महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-49

याथातथ्यमविज्ञाय शास्त्राणां शास्त्रदस्यवः ।
ब्रह्मस्तेना निरारम्भा अपक्वमतयोऽशिवाः ॥४९॥

49. yāthātathyamavijñāya śāstrāṇāṁ śāstradasyavaḥ ,
brahmastenā nirārambhā apakvamatayo'śivāḥ.

49. याथातथ्यम् अविज्ञाय शास्त्राणाम् शास्त्रदस्यवः
ब्रह्मस्तेनाः निरारम्भाः अपक्वमतयः अशिवाः

49. शास्त्राणाम् याथातथ्यम् अविज्ञाय शास्त्रदस्यवः
ब्रह्मस्तेनाः निरारम्भाः अपक्वमतयः अशिवाः

49. These 'thieves of scripture' (śāstradasyu), not understanding the true nature (yāthātathyam) of the scriptures, are actually 'thieves of the Absolute (Brahman)' (brahmastenā). They are without any proper initiative (nirārambhā), possess immature intellects (apakvamatayaḥ), and are inauspicious (aśivāḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• याथातथ्यम् (याथातथ्यम्) - the true nature (true nature, reality, exact truth, as it is)

• अविज्ञाय (अविज्ञाय) - not understanding (not having known, without understanding, having failed to understand)

• शास्त्राणाम् (शास्त्राणाम्) - of the scriptures, of the treatises

• शास्त्रदस्यवः (शास्त्रदस्यवः) - thieves of scripture (thieves of scripture, those who steal or misinterpret scripture)

• ब्रह्मस्तेनाः (ब्रह्मस्तेनाः) - thieves of the Absolute (Brahman) (thieves of Brahman, those who steal or misappropriate knowledge of Brahman)

• निरारम्भाः (निरारम्भाः) - without any proper initiative (without enterprise, without initiative, inactive)

• अपक्वमतयः (अपक्वमतयः) - possess immature intellects (with immature minds/intellects, of unripe understanding)

• अशिवाः (अशिवाः) - inauspicious, unpropitious, evil

Words meanings and morphology

याथातथ्यम् (याथातथ्यम्) - the true nature (true nature, reality, exact truth, as it is)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yāthātathya

yāthātathya - true nature, reality, exact truth, correctness

Abstract noun from yathātatha ('as it is') with suffix -ya (ṣyañ)

अविज्ञाय (अविज्ञाय) - not understanding (not having known, without understanding, having failed to understand)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with negation 'a' + prefix vi + root jñā 'to know' (Kriyādi 9) + suffix -ya

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

शास्त्राणाम् (शास्त्राणाम्) - of the scriptures, of the treatises

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of śāstra

śāstra - scripture, teaching, treatise, rule, instruction

From root śās 'to teach, to instruct'

Root: śās (class 2)

शास्त्रदस्यवः (शास्त्रदस्यवः) - thieves of scripture (thieves of scripture, those who steal or misinterpret scripture)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāstradasyu

śāstradasyu - thief of scripture, one who misuses or distorts scripture

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dasyu)

• śāstra – scripture, teaching, treatise
  noun (neuter)
  From root śās 'to teach'
  Root: śās (class 2)
• dasyu – robber, thief, foe, barbarian
  noun (masculine)

ब्रह्मस्तेनाः (ब्रह्मस्तेनाः) - thieves of the Absolute (Brahman) (thieves of Brahman, those who steal or misappropriate knowledge of Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmastena

brahmastena - thief of Brahman (brahman), one who abuses spiritual knowledge

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (brahman+stena)

• brahman – Brahman (the Absolute Reality), sacred utterance, sacred knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  From root bṛh 'to grow, to expand'
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• stena – thief, robber
  noun (masculine)
  From root stey 'to steal'
  Root: stey

निरारम्भाः (निरारम्भाः) - without any proper initiative (without enterprise, without initiative, inactive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirārambha

nirārambha - without beginning, without enterprise, inactive, without effort

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+ārambha)

• nir – without, free from, out of
  prefix
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, enterprise, effort
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + rabh 'to begin' + a
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rabh (class 1)

अपक्वमतयः (अपक्वमतयः) - possess immature intellects (with immature minds/intellects, of unripe understanding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apakvamati

apakvamati - one whose mind/intellect is immature/unripe

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pakva+mati)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  prefix
• pakva – ripe, mature, cooked, developed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pac 'to cook, ripen' + kta
  Root: pac (class 1)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root man 'to think' + kti
  Root: man (class 4)

अशिवाः (अशिवाः) - inauspicious, unpropitious, evil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aśiva

aśiva - inauspicious, unpropitious, unlucky, evil

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śiva)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  prefix
• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, propitious, kind
  adjective