महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-252, verse-10

ते चेत्सर्वे प्रमाणं वै प्रमाणं तन्न विद्यते ।
प्रमाणे चाप्रमाणे च विरुद्धे शास्त्रता कुतः ॥१०॥

10. te cetsarve pramāṇaṁ vai pramāṇaṁ tanna vidyate ,
pramāṇe cāpramāṇe ca viruddhe śāstratā kutaḥ.

10. te cet sarve pramāṇam vai pramāṇam tat na vidyate
pramāṇe ca apramāṇe ca viruddhe śāstratā kutaḥ

10. cet te sarve vai pramāṇam [syāt],
[tarhi] tat pramāṇam na vidyate.
pramāṇe ca apramāṇe ca viruddhe [sati],
śāstratā kutaḥ [syāt]?

10. If all those (different teachings) are indeed considered valid authority (pramāṇa), then no true authority (pramāṇa) actually exists. When there is a contradiction between what is considered valid and invalid, how can there be any true scriptural authority (śāstratā)?

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (teachings) (they, those)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone)

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - valid authority (pramāṇa) (evidence, authority, validity, measure)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely (emphatic particle))

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - true authority (pramāṇa) (evidence, authority, validity, measure)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

• न (na) - not

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

• प्रमाणे (pramāṇe) - what is considered valid (in/regarding authority, in/regarding valid evidence)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अप्रमाणे (apramāṇe) - invalid (evidence) (in/regarding non-authority, in/regarding invalid evidence)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विरुद्धे (viruddhe) - when there is a contradiction (when contradictory, in contradiction, in opposition)

• शास्त्रता (śāstratā) - scriptural authority (śāstratā) (scriptural authority, state of being a scripture)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (whence, from where, how)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (teachings) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, everyone)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - valid authority (pramāṇa) (evidence, authority, validity, measure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, evidence, measure, standard

From pra-√mā (to measure, perceive rightly) + -ana (suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - true authority (pramāṇa) (evidence, authority, validity, measure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, evidence, measure, standard

From pra-√mā (to measure, perceive rightly) + -ana (suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (exists, is found, is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 4)

प्रमाणे (pramāṇe) - what is considered valid (in/regarding authority, in/regarding valid evidence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, evidence, measure, standard

From pra-√mā (to measure, perceive rightly) + -ana (suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अप्रमाणे (apramāṇe) - invalid (evidence) (in/regarding non-authority, in/regarding invalid evidence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of apramāṇa

apramāṇa - non-authority, invalid evidence, fallacy

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pramāṇa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pramāṇa – authority, evidence, measure, standard
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-√mā (to measure, perceive rightly) + -ana (suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विरुद्धे (viruddhe) - when there is a contradiction (when contradictory, in contradiction, in opposition)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of viruddha

viruddha - contradictory, opposed, obstructed

Past Passive Participle

From vi-√rudh (to obstruct, oppose) + -ta (suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

शास्त्रता (śāstratā) - scriptural authority (śāstratā) (scriptural authority, state of being a scripture)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śāstratā

śāstratā - scriptural authority, quality of being a śāstra

From śāstra + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (whence, from where, how)

(indeclinable)