महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-227, verse-21

तस्मादुन्मज्जनस्यार्थे प्रयतेत विचक्षणः ।
एतदुन्मज्जनं तस्य यदयं ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥२१॥

21. tasmādunmajjanasyārthe prayateta vicakṣaṇaḥ ,
etadunmajjanaṁ tasya yadayaṁ brāhmaṇo bhavet.

21. tasmāt unmajjanasya arthe prayateta vicakṣaṇaḥ
etat unmajjanam tasya yat ayam brāhmaṇaḥ bhavet

21. tasmāt vicakṣaṇaḥ unmajjanasya arthe prayateta
etat unmajjanam tasya yat ayam brāhmaṇaḥ bhavet

21. Therefore, a discerning person should strive for their upliftment. His upliftment (unmajjana) is that he becomes a Brahmin (brāhmaṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

• उन्मज्जनस्य (unmajjanasya) - of rising up, of emerging, of upliftment, of liberation

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the matter of

• प्रयतेत (prayateta) - one should strive, should endeavor, should attempt

• विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - a wise person, a discerning one, an expert

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• उन्मज्जन्म् (unmajjanm) - rising up, emerging, upliftment, liberation

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• यत् (yat) - that which, since, because

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (one who has attained spiritual knowledge and conduct) (a Brahmin, one who knows Brahman, a spiritual seeker)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, becomes

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, hence

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from the ablative of 'tad'.

उन्मज्जनस्य (unmajjanasya) - of rising up, of emerging, of upliftment, of liberation

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of unmajjana

unmajjana - rising up, emerging, becoming visible, upliftment, liberation

action noun

Derived from verbal root √majj (to sink) with upasarga 'ud' (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the matter of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, matter

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

प्रयतेत (prayateta) - one should strive, should endeavor, should attempt

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - a wise person, a discerning one, an expert

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicakṣaṇa

vicakṣaṇa - discerning, wise, clever, skilled, expert

Derived from verbal root √cakṣ (to see) with upasarga 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Used as a noun, 'a discerning one'.

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

उन्मज्जन्म् (unmajjanm) - rising up, emerging, upliftment, liberation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of unmajjana

unmajjana - rising up, emerging, becoming visible, upliftment, liberation

action noun

Derived from verbal root √majj (to sink) with upasarga 'ud' (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यत् (yat) - that which, since, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a conjunction introducing a clause of purpose or result.

अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (one who has attained spiritual knowledge and conduct) (a Brahmin, one who knows Brahman, a spiritual seeker)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a knower of Brahman (brahman), relating to Brahman

Derived from 'brahman'

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be, becomes

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)