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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-50

निस्तत्त्वं पञ्चविंशस्य परमाहुर्निदर्शनम् ।
वर्गस्य वर्गमाचारं तत्त्वं तत्त्वात्सनातनम् ॥५०॥
50. nistattvaṁ pañcaviṁśasya paramāhurnidarśanam ,
vargasya vargamācāraṁ tattvaṁ tattvātsanātanam.
50. nistattvam pañcaviṃśasya param āhuḥ nidarśanam |
vargasya vargam ācāram tattvam tattvāt sanātanam
50. pañcaviṃśasya nistattvam param nidarśanam āhuḥ
vargasya vargam ācāram tattvam tattvāt sanātanam
50. They declare non-reality (nistattva) to be the supreme illustration for the twenty-fifth (puruṣa). The ultimate reality (tattva), which is the inherent order (ācāra) of categories (varga) by category, is eternal, distinct from (other) principles (tattva).

Words meanings summery:

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  • निस्तत्त्वम् (nistattvam) - referring to Puruṣa in Sāṅkhya, as distinct from Prakṛti's evolutes (non-reality, that which is not a principle)
  • पञ्चविंशस्य (pañcaviṁśasya) - referring to the twenty-fifth principle, Puruṣa, in Sāṅkhya philosophy (of the twenty-fifth)
  • परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate
  • आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare
  • निदर्शनम् (nidarśanam) - explanation, illustration, example
  • वर्गस्य (vargasya) - of a category (of Sāṅkhya tattvas) (of the class, of the group)
  • वर्गम् (vargam) - a category (of Sāṅkhya tattvas), often used distributively or emphatically with genitive 'vargasya' (a class, a group)
  • आचारम् (ācāram) - the inherent order or natural law (conduct, custom, established order, nature, intrinsic behavior)
  • तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the ultimate reality, Puruṣa, the self-existent principle (reality, principle, truth)
  • तत्त्वात् (tattvāt) - from other principles (e.g., from Prakṛti's evolutes) (from the principle, from reality)
  • सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, perpetual, ancient

Words meanings and morphology

निस्तत्त्वम् (nistattvam) - referring to Puruṣa in Sāṅkhya, as distinct from Prakṛti's evolutes (non-reality, that which is not a principle)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nistattva
nistattva - non-reality, that which is not a principle
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+tattva)
  • nis – without, out of, not
    indeclinable
    Prefix indicating negation or absence.
  • tattva – reality, truth, principle, essence
    noun (neuter)
पञ्चविंशस्य (pañcaviṁśasya) - referring to the twenty-fifth principle, Puruṣa, in Sāṅkhya philosophy (of the twenty-fifth)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pañcaviṃśa
pañcaviṁśa - twenty-fifth
परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other
आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ah
Root form pra-ah (present active 3rd plural).
Root: ah (class 2)
निदर्शनम् (nidarśanam) - explanation, illustration, example
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nidarśana
nidarśana - explanation, illustration, showing, demonstrating
Prefix: ni
Root: dṛś
वर्गस्य (vargasya) - of a category (of Sāṅkhya tattvas) (of the class, of the group)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of varga
varga - class, group, category, division
वर्गम् (vargam) - a category (of Sāṅkhya tattvas), often used distributively or emphatically with genitive 'vargasya' (a class, a group)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of varga
varga - class, group, category, division
आचारम् (ācāram) - the inherent order or natural law (conduct, custom, established order, nature, intrinsic behavior)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ācāra
ācāra - conduct, custom, practice, established usage, intrinsic nature
From root car with prefix ā.
Prefix: ā
Root: car
तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the ultimate reality, Puruṣa, the self-existent principle (reality, principle, truth)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tattva
tattva - reality, truth, principle, essence, element
तत्त्वात् (tattvāt) - from other principles (e.g., from Prakṛti's evolutes) (from the principle, from reality)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of tattva
tattva - reality, truth, principle, essence, element
सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, perpetual, ancient
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, primeval