महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-228, verse-2

प्रज्ञया निर्मितैर्धीरास्तारयन्त्यबुधान्प्लवैः ।
नाबुधास्तारयन्त्यन्यानात्मानं वा कथंचन ॥२॥

2. prajñayā nirmitairdhīrāstārayantyabudhānplavaiḥ ,
nābudhāstārayantyanyānātmānaṁ vā kathaṁcana.

2. prajñayā nirmitaiḥ dhīrāḥ tārayanti abudhān plavaiḥ
na abudhāḥ tārayanti anyān ātmānaṃ vā kathañcana

2. dhīrāḥ prajñayā nirmitaiḥ plavaiḥ abudhān tārayanti
abudhāḥ anyān vā ātmānaṃ kathañcana na tārayanti

2. The wise, using means fashioned by their profound understanding, enable the ignorant to overcome difficulties. The ignorant, however, can never help others, nor even themselves, in any way.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - by wisdom, by insight, by understanding

• निर्मितैः (nirmitaiḥ) - referring to the 'boats' (plavaiḥ) (by those constructed, by those fashioned, by those created)

• धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - the wise, the intelligent, the firm-minded

• तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they help to cross, they save, they cause to pass over

• अबुधान् (abudhān) - the ignorant, the foolish

• प्लवैः (plavaiḥ) - by boats, by rafts

• न (na) - not, no

• अबुधाः (abudhāḥ) - the ignorant, the foolish

• तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they help to cross, they save, they cause to pass over

• अन्यान् (anyān) - others

• आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - self, soul, oneself

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way, by any means, somehow or other

Words meanings and morphology

प्रज्ञया (prajñayā) - by wisdom, by insight, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, insight, understanding, intelligence

Derived from pra-√jñā

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

निर्मितैः (nirmitaiḥ) - referring to the 'boats' (plavaiḥ) (by those constructed, by those fashioned, by those created)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nirmita

nirmita - constructed, fashioned, created, built

Past Passive Participle

Derived from nir-√mā (to build, measure)

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 2)

धीराः (dhīrāḥ) - the wise, the intelligent, the firm-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhīra

dhīra - wise, intelligent, firm, patient, grave

तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they help to cross, they save, they cause to pass over

(verb)

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

Causative present active

Causative form of √tṛ (to cross)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अबुधान् (abudhān) - the ignorant, the foolish

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abudha

abudha - ignorant, foolish, unwise

Negative compound (a- + budha)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+budha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• budha – wise, intelligent, learned
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √budh
  Root: budh (class 1)

प्लवैः (plavaiḥ) - by boats, by rafts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of plava

plava - boat, raft, float, swimming

Derived from √plu (to float, swim)

Root: plu (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अबुधाः (abudhāḥ) - the ignorant, the foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abudha

abudha - ignorant, foolish, unwise

Negative compound (a- + budha)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+budha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• budha – wise, intelligent, learned
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √budh
  Root: budh (class 1)

तारयन्ति (tārayanti) - they help to cross, they save, they cause to pass over

(verb)

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

Causative present active

Causative form of √tṛ (to cross)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अन्यान् (anyān) - others

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - self, soul, oneself

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, person

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way, by any means, somehow or other

(indeclinable)