महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-20

आर्षं प्रमाणमुत्क्रम्य धर्मानपरिपालयन् ।
सर्वशास्त्रातिगो मूढः शं जन्मसु न विन्दति ॥२०॥

20. ārṣaṁ pramāṇamutkramya dharmānaparipālayan ,
sarvaśāstrātigo mūḍhaḥ śaṁ janmasu na vindati.

20. ārṣam pramāṇam utkramya dharmān aparipālayan
sarvaśāstra atigaḥ mūḍhaḥ śam janmasu na vindati

20. Disregarding the sacred tradition (ārṣa pramāṇa) and not upholding the natural laws (dharma), a fool who transgresses all scriptures does not find happiness in his many births (janmasu).

Words meanings summery:

• आर्षम् (ārṣam) - traditional, derived from Rṣis, Vedic, sacred

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, evidence, standard, measure

• उत्क्रम्य (utkramya) - having transgressed, having disregarded, having stepped beyond

• धर्मान् (dharmān) - natural laws (dharma), duties, righteous acts

• अपरिपालयन् (aparipālayan) - not upholding, not protecting, not observing

• सर्वशास्त्र (sarvaśāstra) - all scriptures, all sacred texts

• अतिगः (atigaḥ) - one who goes beyond, transgresses

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, ignorant person, bewildered

• शम् (śam) - happiness, welfare, peace, prosperity

• जन्मसु (janmasu) - in births, in lives

• न (na) - not, no

• विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, gets

Words meanings and morphology

आर्षम् (ārṣam) - traditional, derived from Rṣis, Vedic, sacred

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ārṣa

ārṣa - relating to a seer (ṛṣi), sacred, traditional, Vedic

from ṛṣi (seer)

Note: Qualifies 'pramāṇam'.

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - authority, evidence, standard, measure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, evidence, means of knowledge, standard, measure

from pra + root mā (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'utkramya'.

उत्क्रम्य (utkramya) - having transgressed, having disregarded, having stepped beyond

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from ut + root kram (to step) + lyap suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: kram (class 1)

धर्मान् (dharmān) - natural laws (dharma), duties, righteous acts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'aparipālayan'.

अपरिपालयन् (aparipālayan) - not upholding, not protecting, not observing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparipālayan

aparipālayan - not upholding, not protecting, not observing

Present Active Participle (negative)

negative particle 'a' + pari + root pā (to protect, govern) + śatṛ suffix

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'mūḍhaḥ'.

सर्वशास्त्र (sarvaśāstra) - all scriptures, all sacred texts

(noun)

neuter, singular of sarvaśāstra

sarvaśāstra - all scriptures, all sacred texts

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+śāstra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (neuter)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, sacred text, rule
  noun (neuter)
  from root śās (to teach, instruct)
  Root: śās (class 2)

Note: First part of the compound 'sarvaśāstrātiga'.

अतिगः (atigaḥ) - one who goes beyond, transgresses

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atiga

atiga - going beyond, transgressing, excelling

from ati + root gam (to go)

Prefix: ati

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'sarvaśāstrātigaḥ'.

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, ignorant person, bewildered

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, bewildered, dull

Past Passive Participle (used as noun/adjective)

from root muh (to be bewildered, confused)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

शम् (śam) - happiness, welfare, peace, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śam

śam - happiness, welfare, peace, prosperity

Note: Object of 'vindati'.

जन्मसु (janmasu) - in births, in lives

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, existence, life

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विन्दति (vindati) - finds, obtains, gets

(verb)

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

present tense, third person singular, active voice

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Nullified by 'na'.