महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-26

न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् ।
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥२६॥

26. na buddhibhedaṁ janayedajñānāṁ karmasaṅginām ,
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran.

26. na buddhibhedam janayet ajñānām karmasaṅginām
joṣayet sarvakarmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran

26. vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran sarvakarmāṇi ajñānām
karmasaṅginām buddhibhedam na janayet joṣayet ca

26. The wise person, steadfast in yoga, should not cause confusion in the minds of the ignorant who are attached to action, but rather should encourage them in all actions by performing them well himself.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• बुद्धिभेदम् (buddhibhedam) - division of intellect, confusion of understanding

• जनयेत् (janayet) - should cause, should produce, should generate

• अज्ञानाम् (ajñānām) - of the ignorant, of those lacking knowledge

• कर्मसङ्गिनाम् (karmasaṅginām) - of those attached to action

• जोषयेत् (joṣayet) - should cause to take delight in, should engage, should encourage

• सर्वकर्माणि (sarvakarmāṇi) - all actions, all duties

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise one, one who knows

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - steadfast, harmonized, absorbed in yoga

• समाचरन् (samācaran) - performing well, practicing, executing

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिभेदम् (buddhibhedam) - division of intellect, confusion of understanding

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of buddhibheda

buddhibheda - confusion of understanding, division of intellect

Compound type : tatpurusha (buddhi+bheda)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• bheda – splitting, difference, division, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

जनयेत् (janayet) - should cause, should produce, should generate

(verb)

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

causative

causative stem janaya

Root: jan (class 4)

अज्ञानाम् (ajñānām) - of the ignorant, of those lacking knowledge

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorant, lacking knowledge

Prefix: a

Root: jñā (class 9)

कर्मसङ्गिनाम् (karmasaṅginām) - of those attached to action

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karmasaṅgin

karmasaṅgin - attached to action

Compound type : tatpurusha (karma+saṅgin)

• karma – action, deed, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• saṅgin – attached, clinging to
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sañj (class 1)

जोषयेत् (joṣayet) - should cause to take delight in, should engage, should encourage

(verb)

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

causative

causative stem joṣaya

Root: juṣ (class 6)

सर्वकर्माणि (sarvakarmāṇi) - all actions, all duties

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarvakarma

sarvakarma - all actions

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+karma)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• karma – action, duty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise one, one who knows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing

Root: vid (class 2)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - steadfast, harmonized, absorbed in yoga

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, steadfast in yoga

Past Passive Participle

from root yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

समाचरन् (samācaran) - performing well, practicing, executing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samācarat

samācarat - practicing, performing

Present Active Participle

from sam + ā + car

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

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