महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-18

न वेदानां परिभवान्न शाठ्येन न मायया ।
महत्प्राप्नोति पुरुषो ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणि विन्दति ॥१८॥

18. na vedānāṁ paribhavānna śāṭhyena na māyayā ,
mahatprāpnoti puruṣo brahma brahmaṇi vindati.

18. na vedānām paribhavāt na śāṭhyena na māyayā
mahat prāpnoti puruṣaḥ brahma brahmaṇi vindati

18. puruṣaḥ vedānām paribhavāt na,
śāṭhyena na,
māyayā na mahat prāpnoti.
(saḥ) brahma brahmaṇi vindati.

18. A person does not attain the supreme (mahat) through disrespect for the Vedas, nor through deceit, nor through illusion (māyā). Instead, one realizes Brahman within Brahman itself.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• वेदानाम् (vedānām) - of the Vedas (of the Vedas, of knowledge)

• परिभवात् (paribhavāt) - from disrespect (from disrespect, from contempt, from insult)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

• शाठ्येन (śāṭhyena) - by deceit (by deceit, by trickery, by dishonesty)

• न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

• मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by magic, by deception, by creative power)

• महत् (mahat) - the supreme (Brahman) (great, large, important, the great principle, the supreme)

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (person, man, spiritual being, soul, cosmic person)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the Absolute) (Brahman, the Absolute, sacred word, prayer)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - within Brahman (in Brahman, in the sacred word)

• विन्दति (vindati) - realizes (finds, obtains, knows, realizes)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

वेदानाम् (vedānām) - of the Vedas (of the Vedas, of knowledge)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, the Vedas, revelation

From root vid- 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

परिभवात् (paribhavāt) - from disrespect (from disrespect, from contempt, from insult)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of paribhava

paribhava - contempt, disrespect, defeat, insult

From pari + bhū 'to be'

Prefix: pari

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

शाठ्येन (śāṭhyena) - by deceit (by deceit, by trickery, by dishonesty)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śāṭhya

śāṭhya - dishonesty, trickery, deceit, cunning

From śaṭha 'cunning, deceitful'

न (na) - nor (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

मायया (māyayā) - by illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by magic, by deception, by creative power)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deception, unreality, creative power of a deity (māyā)

महत् (mahat) - the supreme (Brahman) (great, large, important, the great principle, the supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important, the cosmic intellect, the supreme principle (often equated with Brahman)

Present participle of mah- (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as an accusative singular neuter noun.

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person (person, man, spiritual being, soul, cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, human being, the Self, the cosmic spirit (puruṣa)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the Absolute) (Brahman, the Absolute, sacred word, prayer)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute (brahman), the ultimate reality, sacred word, prayer, the creator god Brahmā

Root bṛh 'to grow, expand'

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Absolute.

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - within Brahman (in Brahman, in the sacred word)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute (brahman), the ultimate reality, sacred word, prayer, the creator god Brahmā

Root bṛh 'to grow, expand'

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Absolute.

विन्दति (vindati) - realizes (finds, obtains, knows, realizes)

(verb)

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

From root vid (class 6) 'to find'.

Root: vid (class 6)