महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-14

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च भूतानां यो न बुध्यते ।
तस्य स्तम्भो भवेद्बाल्यान्नास्ति स्तम्भोऽनुपश्यतः ॥१४॥

14. pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca bhūtānāṁ yo na budhyate ,
tasya stambho bhavedbālyānnāsti stambho'nupaśyataḥ.

14. pravṛttim ca nivṛttim ca bhūtānām yaḥ na budhyate tasya
stambhaḥ bhavet bālyāt na asti stambhaḥ anupaśyataḥ

14. yaḥ bhūtānām pravṛttim ca nivṛttim ca na budhyate tasya
bālyāt stambhaḥ bhavet na asti stambhaḥ anupaśyataḥ

14. The one who does not understand both the activity and the cessation of beings experiences a hindrance due to immaturity. For one who perceives truly, there is no such hindrance.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवृत्तिम् (pravṛttim) - activity, engagement, origination

• च (ca) - and, also

• निवृत्तिम् (nivṛttim) - cessation, disengagement, turning back

• च (ca) - and, also

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, the one who

• न (na) - not, no

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - understands, comprehends, knows

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

• स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, stagnation, pillar

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be, should be

• बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from/due to childishness, immaturity, ignorance

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, stagnation, pillar

• अनुपश्यतः (anupaśyataḥ) - for one who perceives, for the observer, of the observer

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवृत्तिम् (pravṛttim) - activity, engagement, origination

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pravṛtti

pravṛtti - activity, engagement, origination, inclination, manifestation

From pra-√vṛt (to turn forth, engage)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निवृत्तिम् (nivṛttim) - cessation, disengagement, turning back

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, disengagement, turning back, retirement, end

From ni-√vṛt (to turn back, cease)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, the one who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बुध्यते (budhyate) - understands, comprehends, knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of budh

Root: budh (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, stagnation, pillar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, obstruction, hindrance, paralysis, insensibility

From √stambh (to prop, support, stop)

Root: stambh (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from/due to childishness, immaturity, ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childishness, infancy, immaturity, ignorance

From bāla (child) + -ya (suffix forming abstract nouns)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, stagnation, pillar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, obstruction, hindrance, paralysis, insensibility

From √stambh (to prop, support, stop)

Root: stambh (class 1)

अनुपश्यतः (anupaśyataḥ) - for one who perceives, for the observer, of the observer

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anupaśyat

anupaśyat - perceiving, observing, seeing

Present Active Participle

From anu-√paś (to perceive, observe)

Prefix: anu

Root: paś (class 4)