महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-19, verse-17

वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि च ।
विपाट्य कदलीस्कन्धं सारं ददृशिरे न ते ॥१७॥

17. vedavādānatikramya śāstrāṇyāraṇyakāni ca ,
vipāṭya kadalīskandhaṁ sāraṁ dadṛśire na te.

17. vedavādān atikramya śāstrāṇi āraṇyakāni ca
vipāṭya kadalīskandham sāram dadṛśire na te

17. te vedavādān śāstrāṇi ca āraṇyakāni atikramya
kadalīskandham vipāṭya sāram na dadṛśire

17. Having transcended the Vedic statements (vedavādān) and the scriptures (śāstras) and the Aranyakas, they did not perceive the essence, just as one does not find substance by splitting open a banana stem.

Words meanings summery:

• वेदवादान् (vedavādān) - Vedic statements; Vedic doctrines

• अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having gone beyond or transcended (having surpassed; having transgressed; having gone beyond)

• शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures; treatises; teachings

• आरण्यकानि (āraṇyakāni) - the Aranyaka texts (a class of Vedic literature) (Aranyakas (forest treatises); related to the forest)

• च (ca) - and; also

• विपाट्य (vipāṭya) - having split open; having torn apart; having cut

• कदलीस्कन्धम् (kadalīskandham) - banana stem/trunk

• सारम् (sāram) - essence; core; substance; strength

• ददृशिरे (dadṛśire) - they saw; they perceived; they beheld

• न (na) - not; no

• ते (te) - they

Words meanings and morphology

वेदवादान् (vedavādān) - Vedic statements; Vedic doctrines

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vedavāda

vedavāda - Vedic statement; Vedic doctrine; Vedic assertion

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+vāda)

• veda – Veda; knowledge; sacred wisdom
  noun (masculine)
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vāda – statement; doctrine; discourse; argument
  noun (masculine)
  From root vad (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)

अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having gone beyond or transcended (having surpassed; having transgressed; having gone beyond)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive of root kram (to step) with prefix ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

शास्त्राणि (śāstrāṇi) - scriptures; treatises; teachings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - sacred text; scripture; treatise; teaching; rule

From root śās (to teach, instruct)

Root: śās (class 2)

आरण्यकानि (āraṇyakāni) - the Aranyaka texts (a class of Vedic literature) (Aranyakas (forest treatises); related to the forest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āraṇyaka

āraṇyaka - relating to a forest; forest-dweller; a class of Vedic texts (Aranyakas)

Derived from araṇya (forest) with suffix -ka

च (ca) - and; also

(indeclinable)

विपाट्य (vipāṭya) - having split open; having torn apart; having cut

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive of root paṭ (to split) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: paṭ (class 1)

कदलीस्कन्धम् (kadalīskandham) - banana stem/trunk

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kadalīskandha

kadalīskandha - banana stem; trunk of a banana tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (kadalī+skandha)

• kadalī – banana plant; banana
  noun (feminine)
• skandha – trunk; stem; shoulder; chapter
  noun (masculine)

सारम् (sāram) - essence; core; substance; strength

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāra

sāra - essence; core; substance; strength; valuable part

ददृशिरे (dadṛśire) - they saw; they perceived; they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not; no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that; he; she; it