महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-7

चतुर्णामेव वर्णानामागमः पुरुषर्षभ ।
अतोऽन्ये त्वतिरिक्ता ये ते वै संकरजाः स्मृताः ॥७॥

7. caturṇāmeva varṇānāmāgamaḥ puruṣarṣabha ,
ato'nye tvatiriktā ye te vai saṁkarajāḥ smṛtāḥ.

7. caturṇām eva varṇānām āgamaḥ puruṣarṣabha ataḥ
anye tu atiriktāḥ ye te vai saṃkarajāḥ smṛtāḥ

7. puruṣarṣabha caturṇām eva varṇānām āgamaḥ ataḥ
anye tu ye atiriktāḥ te vai saṃkarajāḥ smṛtāḥ

7. O best among men (puruṣarṣabha), this is indeed the origin of the four social classes (varṇas). But those others who exist beyond these are indeed regarded as born of mixed unions (saṃkarajāḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four (varnas) (of the four)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• वर्णानाम् (varṇānām) - of the social classes (varṇas) (of the colors, of the classes, of the social orders)

• आगमः (āgamaḥ) - the origin (coming, approach, origin, source, sacred text, tradition)

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men (vocative) (O best among men, O chief of men)

• अतः (ataḥ) - from these (i.e., different from these four) (hence, therefore, from this)

• अन्ये (anye) - others (others, different ones)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• अतिरिक्ताः (atiriktāḥ) - those who are additional (beyond the four varnas) (excessive, additional, left over, superfluous)

• ये (ye) - who (who (plural), which (plural))

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

• संकरजाः (saṁkarajāḥ) - born of mixed unions (saṃkarajāḥ) (born from mixed unions, hybrid, mixed-caste)

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are regarded (remembered, considered, regarded)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four (varnas) (of the four)

(numeral)

Note: Applied to masculine/neuter.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

वर्णानाम् (varṇānām) - of the social classes (varṇas) (of the colors, of the classes, of the social orders)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, outward appearance, class, social order, letter, sound

आगमः (āgamaḥ) - the origin (coming, approach, origin, source, sacred text, tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgama

āgama - coming, arrival, origin, source, tradition, sacred doctrine

from root gam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men (vocative) (O best among men, O chief of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, best of men, eminent man

compound of puruṣa and ṛṣabha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अतः (ataḥ) - from these (i.e., different from these four) (hence, therefore, from this)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here with an ablative sense 'from these (four varnas)'.

अन्ये (anye) - others (others, different ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

अतिरिक्ताः (atiriktāḥ) - those who are additional (beyond the four varnas) (excessive, additional, left over, superfluous)

(participle (adjective))

Note: Agrees with ye and te.

ये (ye) - who (who (plural), which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they, those

Note: Correlative pronoun to ye.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संकरजाः (saṁkarajāḥ) - born of mixed unions (saṃkarajāḥ) (born from mixed unions, hybrid, mixed-caste)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃkaraja

saṁkaraja - born from a mixed union, hybrid, cross-bred, of mixed caste

compound of saṃkara and ja

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃkara+ja)

• saṃkara – mixture, confusion, hybridity, mixed caste
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix -ja from root jan 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are regarded (remembered, considered, regarded)

(participle (adjective))

Note: Used predicatively, often implying 'it is taught/remembered as such in the sacred texts (smṛti)'.