महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-297, verse-8

यथा ज्ञाने परिचयः कर्तव्यस्तत्फलार्थिना ।
तथा धर्मे परिचयः कर्तव्यस्तत्फलार्थिना ॥८॥

8. yathā jñāne paricayaḥ kartavyastatphalārthinā ,
tathā dharme paricayaḥ kartavyastatphalārthinā.

8. yathā jñāne paricayaḥ kartavyaḥ tatphalārthinā
tathā dharme paricayaḥ kartavyaḥ tatphalārthinā

8. yathā tatphalārthinā jñāne paricayaḥ kartavyaḥ
tathā tatphalārthinā dharme paricayaḥ kartavyaḥ

8. Just as familiarity with knowledge should be cultivated by one desiring its fruit, so too familiarity with natural law (dharma) should be cultivated by one desiring its fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in knowledge (in knowledge, concerning knowledge)

• परिचयः (paricayaḥ) - familiarity (familiarity, acquaintance, study, practice)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be cultivated (should be done, ought to be done, duty)

• तत्फलार्थिना (tatphalārthinā) - by one desiring its fruit (by one desiring that fruit/result)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

• धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma) (in natural law, concerning intrinsic nature)

• परिचयः (paricayaḥ) - familiarity (familiarity, acquaintance, study, practice)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be cultivated (should be done, ought to be done, duty)

• तत्फलार्थिना (tatphalārthinā) - by one desiring its fruit (by one desiring that fruit/result)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञाने (jñāne) - in knowledge (in knowledge, concerning knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, understanding, wisdom, sacred knowledge

from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

परिचयः (paricayaḥ) - familiarity (familiarity, acquaintance, study, practice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paricaya

paricaya - acquaintance, familiarity, practice, study, introduction

from pari-ci (to collect, observe)

Prefix: pari

Root: ci (class 5)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be cultivated (should be done, ought to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, fit to be done, duty

Gerundive

future passive participle from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्फलार्थिना (tatphalārthinā) - by one desiring its fruit (by one desiring that fruit/result)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tatphalārthin

tatphalārthin - one desiring that fruit/result

compound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tat+phala+arthin)

• tat – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• arthin – desiring, seeker, supplicant, one who seeks
  adjective (masculine)
  from artha (purpose) + -in (suffix)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

धर्मे (dharme) - in natural law (dharma) (in natural law, concerning intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, religious ordinance

from root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

परिचयः (paricayaḥ) - familiarity (familiarity, acquaintance, study, practice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paricaya

paricaya - acquaintance, familiarity, practice, study, introduction

from pari-ci (to collect, observe)

Prefix: pari

Root: ci (class 5)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be cultivated (should be done, ought to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, fit to be done, duty

Gerundive

future passive participle from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्फलार्थिना (tatphalārthinā) - by one desiring its fruit (by one desiring that fruit/result)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tatphalārthin

tatphalārthin - one desiring that fruit/result

compound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tat+phala+arthin)

• tat – that, its
  pronoun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• arthin – desiring, seeker, supplicant, one who seeks
  adjective (masculine)
  from artha (purpose) + -in (suffix)