महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-215, verse-26

विकारानेव यो वेद न वेद प्रकृतिं पराम् ।
तस्य स्तम्भो भवेद्बाल्यान्नास्ति स्तम्भोऽनुपश्यतः ॥२६॥

26. vikārāneva yo veda na veda prakṛtiṁ parām ,
tasya stambho bhavedbālyānnāsti stambho'nupaśyataḥ.

26. vikārān eva yaḥ veda na veda prakṛtim parām tasya
stambhaḥ bhavet bālyāt na asti stambhaḥ anupaśyataḥ

26. yaḥ vikārān eva veda parām prakṛtim na veda tasya
bālyāt stambhaḥ bhavet anupaśyataḥ stambhaḥ na asti

26. One who knows only the transformations but does not know the supreme fundamental nature (prakṛti), for him, there will be delusion born of foolishness. There is no delusion for one who perceives correctly.

Words meanings summery:

• विकारान् (vikārān) - transformations, modifications, products

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

• वेद (veda) - knows, understands

• न (na) - not, no

• वेद (veda) - knows, understands

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - primary nature, original form, constitution, natural law

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

• स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - delusion, stubbornness (delusion, obstinacy, stiffness, pillar)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - there will be (there should be, it may be, it would be)

• बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from foolishness (from childhood, from foolishness, from immaturity)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - delusion, stubbornness (delusion, obstinacy, stiffness, pillar)

• अनुपश्यतः (anupaśyataḥ) - for one who perceives correctly/attentively (of one who sees, of one who perceives)

Words meanings and morphology

विकारान् (vikārān) - transformations, modifications, products

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vikāra

vikāra - change, alteration, transformation, modification, product, disorder, disease

From vi- √kṛ (to make, do)

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

वेद (veda) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

present tense

Perfect stem used as present, P.P. Vid- veti

Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वेद (veda) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

present tense

Perfect stem used as present, P.P. Vid- veti

Root: vid (class 2)

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - primary nature, original form, constitution, natural law

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - original form, primary matter, nature, constitution, natural law, source, cause

From pra- √kṛ (to make, do)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पराम् (parām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent, other

Note: Agrees with prakṛtim.

तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to yaḥ.

स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - delusion, stubbornness (delusion, obstinacy, stiffness, pillar)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, stupor, rigidity, obstinacy, delusion

From √stambh (to stiffen, make firm)

Root: stambh (class 5)

भवेत् (bhavet) - there will be (there should be, it may be, it would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

optative mood

From √bhū, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from foolishness (from childhood, from foolishness, from immaturity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, foolishness, immaturity

Derived from bāla (child) + -ya (abstract noun suffix)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - delusion, stubbornness (delusion, obstinacy, stiffness, pillar)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, stupor, rigidity, obstinacy, delusion

From √stambh (to stiffen, make firm)

Root: stambh (class 5)

अनुपश्यतः (anupaśyataḥ) - for one who perceives correctly/attentively (of one who sees, of one who perceives)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anupaśyat

anupaśyat - perceiving, observing, seeing, contemplating

present active participle

From anu- √paś (to see), present active participle, masculine, singular, genitive

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied tasya.