महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-38

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।
अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥३८॥

38. kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati ,
apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi.

38. kaccit na ubhaya-vibhraṣṭaḥ chinna-abhram iva
naśyati apratiṣṭhaḥ mahābāho vimūḍhaḥ brahmaṇaḥ pathi

38. mahābāho kaccit ubhaya-vibhraṣṭaḥ brahmaṇaḥ pathi
vimūḍhaḥ apratiṣṭhaḥ chinna-abhram iva naśyati

38. O mighty-armed one (Mahābāho), does a person who has strayed from both paths, bewildered on the path to the Absolute (brahman) and without any firm foundation, perish like a scattered cloud?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, maybe, is it that

• न (na) - not, no

• उभय-विभ्रष्टः (ubhaya-vibhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen from both paths (karma yoga and jñāna yoga) (fallen from both)

• छिन्न-अभ्रम् (chinna-abhram) - scattered cloud, broken cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

• अप्रतिष्ठः (apratiṣṭhaḥ) - without firm spiritual foundation (without foundation, unsupported, unstable)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - bewildered on the spiritual path (bewildered, deluded, confused)

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of brahman, of the Absolute

• पथि (pathi) - on the spiritual path (to brahman) (on the path, in the way)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, maybe, is it that

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle implying doubt or desire for an affirmative answer.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उभय-विभ्रष्टः (ubhaya-vibhraṣṭaḥ) - fallen from both paths (karma yoga and jñāna yoga) (fallen from both)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ubhaya-vibhraṣṭa

ubhaya-vibhraṣṭa - fallen from both; deviated from both

Compound type : tatpurusha (ubhaya+vibhraṣṭa)

• ubhaya – both, of both kinds
  pronoun (neuter)
• vibhraṣṭa – fallen, strayed, deviated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhraś with prefix vi and suffix -ta.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhraś (class 4)

Note: Refers to the person who has fallen.

छिन्न-अभ्रम् (chinna-abhram) - scattered cloud, broken cloud

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of chinna-abhra

chinna-abhra - a broken/scattered cloud

Compound type : karmadharaya (chinna+abhra)

• chinna – cut, broken, scattered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root chid with suffix -na.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in comparison 'like a scattered cloud'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of naś

present indicative

Parasmaipada, 4th class verb

Root: naś (class 4)

अप्रतिष्ठः (apratiṣṭhaḥ) - without firm spiritual foundation (without foundation, unsupported, unstable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apratiṣṭha

apratiṣṭha - without foundation, unsupported, unstable

Derived from a (negation) + pratiṣṭhā (foundation)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+pratiṣṭhā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pratiṣṭhā – foundation, support, basis, establishment
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root sthā with prefix prati.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes the fallen person.

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Krishna or Arjuna, here for Krishna.

विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - bewildered on the spiritual path (bewildered, deluded, confused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimūḍha

vimūḍha - bewildered, deluded, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh with prefix vi and suffix -ḍha (kta).

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Describes the fallen person.

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of brahman, of the Absolute

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the Supreme Reality, the universal spirit

पथि (pathi) - on the spiritual path (to brahman) (on the path, in the way)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way