महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-147, verse-24

प्रमाणमप्रमाणं वै यः कुर्यादबुधो नरः ।
न स प्रमाणतामर्हो विवादजननो हि सः ॥२४॥

24. pramāṇamapramāṇaṁ vai yaḥ kuryādabudho naraḥ ,
na sa pramāṇatāmarho vivādajanano hi saḥ.

24. pramāṇam apramāṇam vai yaḥ kuryāt abudhaḥ naraḥ
| na saḥ pramāṇatām arhaḥ vivādajananaḥ hi saḥ

24. Indeed, any ignorant person who treats what is authoritative as non-authoritative is not worthy of being an authority himself. For he is one who generates disputes.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, evidence, standard

• अप्रमाणम् (apramāṇam) - non-authority, what is not authoritative

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, would do, may do

• अबुधः (abudhaḥ) - foolish, ignorant person

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• न (na) - not, no

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• प्रमाणताम् (pramāṇatām) - authoritative status, trustworthiness

• अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy, deserving, fit

• विवादजननः (vivādajananaḥ) - creating disputes, causing quarrels

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

Words meanings and morphology

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, evidence, standard

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - proof, evidence, authority, standard

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

अप्रमाणम् (apramāṇam) - non-authority, what is not authoritative

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apramāṇa

apramāṇa - non-authority, that which is not a valid means of knowledge

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do, would do, may do

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अबुधः (abudhaḥ) - foolish, ignorant person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abudha

abudha - ignorant, foolish, stupid

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रमाणताम् (pramāṇatām) - authoritative status, trustworthiness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramāṇatā

pramāṇatā - authoritative nature, trustworthiness, reliability

अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy, deserving, fit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arha

arha - worthy, deserving, fit, able

Root: arh (class 1)

विवादजननः (vivādajananaḥ) - creating disputes, causing quarrels

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivādajanana

vivādajanana - causing quarrels, generating disputes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vivāda+janana)

• vivāda – dispute, contention, quarrel, controversy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vad (class 1)
• janana – generating, causing, producing, bringing forth
  adjective (neuter)
  agent noun/action noun
  From root jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it