś' (to see) with 'anu' (after).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'parimuṣṇanti'.

विज्ञानम् (vijñānam) - practical or specific understanding (specific knowledge, discrimination, science)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāna

vijñāna - specific knowledge, discernment, science, understanding

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject of 'vartate'.

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and

(indeclinable)

Indicating commencement or continuation.

विद्यानाम् (vidyānām) - of sciences, of branches of learning

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, branch of knowledge

From root 'vid' (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: 'of the sciences' or 'among the sciences'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, well

(indeclinable)

From 'sam' (together, well) and 'añc' (to go, move straight).

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

Particle.

वर्तते (vartate) - it exists, it prevails, it proceeds, it happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Middle Indicative

From root 'vṛt', 1st class verb.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'vijñānam'.