महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-205, verse-18

तस्मात्सम्यक्परीक्षेत दोषानज्ञानसंभवान् ।
अज्ञानप्रभवं नित्यमहंकारं परित्यजेत् ॥१८॥

18. tasmātsamyakparīkṣeta doṣānajñānasaṁbhavān ,
ajñānaprabhavaṁ nityamahaṁkāraṁ parityajet.

18. tasmāt samyak parīkṣeta doṣān ajñānasaṃbhavān
| ajñānaprabhavam nityam ahaṅkāram parityajet

18. tasmāt ajñānasaṃbhavān doṣān samyak parīkṣeta
ajñānaprabhavam ahaṅkāram nityam parityajet

18. Therefore, one should properly examine the faults born of ignorance. One should always abandon the ego (ahaṅkāra) that arises from ignorance.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely

• परीक्षेत (parīkṣeta) - one should examine, he should investigate

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices

• अज्ञानसंभवान् (ajñānasaṁbhavān) - arising from ignorance, born of ignorance

• अज्ञानप्रभवम् (ajñānaprabhavam) - originating from ignorance, born of ignorance

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, eternally

• अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego, egoism, false identification

• परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, he should give up

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially here to mean "therefore".

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely

(indeclinable)

परीक्षेत (parīkṣeta) - one should examine, he should investigate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of parīkṣ

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pari

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Root is √īkṣ (to see) with prefix pari.

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin

अज्ञानसंभवान् (ajñānasaṁbhavān) - arising from ignorance, born of ignorance

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ajñānasaṃbhava

ajñānasaṁbhava - born from ignorance, arising from ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+saṃbhava)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhava – birth, origin, arising, born from
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhū (to be, to become) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying `doṣān`.

अज्ञानप्रभवम् (ajñānaprabhavam) - originating from ignorance, born of ignorance

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajñānaprabhava

ajñānaprabhava - originating from ignorance, born of ignorance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+prabhava)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience
  noun (neuter)
• prabhava – origin, source, arising from
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhū (to be, to become) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying `ahaṅkāram`.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego, egoism, false identification

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, self-sense, false identification of self with body/mind

Compound of 'aham' (I) and 'kāra' (making, doer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+kāra)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• kāra – maker, doer, act of making
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kṛ (to do, to make) + suffix -a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, he should give up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of parityaj

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Root is √tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari.