महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-296, verse-9

अव्यक्तं न तु तद्ब्रह्म बुध्यते तात केवलम् ।
केवलं पञ्चविंशं च चतुर्विंशं न पश्यति ॥९॥

9. avyaktaṁ na tu tadbrahma budhyate tāta kevalam ,
kevalaṁ pañcaviṁśaṁ ca caturviṁśaṁ na paśyati.

9. avyaktam na tu tat brahma budhyate tāta kevalam
kevalam pañcaviṃśam ca caturviṃśam na paśyati

9. tāta,
tat brahma tu avyaktam kevalam na budhyate.
(tat) pañcaviṃśam ca caturviṃśam kevalam na paśyati

9. O dear one, that Brahman, however, does not discern the unmanifest (prakṛti) as a separate entity. Nor does it perceive the twenty-fifth (puruṣa) and the twenty-fourth (prakṛti and its evolutes) as isolated entities.

Words meanings summery:

• अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest (prakṛti) (the unmanifest, primordial nature)

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• तत् (tat) - that, that one

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - he discerns, he perceives, he awakens

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (term of affectionate address) (O dear one, O father)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - as a separate entity, merely (modifying 'avyaktam') (alone, pure, merely)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - as isolated entities (modifying 'pañcaviṃśam ca caturviṃśam') (alone, pure, merely)

• पञ्चविंशम् (pañcaviṁśam) - the twenty-fifth principle (Puruṣa) (the twenty-fifth)

• च (ca) - and

• चतुर्विंशम् (caturviṁśam) - the twenty-fourth principle (Prakṛti and its evolutes) (the twenty-fourth)

• न (na) - not

• पश्यति (paśyati) - he sees, he perceives

Words meanings and morphology

अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest (prakṛti) (the unmanifest, primordial nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, unexpressed, primordial nature (prakṛti)

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Derived from root 'vyaj' (to manifest) with negative particle 'a-'.

Compound type : Dvigu (a+vyakta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyakta – manifest, expressed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vyaj' with prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vyaj (class 6)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to Prakṛti.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the universal spirit

बुध्यते (budhyate) - he discerns, he perceives, he awakens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

Root verb, class 4, Ātmanepada

Root: budh (class 4)

तात (tāta) - O dear one (term of affectionate address) (O dear one, O father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of address, often by an elder to a junior)

केवलम् (kevalam) - as a separate entity, merely (modifying 'avyaktam') (alone, pure, merely)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, only, sole, pure, isolated

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying how 'avyaktam' is discerned.

केवलम् (kevalam) - as isolated entities (modifying 'pañcaviṃśam ca caturviṃśam') (alone, pure, merely)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, only, sole, pure, isolated

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying how 'pañcaviṃśam' and 'caturviṃśam' are perceived.

पञ्चविंशम् (pañcaviṁśam) - the twenty-fifth principle (Puruṣa) (the twenty-fifth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pañcaviṃśa

pañcaviṁśa - twenty-fifth

Compound numeral.

Compound type : Dvigu (pañcan+viṃśati)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Refers to Puruṣa in Sāṅkhya.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चतुर्विंशम् (caturviṁśam) - the twenty-fourth principle (Prakṛti and its evolutes) (the twenty-fourth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caturviṃśa

caturviṁśa - twenty-fourth

Compound numeral.

Compound type : Dvigu (catur+viṃśati)

• catur – four
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Refers to Prakṛti and its evolutes in Sāṅkhya.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - he sees, he perceives

(verb)

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

Root verb, class 4, Parasmaipada (present stem paśya-)

Root: dṛś (class 1)